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Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms, including - Answer Bacteria, Fungi, Parasites Pathology is: - Answer study of disease Etiology of a disease means the: - Answer Study of cause To prevent the spread of disease: - Answer Keep your hands clean If a person has a predisposing factor to a condition it means: - Answer a person is more susceptible to a disease Which of the following would be included in a medical history? - Answer Interviewing the patient about his family medical profile, medical symptoms, surgeries, injuries, and treatments A physical examination would include which of the following? - Answer Auscultation, palpation, and percussion A chronic disease usually has which of the following elements? - Answer It persists for a long period of time, often for the individual's entire lifetime. Which of the following is an example of a complication of a condition or disease? - Answer A patient after surgery develops an infection Types of treatments for diseases or conditions might include: - Answer Surgery Holistic medicine refers to: - Answer Caring for the whole person Acute - Answer Sudden onset disease Chronic - Answer Long-term condition

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Chapter 1 and 2 Pathophysiology
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Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms, including - Answer Bacteria, Fungi,
Parasites



Pathology is: - Answer study of disease



Etiology of a disease means the: - Answer Study of cause



To prevent the spread of disease: - Answer Keep your hands clean



If a person has a predisposing factor to a condition it means: - Answer a person is more
susceptible to a disease



Which of the following would be included in a medical history? - Answer Interviewing the
patient about his family medical profile, medical symptoms, surgeries, injuries, and treatments



A physical examination would include which of the following? - Answer Auscultation,
palpation, and percussion



A chronic disease usually has which of the following elements? - Answer It persists for a long
period of time, often for the individual's entire lifetime.



Which of the following is an example of a complication of a condition or disease? - Answer A
patient after surgery develops an infection



Types of treatments for diseases or conditions might include: - Answer Surgery



Holistic medicine refers to: - Answer Caring for the whole person



Acute - Answer Sudden onset disease



Chronic - Answer Long-term condition

, Remission - Answer Symptoms diminished or temporarily resolved



Exacerbation - Answer worsening of symptoms



Prognosis - Answer Predicted or expected outcome of the disease



The predicted or expected outcome of a disease is called the - Answer Prognosis



A condition that is short term with a sudden onset is called - Answer acute



A disease that lasts for a long or extended period of time is considered - Answer Chronic



A time when symptoms are diminished or temporarily resolved is called - Answer remission



Statistics that state how many people might die from a disease are called - Answer Mortality
rates



____are defined as the study of standards of conduct and moral judgment. - Answer Medical
Ethics



The concept where the whole person rather than just the physical being is considered is known
as - Answer Holistic medicine



The growth pattern of cancer cells is considered - Answer haphazard



Diseases caused by an abnormality of an individual's genetic makeup can be classified in which
of the following categories? - Answer Hereditary



Poison, as a cause of disease, would fall into which of the following categories? - Answer
Trauma



Adenomas, carcinomas, and sarcomas are examples of: - Answer hyperplasia and neoplasms



Which of the following statements best describes antigens? - Answer Harmful substances



Antibodies are produced by which of the following? - Answer Lymphocytes

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