The Pathophysiology study guide

The Pathophysiology study guide Pathophysiology - answer - study of the physiology of disease Syndrome - answer - a concurrence of symptoms that appear in a disease state or morbid process Disease - answer - absence of balance of the homeostatic state that normally exists in the body Hypertrophy - answer - increased size of cell or organ unrelated to tumor Atrophy - answer - wasting of tissues, organ or the entire body Dysplasia - answer - tissue with cells of varying size and shape Hyperplasia - answer - increase number of cells Metaplasia - answer - one mature cell replaced by different mature cell Lesion - answer - circumscribed (definite area) pathologic change in the tissues Ischemia - answer - local anemia due to mechanical obstruction of vessel Infarction - answer - area of necrosis (dead tissue) resulting from local arrest or sudden insufficiency of arterial or venous blood. Inflammation - answer - fundamental pathologic process consisting of a dynamic complex of cytologic and histologic reactions that occur in tissues and blood vessels