Study Prep Science Test, Chapter 3
The largest organization of doctors in the United States is called the:
American Medical Association
Which of the following agencies publishes a medical journal on drug research?
American Medical Association
Which of the following agencies was created by the United States Congress as an independent research institute?
National Cancer Institute
Which of the following is not a volunteer agency?
National Cancer Institute
developed the first electron miscroscope.
Ernst Ruska
Environmental pollution is not related to disease control.
False
Inoculation is available for the common cold.
False
The Food and Drug Administration investigates areas of disease prevention.
False
The only people that parasites lived on in the past were the poor.
False
form scar tissue and surround foreign material in the body.
Fibroblasts
Penicillin was discovered by:
Fleming
The head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services is the:
Surgeon General
Chemotherapy was founded by Paul Ehrlich.
True
FDA stands for the Food and Drug Administration.
True
Inoculation is available for cholera.
True
Inoculation is available for influenza but a person could still be infected by influenza of a different variety other then that provided by the inoculation.
True
Organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and yeasts infest everyone.
True
Some bacteria are beneficial to people.
True
Testing drugs on animals is not always 100% accurate.
True
The FDA supervises standards of quality and consistency of drugs today.
True
The ecological system of this earth depends upon bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
True
Treatment with antibiotics is available for meningitis.
True
Which of the following agencies was established by the United Nations?
World Health Organization
Robert Koch discovered germs that cause tuberculosis and .
cholera
The human body is completely free of bacteria.
false
Genetic resistance to disease is inherited from:
father and mothr
Any substance that kills germs is called a:
germicide
Which of the following is an example of a household disinfectant?
hydrogen peroxide
Cells that eat, envelop, and digest foreign substances are called:
macrophages
Which of the following can last for a lifetime?
natural immunization
A fever may increase the formation of white blood cells and antibodies.
true
Antibodies usually remain for various time periods after the body develops them.
true
Disinfectants are usually used on nonliving surfaces.
true
The drug quinine is used to treat malaria.
true
The human body is immune to the great majority of microorganisms in the world.
true
The susceptibility of people to a particular disease varies.
true
Careless use of insecticides and disinfectants could:
upset the ecological balance
The treatment of disease through the use of drugs is called:
vaccination
Hospital licensing is the responsibility of ____ health departments.
State
Medicare is a government program that gives health insurance to:
Elderly and disabled
Louis Pasteur tested a vaccine on _____ which were infected by anthrax.
cows
The fist polio vaccine was discovered by:
salk