Intro Flashcards
Study of disruption of normal bodily function (homeostasis) due to disease or physiology of abnormal function
pathophysiology
Study of structural or morphological abnormalities expressed as diseases of cells, tissues, organs, and whole systems
pathology
The impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or body system functions. (illness or being sick)
Disease
Dynamic steady state marked by regulatory responses by the body (health)
Homeostasis
Best way to diagnose?
Figure out the pathology (under a microscope)
Cause of disease or disorder (genetic, acquired, infectious)
etiology
unidentifiable cause
idiopathic disease
result of medical tx
iatrogenic
disorder occurring during fetal development. Example of one:
-congenital -congenital berry aneurysm
infectious disorder as result of being inside a hospital (hospital acquired)
nosocomial
inherited disease
genetic
Loses muscle, one vessel going into two vessels
non-ruptured congenital berry aneurysm
Ruptured congenital berry aneurysm ruptures into where?
Subarachnoid space (location of CSF) is fatal
Severe disorder w/ quick onset, usually self-limiting w/ signs/sxs -Example?
Acute disease -Acute MI
Long term continuous disease process, exacerbations/remissions, usually not curable -Example?
Chronic disease -Chronic Ulcerative Colitis
Somewhere between acute and chronic timeframes
Subacute Disease
No signs/sxs that does not usually progress
Subclinical Disease
Pt harbors organism, doesn’t show signs/sxs, can transmit disease -Example?
Carrier State -Typhoid Mary, carrier for salmonella typhi in her bile
Non-Ruptured Congenital Berry Aneurysm
Ruptured Congenital Berry Aneurysm
Opened LAD with Thrombosis and Acute Myocardial Infarct
*what is the yellow part?
Acute Transmural Infarction of Anterior Wall and IVS
*coagulative necrosis
Chronic Ulcerative Colitis
(Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Typical Features of Down Syndrome
Signs and Symptoms of Cushing’s Syndrome
Facial Features of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Typical Features of Turner Syndrome
Turner Syndrome Body Habitus
Features of Klinefelter Syndrome
Klinefelter Typical Body Habitus
Toxic Shock Syndrome Rash
Ischemia to pathologist is ___ to clinician
Angina
Impairment of cells, tissues, organs/body system functions. Result of altered function, poses challenge to homeostasis. Illness/sick.
Disease
A group of clinical sxs and physical features that characterize a particular disorder.
Syndrome (most are genetic)
6 common syndromes
- Down Syndrome (trisomy 21)
- Cushing Syndrome (increase in ACTH)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Turner’s Syndrome (XO karyotype)
- Klinefelter’s Syndrome (XXY karyotype)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (Staph aureus)
