Patho Terminologies

Question 1

What is Pathophysiology –

Answer 1

Study of changes in physiology due to disease or injury

Question 2

What is Physiology?
What is Pathology?
What is Pathogenesis?
What is Etiology ?

Answer 2

Physiology – Study of normal functions of the body
Pathology – Study of the causes and effects of diseases
Pathogenesis – patterns of the development of disease
Etiology – Study of the cause of disease

Question 3

What are signs?

Answer 3

They are objective, measurable and can be seen.

Question 4

What are Symptoms?

Answer 4

They are subjective, not measurable and its what the patient says it is.

Question 5

What are Acute illness?

Answer 5

sudden appearance of signs and symptoms – lasts a short period of time - Eg.influenza

Question 6

what are Chronic illness?

Answer 6

They develops slowly, lasts longer – days or weeks compared to months to years eg. arthritis

Question 7

What is Prodromal –

Answer 7

vague nonspecific symptoms, before the onset of specific symptoms

Question 8

What is Insidious –

Answer 8

vague or nonspecific feelings – may not notice – symptoms comes on very slowly – unnoticeable at first

Question 9

What is Latent –

Answer 9

no symptoms are present, but disease is present