Chapter 1

Question 1

Define Health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Define Disease

Answer 2

An interruption, cessation, or disorder of body functions, systems, or organs.

Question 3

What is pathology?

Answer 3

The study of disease, or more specifically, the study of abnormal conditions that may result from one or more of the following: disease, traumatic injury, structural or biochemical errors, or genetic abnormalities

Question 4

Pathology/disease can be caused by

Answer 4

a single or multiple factor

Question 5

If a disease or pathological process does not have a know cause the etiology of the disease or pathologic process is called

Answer 5

Idiopathic

Question 6

Define resistance

Answer 6

the natural ability of the person to remain unaffected by a pathogen or toxic agent. It is affected by risk factors

Question 7

Health Disparities

Answer 7

(also called healthcare inequality in some countries) refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and socioeconomic groups. …

Question 8

What are lesions?

Answer 8

A wound or distinct area in which a pathologic change has taken place.
Findings can be suggestive of oral or pharyngeal cancer or systemic diseases that manifest in the oral cavity

Question 9

What is the 5 year survival rate for cancer when detected locally?

Answer 9

82%

Question 10

What is the 5 year survival rate when the disease has metastasized to a distant site?

Answer 10

34%

Question 11

Pathogenesis

Answer 11

Manner is which the disease progresses

Question 12

What does the A stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 12

Anatomic Location

Question 13

What does the B stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 13

Border Traits

Question 14

What does the C stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 14

Color & Configurations

Question 15

What does the D stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 15

Dimension

Question 16

What does the E stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 16

Etiology

Question 17

What does the T stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 17

Type

Question 18

What does the T stand for in ABCDE-TT

Answer 18

Treatment

Question 19

Type

Answer 19

Describes the attachment: sessile and pedunculated; generation of growth: exophytic and endophytic; consistency: soft, hard, and fluctuant; texture: smooth, rough

Question 20

Differential Diagnosis

Answer 20

A listing of the probable causes of a disease or manifestation

Question 21

Major risk factors that can determine susceptibility or resistance

Answer 21

Genetic, immune system disorder, compromised first line defense, age, lifestyle, stress, environment, and preexisting conditions.

Question 22

Sequence of pathogenicity

Answer 22

Incubation period, sign, symptom, manifestation, latent period, exacerbation, resolution, sequela, morbidity

Question 23

Incubation period

Answer 23

time in which the disease is developing while there are no symptoms

Question 24

Sign

Answer 24

is a clinical observation about the disease-like fever, rash

Question 25

Sympton

Answer 25

more subjective report of what someone is feeling while they have a disease process-fatigue, headache,nausea

Question 26

Manifestation

Answer 26

an observable characteristic or quantifiable characteristic-these include signs, symptoms and results of lab work, radiographs

Question 27

Latent Period

Answer 27

time during disease development where there are no overt manifestations of a disease but tests will be positive for the disease-example-herpes simplex

Question 28

Exacerbation

Answer 28

worsening of the disease-hot spicy food makes an oral ulcer worse

Question 29

Resolution

Answer 29

person returns to normal

Question 30

Sequela

Answer 30

the sequela of a disease is a condition or pathology that occurs as a result of the disease.

Question 31

Morbidity

Answer 31

refers to the illness or disability associated with a disease

Question 32

Mortality

Answer 32

Occurrence of death possibly as a consequence of disease

Question 33

Complication

Answer 33

Additional disease process or con’d occurring at the same time and resulting from the cond’s assoc. with the 1°disease process-bacterial sinus infection can be a complication of a cold.

Question 34

Relapse

Answer 34

flare-up – occurs wks or months after the pathology was thought to be gone!