Week 1 Flashcards

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Who is Hippocrates

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The father of medicine oi

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HISTOPATHOLOGy meaning

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Histo: Tissue
Pathos: Suffering/Disease
Logos: Study

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Sir William Osler - father of modern medicine

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Pathologists contribute to patient management by providing final diagnosis of disease’.
- he is the first guy to say so see people and learn from clinical trials

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General Histopathology

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Is concerned with the reactions of cells and tissues to abnormal stimuli and
to inherited defects, which are the main causes of disease.
It is an understanding of variation between normal and abnormal tissue

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5
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Oral Histopathology

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Is a branch of dentistry that deals with the identification, nature, and
management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial region.

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What is a disease

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Abnormal variation instructure and size

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What are the 2 types of disease

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Acquired disease d caused from exposure to environmental agents
Congenital disease is genetically determined

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What are 4 aspects of disease process

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  1. Etiology, origin I why the disease occurred
  2. Pathenogenisit - mechanism/ steps of development’l now it happened
  3. Morphological changes - structure, shape, size changes
  4. Clinical manifestation - functional consequences
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9
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What it patient

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The person affected by disease

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What is ethology

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The cause of the disease

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Pathogenesis?

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The mechanism of development or the sequence of events that follow the exposure of cello tissue to an injourus agent

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Morphological charges?

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The structural alterations induced in cells, tissues, organs o- macro + microscopio

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Idiopathic

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The desease it without an evidente cause, leve auto inmune disease

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Secondary

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• The disease represents a complication or manifestation of an underlying condition
e.g. Nephropathy in diabetic patients

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Acute

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Conditions that have a rapid
onset
e.g. Appendicitis, periapical abscess

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Chronic

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Conditions of insidious onset & have a prolonged course lasting for months or years e.g. pyogenic granuloma

17
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Symptoms

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What the patient perceives to be
wrong

18
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Signs

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• What the clinician perceives to be
wrong
e.g. a lump or skin rash

19
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Diagnosis

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Recognition of a disease by the
signs
and symptoms

20
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Treatment

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Methods used to manage disease process

21
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Prognosis

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Probable outcome or likely course of the disease

22
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Complications

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Secondary or distant effects of the disease

23
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Remission

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The conversion from active disease to quiescence (inactive
state/ dormancy)

24
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Relapse

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The reappearance of signs & symptoms

25
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Histopathology

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The investigation and diagnosis of disease from
the examination of tissues. E.g. tumors

26
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Cytology

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The investigation and diagnosis of disease from the examination of isolated cells. e.g. Smear from the oral cavity

27
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Hematology

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The study of disorders of the cellular and coagulable components of blood. E.g. Hemophilia (deficiency of factor VIII)

28
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Microbiology

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The study of infectious diseases and the organisms
responsible for them. e.g. mycobacterium tuberculosis

29
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Immunology

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The study of the specific defense mechanisms of the body
e.g. Studying antibody levels

30
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Genetics

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The study of abnormal chromosomes and genes

31
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Toxicology

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The study of the effects of known or suspected
poisons/drug abuse

32
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Forensic Pathology

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The application of pathology to legal purposes (e.g. the investigation of death in suspicious circumstances)