NURS-UL 3366 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NURS-UL 3366 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. homeostasis
Answer:
maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal environment

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2. compensation
Answer:
the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a stressor

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3. Glycogenolysis
Answer:
breakdown of glycogen to glucose

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4. decompensation
Answer:
the failure to compensate, adapt, doesn't return to homeostasis

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5. disease
Answer:
harmful condition of the body or mind

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6. disorder
Answer:
disturbance in the healthiness of the body

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7. syndrome
Answer:
a collection of symptoms

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8. risk factors
Answer:
decors that contribute to or increase the probability that a disease will occur

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9. examples of risk factors

, Answer:
smoking, age, ethnicity, diet, environment

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10. precipitating factors
Answer:
a condition or event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder

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11. examples of precipitating factors
Answer:
asthma attacks can be precipitated by exertion

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12. etiology
Answer:
the cause of a disease, includes all factors that contribute tot he development of the disease

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13. idiopathic
Answer:
disease with unidentifiable cause

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14. iatrogenic
Answer:
occurs as a result of medical treatment

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15. nosocomial infection
Answer:
hospital acquired infection

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16. clinical manifestations
Answer:
the demonstration of the presence of a sign or symptom

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17. sign
Answer:
manifestations that can only be objectively ideated by a trained

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18. symptoms