Classifications of Disease

Question 1

Infectious

Answer 1

Diseases that result from invasion of the body and colonization by a pathogenic organism.

Question 2

Immunologic

Answer 2

Overreactions of the immune system.

Question 3

Inflammatory

Answer 3

Diseases that result from the body’s response to another disease process (primary disease).

Question 4

Ischemic

Answer 4

Diseases due to diminished blood supply, depriving affected tissues of oxygen and essential energy substrates.

Question 5

Metabolic

Answer 5

Diseases that result from a disturbance in the biochemical and metabolic processes within the body.

Question 6

Nutritional

Answer 6

Diseases that result from a deficiency in one or all of the major nutritional sources.

Question 7

Genetic

Answer 7

Diseases that are coded for in a person’s genetic material and thus are passed from parent to child.

Question 8

Congenital

Answer 8

Diseases that result from problems that occur during fetal development.

Question 9

Neoplastic

Answer 9

Diseases caused by abnormal or uncontrolled cell growth.

Question 10

Trauma

Answer 10

Diseases caused by external forces that can mechanically change or disrupt the structure of the body and, as a result, affect body function.

Question 11

Physical Agents

Answer 11

Diseases caused by chemicals, poisons, ionizing radiation, extremes in temperature, changes in atmospheric pressure, and electrical shock.

Question 12

Iatrogenic

Answer 12

A disease that develops from the medical treatment of another disease.

Question 13

Idiopathic

Answer 13

A disease with unknown origin.