NURS 312 patho exam 1 Questions with correct answers.

NURS 312 patho exam 1 Questions with
correct answers

Insidious - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gradual less noticeable onset
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Morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Effects an illness has on ones life.
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Disease rates of a group
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Co-morbidity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Presence of one or more
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additional illnesses occurring wig primary disease (CAD and diabetes)
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Idiopathic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cause unknown
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Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Caused by medical treatment
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Etiology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of disease causation
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Pathogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Process of how disease develops
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Metaplasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Reversible change in which one
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adult cell type replaced by another cell type
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, Dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Deranged cell growth of s tissue that
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results in cells that vary in size shape and organization
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Hypoxia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lack of oxygen
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Ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Lack of blood flow
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Innate immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-natural resistance we have
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from birth. composed of epithelial barriers, WBC and NK cells.
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Complement System - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-group of proteins that act
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in a cascade to rid body of invaders
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cytokines - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-messengers that
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stimulate/inhibit;interfere activity.. proteins that modulate acute phase
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response (fever, lethargy, hypotension, tachycardia, anorexia, neutrophil
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release and cortisol)
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Adaptive immunity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-2nd line: responds less
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rapidly but more effective. T and B cells, dendritic cells, and antibodies
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