NURS-UL 3366 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: homeostasis
Answer: maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal environment
Question 2: compensation
Answer: the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a stressor
Question 3: Glycogenolysis
Answer: breakdown of glycogen to glucose
Question 4: decompensation
Answer: the failure to compensate, adapt, doesn't return to homeostasis
Question 5: disease
Answer: harmful condition of the body or mind
Question 6: disorder
Answer: disturbance in the healthiness of the body
Question 7: syndrome
Answer: a collection of symptoms
Question 8: risk factors
Answer: decors that contribute to or increase the probability that a disease will occur
Question 9: examples of risk factors
Answer: smoking, age, ethnicity, diet, environment
Question 10: precipitating factors
Answer: a condition or event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder
Question 11: examples of precipitating factors
Answer: asthma attacks can be precipitated by exertion
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, Question 12: etiology
Answer: the cause of a disease, includes all factors that contribute tot he development of the disease
Question 13: idiopathic
Answer: disease with unidentifiable cause
Question 14: iatrogenic
Answer: occurs as a result of medical treatment
Question 15: nosocomial infection
Answer: hospital acquired infection
Question 16: clinical manifestations
Answer: the demonstration of the presence of a sign or symptom
Question 17: sign
Answer: manifestations that can only be objectively ideated by a trained
Question 18: symptoms
Answer: subjective manifestations that can be only reported by the person experiencing them
Question 19: local S&S
Answer: redness, swelling, heat, rash and lymphadenopathy in a particular area
Question 20: system S&S
Answer: fever, urticaria, malaise, systemic lymphadenopathy
Question 21: acute S&S
Answer: fairly rapid appearance of disease of several days, usually only last a short time
Question 22: chronic S&S
Answer: develop slowly and often insidious and last longer
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Question 1: homeostasis
Answer: maintenance of constant conditions in the body's internal environment
Question 2: compensation
Answer: the return to homeostasis after being challenged by a stressor
Question 3: Glycogenolysis
Answer: breakdown of glycogen to glucose
Question 4: decompensation
Answer: the failure to compensate, adapt, doesn't return to homeostasis
Question 5: disease
Answer: harmful condition of the body or mind
Question 6: disorder
Answer: disturbance in the healthiness of the body
Question 7: syndrome
Answer: a collection of symptoms
Question 8: risk factors
Answer: decors that contribute to or increase the probability that a disease will occur
Question 9: examples of risk factors
Answer: smoking, age, ethnicity, diet, environment
Question 10: precipitating factors
Answer: a condition or event that triggers a pathologic event or disorder
Question 11: examples of precipitating factors
Answer: asthma attacks can be precipitated by exertion
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, Question 12: etiology
Answer: the cause of a disease, includes all factors that contribute tot he development of the disease
Question 13: idiopathic
Answer: disease with unidentifiable cause
Question 14: iatrogenic
Answer: occurs as a result of medical treatment
Question 15: nosocomial infection
Answer: hospital acquired infection
Question 16: clinical manifestations
Answer: the demonstration of the presence of a sign or symptom
Question 17: sign
Answer: manifestations that can only be objectively ideated by a trained
Question 18: symptoms
Answer: subjective manifestations that can be only reported by the person experiencing them
Question 19: local S&S
Answer: redness, swelling, heat, rash and lymphadenopathy in a particular area
Question 20: system S&S
Answer: fever, urticaria, malaise, systemic lymphadenopathy
Question 21: acute S&S
Answer: fairly rapid appearance of disease of several days, usually only last a short time
Question 22: chronic S&S
Answer: develop slowly and often insidious and last longer
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