NUR 239 Exam 1 (A+ GRADED)

Pathogenesis correct answers how a disease develops Etiology correct answers cause of disease Etiologies may be caused by correct answers Physical - heat, injury etc Chemical - exposure to chemicals Biological - genetics Nutritional - food reactions or deficiencies etc acute disease correct answers short term, can be severe chronic disease correct answers an ongoing condition or illness. It is long-term and can change in severity subacute disease correct answers a disease that is intermediate between acute and chronic levels of prevention correct answers primary- prevention - example: immunizations, exercise etc secondary - detection - example: XRAY, blood work tertiary- treatment - example: Chemotherapy Tissue proliferation correct answers growth of new tissue skin glandular intestinal tissue types of adaptive cell changes correct answers hypertrophy, atrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia, dysplasia Hypertrophy correct answers increase in cell size physiologic hyperplasia correct answers hormonal and compensatory Example: Enlarged breasts during pregnancy Thicker endometrium during menses pathologic hyperplasia correct answers is the abnormal proliferation of normal cells caused by stressor. Example: growth of endometrium due to prolonged estrogen stimulus atrophy correct answers decrease in cell size disuse atrophy correct answers when prolonged inactivity results in the muscles getting smaller in size hyperplasia correct answers increase in number of cells