Intro to Pathophysiology & Cell Injury Ch. 1

Question 1

The study of functional or physiologic changes in the body that result from disease process.

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Pathophysiology

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Deviation from the normal state of health or from a state of wellness.

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Disease

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Relativity stable or constant maintenance of the internal environment.

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Homeostasis

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The identification of a specific disease evaluation of signs and symptoms and laboratory tests.

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Diagnosis

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Concerns that causative factors in a particular disease.

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Itiology

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Cause of a disease is unknown

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Idiopathic

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When a treatment, procedure, or error causes a disease.

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Iatrogenic

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Vaccines, Dietary or Lifestyle Changes, Cessation of harmful activities, and removal of harmful materials from the environment.

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Prevention Measures

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Gradual progression with only vague or very mild signs.

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Insidious

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The development of a disease or the sequence of events involved in the tissue changes related to the specific disease process.

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Pathogenesis

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Indicates a short term illness that develops quickly with marked signs.

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Acute Disease

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Often a milder condition developing gradually, but it persists for a long time and usually causes more permanent tissue damage.

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Chronic Disease

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“Silent” stag, in which no clinical signs are evident. May be referred to incubation period.

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Latent Stage

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The time in the early development of a disease when one is aware of a change in the body, but the signs are nonspecific.

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Prodromal Period

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Clinical evidence or effects, signs and symptoms of disease.

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Disease Manifestations

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Found at site of the problem.

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Local

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General indicators of illness.

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Systemic

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Objective indicators of disease that are obvious to someone other than the affected individual.

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Signs

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Subjective feelings reported by patient.

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Symptoms

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When manifestations of disease subside.

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Remission

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When signs of disease increase. (Flare-ups)

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Exacerabtion

Question 22

A collection of signs and symptoms that usually occur together in response to a certain condition.

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Syndrome

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Condition that triggers an acute episode.

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Precipitating Factor

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New secondary or additional problems that arise after the original disease begins.

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Complications

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Period of recovery and return to the normal healthy state.

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Convalescence

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Defines the probability for recovery or for other outcomes.

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Prognosis

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Indicates the disease rates within a group.

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Morbidity

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Indicate the relative number of deaths resulting from a particular disease.

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Mortality

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Science of tracking the pattern or occurrence of disease.

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Epidemiology

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Many cases of an infections disease within a given area.

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Epidemics

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Involve cases over several regions or world-wide.

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Pandemics

Question 32

Number of new cases in a given population noted within a stated time period.

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Incidence

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Number of new and old or existing cases within a specific population and time period.

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Prevalence

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Apoptosis

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Programmed cell death.

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Necrosis

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Death

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Hypoxia

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Reduction in oxygen to the cell

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Anoxia

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Loss of oxygen

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Atrophy

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Decrease in size of cells.

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in size of cells.

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Hyperplasia

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Increase in number of cells.

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Metaplasia

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When one mature cell type replaces a different mature cell type.

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Dysplasia

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Tissue in which cells vary in size and shape.

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Anaplasia

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Cells that are undifferentiated and have variable nuclei and cell structure.

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Neoplasm

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“New Growth” - Tumor.

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Ischemia

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Lack of blood supply to an area of tissue or part of an organ, can cause injury to cell death.

Question 46

Mechanical Damage

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Pressure/tearing off tissue.