PATHOLOGY Flashcards
PATHOLOGY
STUDY OF the causes and effects of diseases. STRUCTURE AND/OR FUNCTION OF DISEASES.
PATHOLOGIST
studies the causes and effects of diseases, especially one who examines laboratory samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes. DISEASE DETECTIVE
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
someone who analyzes blood, tissue and body fluid samples. PREPARE SAMPLES FOR PATHOLOGIST TO INSPECT
BACTERIOLOGY
SCIENCE OF MICROORGANISMS. CULTURES, IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS
BIO-CHEMISTRY
SCIENCE OF CHEMICAL CHANGES IN LIVING THINGS. IE: CTYOLOGY: STUDY OF ABNORMAL CELLS
HEMATOLOGY
SCIENCE OF BLOOD
HISTOLOGY
STUDY OF TISSUE. OFTEN INCLUDES SURGICAL SPECIMENS. IE: FROZEN SECTION FROM AUTOPSY
NEPHRECTOMY
surgical removal of one or both of the kidneys
OOPHORECTOMY
REMOVAL OF OVARIES
CHOLECYSTECTOMY
REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER
ORCHIECTOMY
REMOVAL OF TESTICLE/S
SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
REMOVAL OF FALLOPIAN TUBE&OVARIES
HYSTEROSAPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
TOTAL REMOVAL
the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries are REMOVED
MORPHOLOGY
STUDY OF FORM&STRUCTURE OF LIVING ORGANISM WITHOUT REGARD TO FUNCTION
GROSS ANATOMY
study of anatomy at the visible or macroscopic level.LARGE SO MICROSCOPE NEEDED
EMBRYO
CONCEPTION TO 6 WEEKS
CELLS
CYTE,CYTOLOGY
BASIC UNIT OF LIFE
TISSUES
GROUP OF RELATED CELLS SIMILAR IN FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE
ORGANS
a collection of tissues that function IN A GROUP OR SYSTEM
SYSTEMS
GROUP OF ORGANS WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH A TASK
IE:CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, URINARY SYSTEM
ORGANISM
individual form of life composed of a single cell or a complex of cells IE:PLANT, FUNGUS, HUMAN
Afebrile
No fever
Aberrant
Not normal
