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mechanisms of disease Flashcards

1
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Any stimulus, internal or external that creates an imbalance in the internal environment?

A

Stress

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1
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massage therapy typically progresses through
general-specific-_____ to surface- deep- _____

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general and surface

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2
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Good stress

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Eustress

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3
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Bad stress

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Distress

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4
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____ cares goal is to reduce discomfort but there’s no expectation for a cure

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Palliative

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5
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A signal that travels toward a particular center or point of reference

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Afferent

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6
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A signal travels away from a particular center or point of

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Efferent

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7
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Intensifying/enhancing a feedback loop

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Positive

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8
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Reversing/reducing a Feedback loop

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Negative

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9
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Disease causing organisms

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Pathogens

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10
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The internal periodic timing components of an organism that are generated within the body

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Biological rhythms

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11
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The tendency for biological rhythms, to begin to oscillate together

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Entrainment

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12
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A balance state of physical, emotional, social and spiritual well-being

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Homeostasis

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13
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The study of disease

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Pathology

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14
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The study of all factors involved in causing a disease

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Etiology

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15
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Disease with undetermined causes

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Idiopathic

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16
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Groups or signs and symptoms that identify a pathological condition

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Syndromes

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17
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Disease present at birth

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Congenital

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18
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The reproduction of abnormal and undifferentiated cells that failed to mature into specialized cell types

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Anaplasia

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19
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Categories of body types created in the 1940s by American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon

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Somatotype’s

20
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A person with a lean amd delicate bodybuild

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Ectomorph

21
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Person with medium, build, develop muscles easily, and has more muscle than fat

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Mesomorph

22
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Person with large build, has more fat than muscle

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Endomorph

23
Q

Cancer specialist they utilize chemotherapy medication is Antineoplastics

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Oncologist

24
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Occurs only in living tissue. It is a normal response that can lead to healing.

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Inflammation

25
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Never normal, it is associated with infection a.k.a. purulent exudate

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Pus

26
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A tract leading from a cavity to the surface

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Sinus

27
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A tract open at both ends and allows in abnormal connection between tow surfaces

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Fistula

28
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Typically temporary with sudden onset

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Acute

29
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Typically non-productive is symptom that persists or recurs for indefinite periodS

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Chronic

30
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Pain receptors

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Nociceptors

31
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Brains, ability to form new pathways or synapses in adapt to change when you learn something your brain physically changes

A

Neuroplasticity

32
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Three types of pain dysfunction

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Allodynia
Hyperalgesia
Parasthesia

33
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Origin of the pain is a different location than the sensation

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Referred pain

34
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The theory that the perception of paint can be turned off

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Gate control theory

35
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Type of pain (itch or tickle) perceived in an area of the body, that no longer exists

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Phantom pain

36
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An area of skin in which sensory nerves derive from a single spinal nerve root

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Dermotome

37
Q

Something that has an impact the logically should not

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Placebo

38
Q

Blood vessels increase in size increasing blood flow ;can be caused by heat

A

Vaso dilation

39
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Blood vessels decrease in size, decrease in blood flow can be caused by cold

A

Vasoconstriction

40
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Narcotic analgesics, derived from the opium poppy

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Opiates

41
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Narcotic analgesics, but are at least partly synthetic, and not found in nature

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Opioids

42
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Two ways a person can be addicted

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Physical and psychological

43
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General adaption syndrome, three steps

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Dr. Hans selye
Fight or flight-resistance-exhaustion

44
Q

Whether or not something is stressful is determined by our ____

A

Perception

45
Q

The ability to bounce back

A

Resilience

46
Q

Plane that divides the body into left and right

A

Sagittal

47
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Plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior

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Frontal or Coronal

48
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Plane divides the body into superior and inferior

A

Transverse

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