PNP301 - Test 1 Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is homeostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER the maintenance of a relatively stable internal
environment regardless of external changes
What is health defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical, mental and social well-being
What is a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
What is pathophysiology? - CORRECT ANSWER how physiological processes are altered in
disease or injury
cause and effect
What information needs to be included in someone's medical hisotry? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Current and prior illnesses
- Allergies
- Hospitalizations
- Treatment
- Specific difficulties
- Any type of therapy or drugs
What is "gross level" ? - CORRECT ANSWER organ or system level
What is the microscopic level? - CORRECT ANSWER cellular level
,What is a biopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER Excision of small amounts of living tissue
What is an autopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER Examination of the body and organs after death
What is a diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER identification of disease/illness/injury from
evlaution of signs and symptoms and lab tests
What is etiology? - CORRECT ANSWER cause of disease
What is an idiopathic cause of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER cause of disease is unknown
What is an iatrogenic cause of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Error in treatment/procedure
that may cause disease
What are predisposing factors? - CORRECT ANSWER - age
- gender
- inherited factors
- environment
What is prophylaxis? - CORRECT ANSWER A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment
designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring.
Examples of health prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Vaccinations
dietary/lifestyle modifications
prevention of potentially harmful activities etc
What is pathogenesis? - CORRECT ANSWER development of disease
,Types of Onset of Disease (2) - CORRECT ANSWER - sudden (acute)
- gradual (insidious), vague or mild sings
Define acute disease - CORRECT ANSWER Short-term, develops quickly
ex. High fever, severe pain etc.
Define chronic disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Develops gradually
- Milder symptoms, often intermittent with acute episodes
What is a subclinical state? - CORRECT ANSWER An illness that stays "below the surface" of
clinical detection.
A subclinical disease has no or minimally recognizable clinical findings.
What is a latent state? - CORRECT ANSWER no symptoms or clinical signs evident
in infectious disease, incubation period
What is the prodromal period? - CORRECT ANSWER Early development of the disease
Signs are nonspecific or absent
What are the clinical manifestations? - CORRECT ANSWER signs and symptoms of disease
local = at site or problem
systemic = general indicators of disease (fever)
, What is a sign? - CORRECT ANSWER Objective indicators of disease
What is a symptom? - CORRECT ANSWER A change in body function that is felt by a patient
as a result of disease
ubjective feelings
What are diagnostic tests? - CORRECT ANSWER any type of medical test carried out to
diagnose a condition, disease, or illness in people who are displaying specific signs of possible illness.
What marks the course or progress of a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER remission and
exacerbation
What is remission? - CORRECT ANSWER the period of time when a disease's symptoms are
not present
What is exacerbation? - CORRECT ANSWER worsening in the severity of the disease or in its
signs/symptoms
What are precipitating facotors? - CORRECT ANSWER condition that triggers an acute
episode
What is a complication? - CORRECT ANSWER an unexpected event in the diseases course
that often delays the patients recovery
additional problems to primary problem
How is therapy defined? - CORRECT ANSWER Measures to promote recovery/slow progress
Define sequelae - CORRECT ANSWER a condition that is the consequence of a previous
disease or injury
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is homeostasis? - CORRECT ANSWER the maintenance of a relatively stable internal
environment regardless of external changes
What is health defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical, mental and social well-being
What is a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
What is pathophysiology? - CORRECT ANSWER how physiological processes are altered in
disease or injury
cause and effect
What information needs to be included in someone's medical hisotry? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Current and prior illnesses
- Allergies
- Hospitalizations
- Treatment
- Specific difficulties
- Any type of therapy or drugs
What is "gross level" ? - CORRECT ANSWER organ or system level
What is the microscopic level? - CORRECT ANSWER cellular level
,What is a biopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER Excision of small amounts of living tissue
What is an autopsy? - CORRECT ANSWER Examination of the body and organs after death
What is a diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER identification of disease/illness/injury from
evlaution of signs and symptoms and lab tests
What is etiology? - CORRECT ANSWER cause of disease
What is an idiopathic cause of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER cause of disease is unknown
What is an iatrogenic cause of disease? - CORRECT ANSWER Error in treatment/procedure
that may cause disease
What are predisposing factors? - CORRECT ANSWER - age
- gender
- inherited factors
- environment
What is prophylaxis? - CORRECT ANSWER A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment
designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring.
Examples of health prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Vaccinations
dietary/lifestyle modifications
prevention of potentially harmful activities etc
What is pathogenesis? - CORRECT ANSWER development of disease
,Types of Onset of Disease (2) - CORRECT ANSWER - sudden (acute)
- gradual (insidious), vague or mild sings
Define acute disease - CORRECT ANSWER Short-term, develops quickly
ex. High fever, severe pain etc.
Define chronic disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Develops gradually
- Milder symptoms, often intermittent with acute episodes
What is a subclinical state? - CORRECT ANSWER An illness that stays "below the surface" of
clinical detection.
A subclinical disease has no or minimally recognizable clinical findings.
What is a latent state? - CORRECT ANSWER no symptoms or clinical signs evident
in infectious disease, incubation period
What is the prodromal period? - CORRECT ANSWER Early development of the disease
Signs are nonspecific or absent
What are the clinical manifestations? - CORRECT ANSWER signs and symptoms of disease
local = at site or problem
systemic = general indicators of disease (fever)
, What is a sign? - CORRECT ANSWER Objective indicators of disease
What is a symptom? - CORRECT ANSWER A change in body function that is felt by a patient
as a result of disease
ubjective feelings
What are diagnostic tests? - CORRECT ANSWER any type of medical test carried out to
diagnose a condition, disease, or illness in people who are displaying specific signs of possible illness.
What marks the course or progress of a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER remission and
exacerbation
What is remission? - CORRECT ANSWER the period of time when a disease's symptoms are
not present
What is exacerbation? - CORRECT ANSWER worsening in the severity of the disease or in its
signs/symptoms
What are precipitating facotors? - CORRECT ANSWER condition that triggers an acute
episode
What is a complication? - CORRECT ANSWER an unexpected event in the diseases course
that often delays the patients recovery
additional problems to primary problem
How is therapy defined? - CORRECT ANSWER Measures to promote recovery/slow progress
Define sequelae - CORRECT ANSWER a condition that is the consequence of a previous
disease or injury
