Intro Flashcards
Pathology can be defined as
The science that deals with the study of diseases and the body’s response to diseases
Pathos meaning
Logos meaning
Suffering
Study
Pathology is a bridging discipline between _____________ & ____________
basic medicine
clinical practice
Father of Cytopathology is _______
He invented the _______
George Nicholas Papanicolaou
Pap smear
There are four disease processes that form the core of pathology. These are:
- Its cause or etiology
- Pathogenesis or the mechanism of its
development. - Morphology or the structural alteration induced in the cells and organs of the body
- Clinical syndromes or the functional consequences of the morphological changes.
major pathology etiological factors are divided into 2:
- Intrinsic/genetic
- Acquired: physical, chemical, nutritional, infections
Is the theory of one disease one etiology valid?
No
Pathogenesis deals with the sequence of events in the response of the cell or tissues to the etiologic agent from ___________ to __________
initial stimulus
the ultimate expression of disease
Morphology deals with the ______________ in the cell or tissues that are either characteristic or diagnostic of etiologic process
• E.g.caseousnecrosis,gangrene
Structural alterations
Who is responsible for the accuracy of laboratory tests?
A pathologist
Analysis of disease involves 8 steps these are
• Chief complain
• History of present illness
• Past medical and dental history
• Patient examination
• Categorization of Disease(diagnosis)
• Treatment plan
• Prognosis
• Treatment
Which of those is a pathologist not involved in
Chief complaint history
Treatment
4 types of cellular adaptation
Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
Atrophy
Metaplasia