HOSA Pathophysiology Disease process and Terminology Study Guide

HOSA Pathophysiology Disease
process and Terminology Study Guide
homeostasis - Answer stability of the body



asymptomatic - Answer showing no symptoms of disease



pathogenesis - Answer Development of disease



acute - Answer abrupt



chronic - Answer lasts longer than six months



predisposing factors (risk factors) - Answer makes a person/group more vulnerable to
disease (ex: Age,Gender, Lifestyle, Environment, Hereditary)



acute inflammation - Answer normal protective response to injury/disease, accompanied
with redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of funciton



widespread inflammation - Answer marked by fever, malaise, and loss of appetite



necrosis - Answer Death of tissue



E. coli - Answer colon, manure; causes enteritis infection



Staph aureus - Answer skin, hair, anterior nares,causes wound infection, pneumonia, food
poisoning, cellultis



Strep group A - Answer oropharynx,skin, perineal area; causes strep throat, rhuematic
fever,scarlet fever, impetigo



strep group b - Answer genitalia causes; urinary tract infection, wound infection,
endometritis



mycobacterium - Answer lungs, cause tuberculosis