AAMI intro to pathology Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

AAMI intro to pathology Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Pathogenesis - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-manner in which disease develops gross anatomy - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-studies the structural changes brought about by disease as seen by the naked eye clinical pathology - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-study of excretions, secretions & other body fluids for the pu rpose of diagnosing disease. The laboratory diagnosis of disease physiological pathology - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-studies the changes in function brought about by disease rudolph Virchow - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-the father of cellular pathology lesion - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-any recognizable change in anatomy or structure of the tissues that can be caused by disease. the pathological change in an organ or tissue symptoms - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-subjective complaints experienced by the patient.not directly measurable ex: pain, dizziness,itching. signs - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-objective,measurable manifestations of disease: fever,blood pressure, abnormal pulse. febrile disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-any disease characterized by fever idiopathic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-of unknown origin. ex; cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis (although there are theories) acute disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-rapid onset& short duration. ex TB, pneumonia chronic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-slow onset & longer duration. ex ; arthritis iatrogenic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-results from a physicians treatment. any adverse condition resulting from treatment by physician or surgeon fulminating disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-latin root meaning 'lightening flash'. refers to rapid, sudden and severe. often fatal organic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-has readily identifiable characteristic lesion associated with it such as swollen glands, ulcerations during syphilis, inflammation of mucus membranes during strep throat etc functional disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-has no characteristic lesion. ex: migraine or various mental disturbances. no lesion exists, no anatomical or structural changes occur. nosocomial - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-pertains to a hospital. often refers to hospital acquired infection. prevalence - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-refers to number of new and old cases of a disease during a particular period. mortality rate - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-number of deaths per unit of population. morbidity rate - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-refers to number of cases of disease per unit of population Endemic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-more or less present in the community. a disease or agent that is usually pres ent in a population or geographical area at all times. the expected normal incidence of a condition in a certain geographical area or population epidemic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-attacks a large number of the population in a community at the same time . one whose incidence is beyond that expected by a given population pandemic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-occurs throughout the world sporadic disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-occurs in neither a endemic or epidemic form. occurring occasionally in a random o r isolated manner. factors involved in etiology (cause) of disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-age,race,nutritional status,gender,occupation, emotion & stress, environment, economic status. excitatory causes of disease - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-conditions that actua lly cause the disease. physical agents - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-heat/high temperature, cold/low temperature, electricity,x -rays. chemical agents - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-compounds that produce some type of cellular swelling; strong acids or bases,drugs,poisons, gases(carbon monoxide). infectious agents - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-these include various microorganisms viruses,bacteria and parasites adeno - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-gland ambi - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-both angio - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-vessel ante - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-before anti - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-against