Intro Flashcards

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Study of disruption of normal bodily function (homeostasis) due to disease or physiology of abnormal function

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pathophysiology

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Study of structural or morphological abnormalities expressed as diseases of cells, tissues, organs, and whole systems

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pathology

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The impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or body system functions. (illness or being sick)

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Disease

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4
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Dynamic steady state marked by regulatory responses by the body (health)

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Homeostasis

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5
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Best way to diagnose?

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Figure out the pathology (under a microscope)

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6
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Cause of disease or disorder (genetic, acquired, infectious)

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etiology

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7
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unidentifiable cause

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idiopathic disease

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8
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result of medical tx

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iatrogenic

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9
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disorder occurring during fetal development. Example of one:

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-congenital -congenital berry aneurysm

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10
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infectious disorder as result of being inside a hospital (hospital acquired)

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nosocomial

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11
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inherited disease

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genetic

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12
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Loses muscle, one vessel going into two vessels

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non-ruptured congenital berry aneurysm

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13
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Ruptured congenital berry aneurysm ruptures into where?

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Subarachnoid space (location of CSF) is fatal

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14
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Severe disorder w/ quick onset, usually self-limiting w/ signs/sxs -Example?

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Acute disease -Acute MI

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Long term continuous disease process, exacerbations/remissions, usually not curable -Example?

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Chronic disease -Chronic Ulcerative Colitis

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16
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Somewhere between acute and chronic timeframes

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Subacute Disease

17
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No signs/sxs that does not usually progress

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Subclinical Disease

18
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Pt harbors organism, doesn’t show signs/sxs, can transmit disease -Example?

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Carrier State -Typhoid Mary, carrier for salmonella typhi in her bile

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Non-Ruptured Congenital Berry Aneurysm

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Ruptured Congenital Berry Aneurysm

21
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Opened LAD with Thrombosis and Acute Myocardial Infarct

22
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*what is the yellow part?

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Acute Transmural Infarction of Anterior Wall and IVS

*coagulative necrosis

23
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Chronic Ulcerative Colitis

(Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

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Typical Features of Down Syndrome

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Signs and Symptoms of Cushing’s Syndrome

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Facial Features of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Typical Features of Turner Syndrome

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Turner Syndrome Body Habitus

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Features of Klinefelter Syndrome

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Klinefelter Typical Body Habitus

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Toxic Shock Syndrome Rash

32
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Ischemia to pathologist is ___ to clinician

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Angina

33
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Impairment of cells, tissues, organs/body system functions. Result of altered function, poses challenge to homeostasis. Illness/sick.

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Disease

34
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A group of clinical sxs and physical features that characterize a particular disorder.

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Syndrome (most are genetic)

35
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6 common syndromes

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  • 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)
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