Definitions

Question 1

Pathology

Answer 1

scientific study of disease

Question 2

Disease

Answer 2

any alteration from a normal heatlhy state, whether or not changes are clinically apparent

Question 3

Hematoma

Answer 3

organized blood clot

Question 4

Pathogenesis

Answer 4

sequence of events in lesion development

Question 5

Aetiology

Answer 5

underyling cause of pathology i.e. bacterium, parasite, virus etc.

Question 6

Etiopathogenesis

Answer 6

combines the underlying cause (etiology) and the sequence of evens in pathogenesis.

Question 7

Diagnosis

Answer 7

concise statement or conclusion concerning the nature, cause or name of disase.

accuracy is limited by the evidence (lesions) available

Question 8

Clinical diagnosis

Answer 8

conclusion based on case history, clinical signs, physical exam

Question 9

Differential diagnosis

Answer 9

list of disease that could account for the lesion(s)

Question 10

Clinical pathological diagnosis

Answer 10

changes in fluid chemistry, hematology, cytology (structure and function of cells from the living patient)

Question 11

Morphological diagnosis

Answer 11

after predominant lesions/structural changes

Question 12

Etiological diagnosis

Answer 12

after the specific causal agent

Question 13

Prognosis

Answer 13

statement of likely outcome of condition- requires a thorough understanding of the pathogenesis.

good/excellent: complete resolution of lesions

uncertain/guarded: lesion might resolve or might get worse

poor/grave: animal not expected to recover

Question 14

Extrinsic and intrinsic etiologies

Answer 14

extrinsic: physical trauma, viruses, toxins
intrinsic: spontaneous genetic mutations

Extrinsic+intrinsice: nutritional abnormalities, workload imbalance, immunologic dysfunction

Question 15

Agonal

Answer 15

immediately before death, animal in CV failure