Taber's Unit 1

Question 1

Disease

Answer 1

condition marked by subjective complaints. a specific history and clinical signs, symptoms, and laboratory or radiographic findings. Tangible, measurable

Question 2

Pathology

Answer 2

what happens inside

the study of the nature and cause of the disease, which involves changes in structure and function.

A condition produced by disease

Question 3

Etiology

Answer 3

the study of the CAUSE OF DISEASE

Question 4

Pathophysiology

Answer 4

how does the condition change

the study of how normal physiological processes are altered by disease

Question 5

Risk Factor

Answer 5

an environmental, chemical, psychological, physiological, or genetic element that PREDISPOSES an individual to the development of a disease

Question 6

Epidemiology

Answer 6

population health, what might affect population

study of the distribution and determinants of health related states and events in populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems

Question 7

Diagnosis

Answer 7

What is the problem?

denoting the disease or syndrome a person has or is believed to have

use of scientific or clinical methods to establish the cause and nature of illness/injury

Question 8

Signs

Answer 8

Health Care Worker’s “see”

an objective evidence or manifestation of an illness or disordered function of the body. signs are apparent to observe

Question 9

Symptoms

Answer 9

Cl. “says”

any change in the body or its functions as perceived by the patient. It represents the subjective experience of disease. Described by patient in complaint/history

Question 10

Intrinsic

Answer 10

Caused by inside the body

structures belonging solely to a certain body part, as intrinsic nerve/muscle. due to causes/elements w/in body, organ, part

Question 11

Extrinsic

Answer 11

Caused by outside

from or coming from outside

Question 12

Inherited

Answer 12

b/c of genetics

results of genetic material contained w/in the ovum and sperm

Question 13

Genetics

Answer 13

the study of hereditary and its variation

biological, clinical, molecular

Question 14

Congenital

Answer 14

present at birth

disease: hereditary factors, prenatal infection, injury or effect of drug mother took during pregnancy

Question 15

Iatrogenesis

Answer 15

side effect
happened b/c of medical care

any injury or illness that occurs as a result of medical care (e.g. chemo–> vomit, hair loss)

Question 16

Idiopathic

Answer 16

don’t know cause

pertaining to illnesses whose cause is either uncertain or yet undetermined

Question 17

Impairment

Answer 17

weakness, difficulty

any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function

represents a deviation from certain generally accepted population standards in the biomedical status of the body and its function