Terms Flashcards
Illness
Condition of a person with a disease
Disease
Pathological condition of the body that presents a group of symptoms particular to it
Pathology
The study of the disease that can cause abnormalities in the structure
Subjective symptoms
Ex sore throat can’t be measured
Objective symptoms
Ex high temp can be measured
Lesion
Cut
Symptom
Can be measured (subjective) and is something pt describes
Idiopathic
Unknown cause
Iatrogenic
Causes by treatment
Inflammatory
The initial response of body tissue to local injury
Infarction
(Heart) produced by arterial supply or venous drainage
Hemorrhage
Discharge from blood vessel
Hematoma
Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
Atrophy
Reduction in the size or # of cells in an organ or tissue
Hypertrophy
Increase in the size of the cells of the tissue or organ
Hyperplasia
Increase in the # of the cells in a tissue or organ
Neoplasia
Unformed abnormal proliferation of cells (cancer)
Cancer
Malignant neoplasms
Grading
Degree of malignancy 1-4
Staging
The extent to which he tumor has spread
Tnm. Metastasis
Tumor size
Node involvement
4 types of cancer
Carcinoma - epithelial tissue
Sarcoma - connective tissue
Leukemia - blood
Lymphoma - lymphatic
Endotrachal tube (et tube)
5 to 7 cm above carina
Central venous catheters
Inserted into subclavian vein to measure cvp
Swan ganz catheter
Meauring pcw and cvp with inflatable balloon at tip