UNIT 1 TERMS Flashcards
pathos
disease
“logos”
a treatise
Latin etymology pathology
pathologia
Greek Etymology pathology
pathologikos
magic, supernatural beliefs
Animism
– deficiency/excess/imbalance of fluids; concept of the Greeks
Humors
It is a form of science and a branch of medicine that involves
testing samples and diagnosing physical health problems
from their evidence.
PATHOLOGY
Believed that disease was a
consequence of the deficiency or
excess body fluids
Hippocrates
Postmortems and gross pathology (300 BC)
Morbid
Anatomy
Study of Cells (19th century)
Cellular
Pathology
Father of Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Development of a diseased/morbid condition
Pathogenesis
A physician specialized in the interpretation and diagnosis of the gross, microscopic, and molecular cause by disease in the body
Pathologist
A doctor who studies all aspects of disease with emphasis on the nature,
causes, and development of abnormal conditions, as well as the structural and functional changes that result from disease processe
Pathologist
The laboratory specialist behind the front-line clinical team
Pathologist
A laboratory professional who performs diagnostic analysis on body fluids
Medical Technologist
Specialized in histopathologic techniques
Histotechnologist
eeks to explain the physiological
processes because of which such conditions develop and
progress. In other words, pathophysiology defines the
functional changes associated resulting from disease.
Pathophysiology
Histotechnologist Certification
HT(ASCP)
Works in the pathology laboratory
Histotechnologist
Examination of cells/tissues from a living organism
Biopsy
representative/small part of tissue is removed
Incision
Done to render an initial diagnosis and determine malignancy
Incision
example of incision
▪ Wedge type approach
▪ Core needle biopsy
entire tissue/tumor is removed; done if very amenable/easily
removable
Excision
Excision is also known as
wide local excision biopsy
Includes part of the normal surrounding tissue
Excision
The amount of normal tissue taken in excision is called
surgical margin
Autopsy greek
autopsia
Autos
oneself
opsis
sight, view
Autopsy is also called
- necropsy
- postmortem examination
- obduction
- autopsia cadaverum
Surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of
a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and
manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury that may
be present for research or educational purposes
AUTOPSY
A systematic, surgical, and scientific approach in examining the body;
systematic examination of the cause of death
AUTOPSY
