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PBS STUDY GUIDE

You do not need to memorize this, but be familiar with the information

Term

Definition

Biomedical Science


Control Group


Dependent Variable


Experiment


Forensic Science


Hypothesis


Independent Control


Negative Control


Personal Protective Equipment

Positive Control


  1. What causes death?

  2. What clues may be found at a scene of a mysterious death that may be help to determine the cause of death?

  3. If someone was interested in a career with responsibility to determine the cause of death, what careers should they consider or investigate? *Think back out our career journals.





Term

Definition

Adenine

Chromosome


Cytosine


Deoxyribonucleic Acid


Gel Electrophoresis


Gene


Guanine


Helix


Model


Nucleotide


Restriction Enzyme


Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms

Thymine


  1. What are chromosome made of?


  2. What is the relationship between chromosomes, DNA and genes?


  3. What is DNA?



  4. Does every cell in an organism have the same DNA?


  5. How do scientist isolate DNA to study it?


  6. How much DNA is in a single human cell?


Term

Definition

Autopsy


Bibliography


Citation


Documentation


Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Medical Examiner


  1. What is an autopsy and how can it be used to determine the cause of death?

  2. Why is confidentiality of patient information important? Who should keep patient information confidential?


  3. Is there ever a time when patient confidentiality should be broken?



Term

Definition

Anemia

Erythrocytes

Hematocrit

Leukocytes

Sickle Cell Disease

Thrombocytes

  1. How do cells get the oxygen they need for energy production?

  2. What do normal red blood cells look like when placed under a microscope?

Chromosomes

  1. How does someone get sickle cell disease?


  2. Can sickle cell disease spread from one person to another the same way as a cold or the flu?

  3. How are diseases inherited from parents? Why does sickle cell disease run in families, yet is not present in every generation?



  4. What are examples of human diseases that are inherited?


  5. What is a chromosome? What many chromosomes do human normally have?


Inheritance

Term

Definition

Allele

Chromosome

Dominant Trait

Gene

Genotype

Heredity

Pedigree

Phenotype

Punnett Square

Recessive Trait


  1. How are pedigrees used to track diseases?


  2. How can doctors and genetic counselors calculate the probability of a child inheriting a disease?


Heart Structure

Term

Definition

Aorta

Aortic Valve

Artery

Atrium

Cardiovascular System

Cell

Inferior Vena Cava

Mitral Valve

Pulmonary Circulation

Superior Vena Cava

Systemic Circulation

Tissue

Tricuspid Valve

Valve

Vein


  1. Why is the heart considered a pump?


  2. What are the structures that make up a human heart?

Category

Characteristics

Includes

Chambers

Valves

Veins

Arteries

  1. How are these structures organized? *Label a heart diagram




  2. What is the pathway that blood take as it passes through the heart?











  3. What is meant by the term tissue? And who studies tissues?




  4. What are the different types of cardiac tissue and how do they differ?

Tissue Name

Literal Meaning

What it does

Myocardium

Endocardium

Pericardium

  1. What is the general composition of human blood?


  2. Why is blood classified as a tissue?


  3. What are characteristic and functions of red blood cells?


  4. What are the characteristics and function of white blood cells?


  5. What are the characteristics and function of platelets?


  6. In what ways does blood directly relate to other human body tissues and systems? *Respiratory, immune, digestive, urinary and endocrine


  7. Why are most cells so small?



The Heart at Work

Term

Definition

Atrioventricular Node

Blood Pressure

Cardiology

Diastole

Diastolic pressure

Electrocardiogram


Heart Rate

Pacemaker

Pulse

Sinoatrial Node

Sphygmomanometer

Systole

Systolic Pressure


  1. In what ways can technology be used to collect and analyze cardiovascular data?

Thing Measured

Tool Used

Used how

Blood Pressure

Heart Rate

Electricity within the heart

  1. What is an EKG? Who can an EKG be used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease?


  2. What is the pathway of electrical signals in the heart?



  3. Be able to identify the waves on an EKG.













  4. What factors can influence heart rate? *Lower and raise



Heart Dysfunction

Term

Definition

Angiogram

Angioplasty

Coronary Bypass

Heart Bypass

Heart Disease

Metabolic Syndrome

Risk Factor

Stenting

Stroke

  1. Are all fats the same?


  2. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?




  3. Why are unsaturated fats considered healthier than saturated ones?



  4. What is cholesterol?


  5. What are so many food advertised as non-fat and cholesterol-free?


  6. What are LDL and HDL?


  7. How are LDL, HDL and cholesterol related to heart disease?



  8. How is DNA analyzed? *Process of electrophoresis


  9. Can genetic disease or disorders be diagnosed using a small blood or saliva from a patient?


  10. Why are DNA tests on TV and movies show as patterns of stripes and bands on film or in gels? What is gel electrophoresis and how are the result interpreted?



**Infection
**

Term

Definition

Antibody

Aseptic Technique

Bacillus

Bacteria

B Lymphocyte

Coccus

Contagious

Fungus



Gram Stain




Helminth

Immunity

Infection

Microbiology

Phagocyte

Prion

Protozoan

Spirillum

T Lymphocyte

Spirillum

Transmission

Virus

**
**

  1. What are bacteria?


  2. How do bacteria differ from on another? How do scientist and doctors tell one bacteria from another?



  3. Do all bacteria cause disease?



  4. What is the size of bacteria compared to the size of a human cell?


  5. If bacteria are living cells, how do they reproduce?


  6. How are bacterial infections treated? Can the same treatment be used for all bacteria?



  7. What is antibiotic resistance, and why is it  a major health problem today?


  8. What is a virus?



  9. How are viruses different from bacteria?




  10. How do viruses reproduce and cause disease?




  11. Why do human, cats, dogs and birds all get different viral infections?





  12. Why do epidemics of disease caused by newly discovered viruses still occur?

PBS Study Guide

PBS STUDY GUIDE

You do not need to memorize this, but be familiar with the information

Term

Definition

Biomedical Science


Control Group


Dependent Variable


Experiment


Forensic Science


Hypothesis


Independent Control


Negative Control


Personal Protective Equipment

Positive Control


  1. What causes death?

  2. What clues may be found at a scene of a mysterious death that may be help to determine the cause of death?

  3. If someone was interested in a career with responsibility to determine the cause of death, what careers should they consider or investigate? *Think back out our career journals.





Term

Definition

Adenine

Chromosome


Cytosine


Deoxyribonucleic Acid


Gel Electrophoresis


Gene


Guanine


Helix


Model


Nucleotide


Restriction Enzyme


Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms

Thymine


  1. What are chromosome made of?


  2. What is the relationship between chromosomes, DNA and genes?


  3. What is DNA?



  4. Does every cell in an organism have the same DNA?


  5. How do scientist isolate DNA to study it?


  6. How much DNA is in a single human cell?


Term

Definition

Autopsy


Bibliography


Citation


Documentation


Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Medical Examiner


  1. What is an autopsy and how can it be used to determine the cause of death?

  2. Why is confidentiality of patient information important? Who should keep patient information confidential?


  3. Is there ever a time when patient confidentiality should be broken?



Term

Definition

Anemia

Erythrocytes

Hematocrit

Leukocytes

Sickle Cell Disease

Thrombocytes

  1. How do cells get the oxygen they need for energy production?

  2. What do normal red blood cells look like when placed under a microscope?

Chromosomes

  1. How does someone get sickle cell disease?


  2. Can sickle cell disease spread from one person to another the same way as a cold or the flu?

  3. How are diseases inherited from parents? Why does sickle cell disease run in families, yet is not present in every generation?



  4. What are examples of human diseases that are inherited?


  5. What is a chromosome? What many chromosomes do human normally have?


Inheritance

Term

Definition

Allele

Chromosome

Dominant Trait

Gene

Genotype

Heredity

Pedigree

Phenotype

Punnett Square

Recessive Trait


  1. How are pedigrees used to track diseases?


  2. How can doctors and genetic counselors calculate the probability of a child inheriting a disease?


Heart Structure

Term

Definition

Aorta

Aortic Valve

Artery

Atrium

Cardiovascular System

Cell

Inferior Vena Cava

Mitral Valve

Pulmonary Circulation

Superior Vena Cava

Systemic Circulation

Tissue

Tricuspid Valve

Valve

Vein


  1. Why is the heart considered a pump?


  2. What are the structures that make up a human heart?

Category

Characteristics

Includes

Chambers

Valves

Veins

Arteries

  1. How are these structures organized? *Label a heart diagram




  2. What is the pathway that blood take as it passes through the heart?











  3. What is meant by the term tissue? And who studies tissues?




  4. What are the different types of cardiac tissue and how do they differ?

Tissue Name

Literal Meaning

What it does

Myocardium

Endocardium

Pericardium

  1. What is the general composition of human blood?


  2. Why is blood classified as a tissue?


  3. What are characteristic and functions of red blood cells?


  4. What are the characteristics and function of white blood cells?


  5. What are the characteristics and function of platelets?


  6. In what ways does blood directly relate to other human body tissues and systems? *Respiratory, immune, digestive, urinary and endocrine


  7. Why are most cells so small?



The Heart at Work

Term

Definition

Atrioventricular Node

Blood Pressure

Cardiology

Diastole

Diastolic pressure

Electrocardiogram


Heart Rate

Pacemaker

Pulse

Sinoatrial Node

Sphygmomanometer

Systole

Systolic Pressure


  1. In what ways can technology be used to collect and analyze cardiovascular data?

Thing Measured

Tool Used

Used how

Blood Pressure

Heart Rate

Electricity within the heart

  1. What is an EKG? Who can an EKG be used in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease?


  2. What is the pathway of electrical signals in the heart?



  3. Be able to identify the waves on an EKG.













  4. What factors can influence heart rate? *Lower and raise



Heart Dysfunction

Term

Definition

Angiogram

Angioplasty

Coronary Bypass

Heart Bypass

Heart Disease

Metabolic Syndrome

Risk Factor

Stenting

Stroke

  1. Are all fats the same?


  2. What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?




  3. Why are unsaturated fats considered healthier than saturated ones?



  4. What is cholesterol?


  5. What are so many food advertised as non-fat and cholesterol-free?


  6. What are LDL and HDL?


  7. How are LDL, HDL and cholesterol related to heart disease?



  8. How is DNA analyzed? *Process of electrophoresis


  9. Can genetic disease or disorders be diagnosed using a small blood or saliva from a patient?


  10. Why are DNA tests on TV and movies show as patterns of stripes and bands on film or in gels? What is gel electrophoresis and how are the result interpreted?



**Infection
**

Term

Definition

Antibody

Aseptic Technique

Bacillus

Bacteria

B Lymphocyte

Coccus

Contagious

Fungus



Gram Stain




Helminth

Immunity

Infection

Microbiology

Phagocyte

Prion

Protozoan

Spirillum

T Lymphocyte

Spirillum

Transmission

Virus

**
**

  1. What are bacteria?


  2. How do bacteria differ from on another? How do scientist and doctors tell one bacteria from another?



  3. Do all bacteria cause disease?



  4. What is the size of bacteria compared to the size of a human cell?


  5. If bacteria are living cells, how do they reproduce?


  6. How are bacterial infections treated? Can the same treatment be used for all bacteria?



  7. What is antibiotic resistance, and why is it  a major health problem today?


  8. What is a virus?



  9. How are viruses different from bacteria?




  10. How do viruses reproduce and cause disease?




  11. Why do human, cats, dogs and birds all get different viral infections?





  12. Why do epidemics of disease caused by newly discovered viruses still occur?

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