Medical Detectives Lesson 1 Review

6. working together on a common purpose
8. Measurements, specifically pulse, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure, that indicate the state of a patient's essential body functions
9. someone who studies microorganisms such as bacteria, virus, and fungi
11. a way to carefully plan experiments to investigate scientific questions or problems
12. analyzing information
13. means the patient HAS the disease
14. a test of something in your experiment
18. a scientific procedure to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact
19. a gel that allows microorganisms to grow
22. something that has truth, strong logic, or fact
23. the measure of how hard your blood is pushing against your arteries as it pumps through your body
24. how many times your heart is beating per minute
25. guidelines that are developed by a team
27. an educated guess you make before performing an experiment
28. a doctor who specializes in children and their diseases
29. tiny infectious agents that can only multiply with inside a host, the living cells or plants, animals, or bacteria
30. the part of your experiment used to compare your results
31. assistants and nurses
32. a variable that does NOT depend on another variable

1. a microscopic organism such as bacterium, virus, or fungus
2. in disease, a microorganism or chemical substance that makes you sick
3. single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host
4. signs of disease or injury
5. talking to each other and sharing ideas
7. procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens
10. a medicine that limits the growth of, or destroys, bacteria
15. organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in moist, humid environments
16. means the patient does NOT have the disease
17. hot hot the inside of your body is
20. figuring out what disease someone has after looking at all their symptoms and clues
21. a variable that depends on another variable
26. how many breaths you take in one minute