U1 LEC: INTRODUCTION TO HISTOPATH Flashcards
Latin, pathos means?
disease
Latin, logos means?
treatise
Latin, pathologia
a treatise of disease
Greek, pathos means?
suffering
Greek, logia means?
study
Complete greek word
pathologikos
Pathology is also called as?
Pathobiology
This is the influence of magic or supernatural.
Anisim
This is the deficiency or excess body fluids.
Humors
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
This is the postmortems & gross pathology (300BC).
Morbid anatomy
He discovered the microscope in 17th century.
Anton van Leewenhoek
This is the study of cells
Cellular pathology
Father of Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
1632 oil painting
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
This is the study of the nature, causes, processes, development, consequences of disease and the modifications in cellular function and changes in cellular structure produced in any cell, organ, or part of the body by disease i.e. disease originates at the cellular level.
Pathology (Virchow)
This arises from alterations in molecules (genes, proteins, etc.) that influences the survival and behavior of cells.
Cellular disturbance
This is the foundation of modern pathology.
Understanding the cellular and molecular abnormalities that give rise to disease.
Pathogenesis
pathos (suffering) + genesis (Creation)
This refers to the development of disease and the chain of events leading to that disease.
Pathogenesis
This refers to the biological mechanism that leads to a diseased state.
Pathogenesis
This describes the abnormal condition.
Pathology