Terms

Question 1

Pathology

Answer 1

the study of changes caused by disease.

Question 2

etiology

Answer 2

the branch of medicine concerned with the structural and functional changes caused by disease.

Question 3

homeostasis

Answer 3

maintaining body equilibrium, measurably disturbed

Question 4

hypertrophy

Answer 4

enlargement of that gland or cell

Question 5

atrophy

Answer 5

less growth (gotten smaller) (people in cast tent to get this because they don’t use that muscle for awhile)

Question 6

cytology

Answer 6

the study of the cells

Question 7

histology

Answer 7

study of the tissues

Question 8

disease

Answer 8

the unhealthy state of a body part a physiological system or a body as a whole

Question 9

signs

Answer 9

objective-you can see it (examples bumps, red, and watery)

Question 10

symptoms

Answer 10

subjective- patient says this one, we have to trust them with what they say (examples itch and pain)

Question 11

syndrome

Answer 11

you have both signs and symptoms

Question 12

asymptomatic

Answer 12

without signs or symptoms (examples like high blood pressure and cancer in the liver)

Question 13

diagnosis

Answer 13

the determination of the nature of the disease

Question 14

prognosis

Answer 14

“what are the chances” predicted course and outcome of the disease

Question 15

acute

Answer 15

short durations “heal quickly”

Question 16

chronic

Answer 16

creeps up on you and you don’t know that it is coming

Question 17

terminal

Answer 17

think it will cause death