Chapter 9, Problem 10SC

Juanita Gomez was diagnosed as having ___________________________. This bone marrow disorder is characterized by the insufficient production of one or more types of blood cells.

Discuss what might happen in a school if a cafeteria worker has a food-borne disease and after a trip to the lavatory does not wash his or her hands. Instead, the worker goes right back to work without putting on glovespreparing salads and putting out fresh fruit for lunch.

Definition Correct Answer Possible Answers abnormal condition or disease ___________________ hypo- abnormal softening ___________________ -itis deficient, decreased ___________________ -malacia inflammation ___________________ -necrosis tissue death ___________________ -osis