PATHOLOGICAL LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY Flashcards
DEFINE PATHOLOGY
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF DISEASE PROCESSES
WHAT CONSIST ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY
- MORBID/POSTMORTEM ANATOMY
- SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
- CYTOLOGY
WHAT IS MORBID ANATOMY
AKA POSTMORTEM ANATOMY
WHAT IS SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
STUDY OF TISSUES REMOVED AT SURGICAL OPERATION
WHAT IS CYTOLOGY
THE STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS OBTAINED FROM A PATIENT
WHAT IS CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY
THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY OF BODY FLUID SAND TISSUES
WHAT IS HEMATOLOGY
THE STUDY OF BLOOD AND ITS PROPERTIES
WHAT IS IMMUNOLOGY
THE STUDY OF IMMUNITY AND HYPERSENSITIVITY AND THE FORMATION OF ANTIBODIES
WHAT DOES MICROBIOLOGY ENTAIL
- BACTERIOLOGY
- VIROLOGY
- MYCOLOGY
- PARASITOLOGY
WHAT IS BACTERIOLOGY
THE STUDY OF BACTERIA THAT CAUSE DISEASE
WHAT IS VIROLOGY
THE STUDY OF VIRUSES
WHAT IS MYCOLOGY
THE STUDY OF FUNGI
WHAT IS PARASITOLOGY
THE STUDY OF PARASITES
WHAT IS EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY
AN OBSERVATION OF THE CHANGES IN VISUAL APPEARANCE OF CELLS,TISSUES OR ORGANS AND THE ALTERATIONS IN FUNCTION WHICH ACCOMPANY THE CHANGES SEEN IS MADE. A HYPOTHESIS IS THEN FORMED AND AN EXPERIMENT CAN BE CONDUCTED PROVE OR REFUTE THE HYPOTHESIS
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH OBSERVATIONS CAN BE MADE
- PATIENT
- ORGANS AT SURGERY OR POSTMORTEM
- LIGHT MICROSCOPE
- ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
WHAT IS THE MAGNIFYING POWER OF A LIGHT MISCROSCOPE
X1000
WHAT IS THE MAGNIFYING POWER OF AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
X50000
OUR VIEWS OF THE PATIENT ARE LIMITED IN SPACE AND TIME. ELABORATE
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS AT VERY HIGH MAGNIFICATIONS ARE ONLY IN 2 DIMENSIONS AND REPRESENTS ONLY A VERY SMALL POTION OF TISSUE. HENCE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR SAMPLING ERROR.
A DISEASE IS NOT A STATIC CONDITION BUT
A DYNAMIC AND CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING SERIES OF CONDITIONS. IE IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR AT EVERY STAGE OF THE DISEASE. FROM THIS KNOWLEDGE A DIAGNOSIS CAN BE MADE FROM WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE AND THE FUTURE CAN BE PREDICTED AND A PROGNOSIS GIVEN. HENCE WHEN A SPECIMEN FROM A SICK PATIENT IS EXAMINED IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT WHAT IS SEEN REPRESENTS ONLY ONE FRAME FROM A MOVING PICTURE.
DEFINE THE DISEASE
A CONDITION OF THE ORGANISM WHICH LIMITS IT LIFE IN EITHER ITS POWERS, ENJOYMENT OR DURATION (WHO)
DIAGNOSIS
THE IDENTIFICATION OF A DISEASE PROCESS