Intro to Pathophysiology

Question 1

Inflammatory disease

Answer 1

usually secondary to primary disease such as infection or autoimmune

Question 2

Ischemic

Answer 2

Interference in blood supply, and therefore oxygen, robs cells of their fuel –> injury/death of cells and tissues

Question 3

Immunologic

Answer 3

Overreaction by the immune system or underreaction.

Question 4

Autoimmune disease

Answer 4

desctruction of one’s own tissues by antibodies produced by one’s own immune system.

Question 5

Infectious disease

Answer 5

caused by invasion and colonization with pathogenic microorganisms —> bacteria, viruses, fungi

Question 6

Neoplastic

Answer 6

uncontrolled growth of an abnormal cell line.

Question 7

Metabolic disease

Answer 7

upset in the biochemical reactions that govern body processes or metabolism.

Question 8

Nutritional disease

Answer 8

malnutrition can lead to insufficient resources for the body.

Question 9

Congenital disease

Answer 9

born with it – came from fetal development

Question 10

Idiopathic disease

Answer 10

unknown cause

Question 11

Iatrogenic disease

Answer 11

the result of a treatment

Question 12

Sequela

Answer 12

the aftermath of a disease –> PID may lead to sterilization down the line.

Question 13

Example of endogenous

Answer 13

Diabetes

Question 14

Example of exogenous

Answer 14

infection

Question 15

Parenchymal cells

Answer 15

Those cells that perform a fuction