Pathophysiology exam 1 Chamberlain Solved Questions & Answers Graded A+

Pathophysiology - Answer the study of how disease processes affect the function of the body diagnosis - Answer identification of a disease with signs and symptoms Etiology - Answer what is causing the disease idiopathic - Answer unknown cause onset - Answer starting acute - Answer short term, develops quickly chronic - Answer develops gradually, happens for more than 4-6 months manisfestation - Answer clinical evidence or effects Signs - Answer what you see (objective) Symptoms - Answer what a patient feels (subjective) exacerbations - Answer worsening of condition or disease complications - Answer New secondary or additional problems Diagnostic Tests - Answer to find out exactly what the disease isprognosis - Answer likelyhood of recovery Cellular Adaptation - Answer adapt to change to conditions of the body Differentiation - Answer process in which cells become specialized atrophy - Answer to waste away, decrease in size for cells or tissues hypertrophy - Answer increase in cell size and tissue