Intro To Pathology

Question 1

What is pathology

What does it explain

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Answer 1

• scientific study of the basis of disease
• study of structural and functional changes that underlie disease

-why’s of signs and symptoms of disease

Question 2

What is disease

Answer 2

• abnormal condition in the body that affects functioning of part or whole of an organism and is associated with overt signs and symptoms
• not caused by external injury but by internal dysfunction or external pathogens

Question 3

4 aspects of disease that are core of pathology

Answer 3

1 aetiology
2 pathogenesis
3 morphological changes
4 clinical significance

Question 4

What is aetiology and the 2 types

Answer 4

-causation of disease

1 genetic or intrinsic
2 acquired

Question 5

What is pathogenesis and its use

Answer 5

• response of cells to aetiology stimuli

- knowledge used to design therapy

Question 6

What is morphological changes

Answer 6

-structural and functional Changes of cells and tissue that are
1 characteristic of disease
2 diagnostic of aetiologic process

Question 7

What are clinical manifestations

Answer 7

-overt signs and symptoms which are identifiable and associated with a specific disease

Question 8

Study of pathology divisions

Answer 8

1 general - basic reaction of cells to Abnormal stimuli that underlie disease

2 specific - examines specific response of specific organ to abnormal stimuli