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Pathophysiology Midterm - Jersey
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Pathophysiology - Answer✔️✔️-the study of functional or pathologic
changes in the body that result from disease processes
Pathology - Answer✔️✔️-the laboratory study of cell and tissue
changes associated with disease.
Steps for better health - Answer✔️✔️-Be a nonsmoker and avoid
second-hand smoke, Eat 5-10 servings of vegetables and fruit a
day, Be physically active on a regular basis, Protect yourself and
your family from the sun, Follow cancer screening guidelines, Visit
your doctor or dentist is you notice any change in your normal state
of health, and Follow health and safety instructions at home and at
work
Primary level of prevention - Answer✔️✔️-Protect healthy people from
developing a disease or experiencing an injury in the first place
Secondary level of prevention - Answer✔️✔️-Happens after an illness
or serious risk factors have already been diagnosed.
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Tertiary level of protection - Answer✔️✔️-Focuses on helping people
manage complicated, long-term health problems
Biopsy - Answer✔️✔️-Examination of living tissue
Prognosis - Answer✔️✔️-The probability of specific outcomes
Etiology - Answer✔️✔️-Concerns the causative factors in a particular
disease
Epidemiology - Answer✔️✔️-The science of tracking the pattern or
occurrence of disease
Latent Stage - Answer✔️✔️-"silent stage" No clinical signs are evident,
characterizes some diseases
Acute Stage - Answer✔️✔️-Short-term that develops quickly with
marked signs
Chronic Stage - Answer✔️✔️-Often milder developing gradually
Morbidity - Answer✔️✔️-The disease rates within a group
Mortality - Answer✔️✔️-Indicate the relative number of deaths
resulting from a particular disease
Symptoms - Answer✔️✔️-Subjective feelings, such as pain or nausea
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Precipitating Factor - Answer✔️✔️-condition that triggers an acute
episode (seizure)
Remission - Answer✔️✔️-mark the course or progress of a disease;
manifestations subside
Complication - Answer✔️✔️-new, secondary or additional problems
that arise after the original disease begin
Apoptosis - Answer✔️✔️-Cell death
Atrophy - Answer✔️✔️-Decrease in the size of cells
Anaplasia - Answer✔️✔️-cells that are undifferentiated with variable
nuclear and cell structures
What is gangrene? - Answer✔️✔️-An area of necrotic tissue that has
been invaded by bacteria.
Why does gangrene smell? - Answer✔️✔️-May cause a buildup of
gases with tissue and further reduce blood supply
Hypertrophy - Answer✔️✔️-Increase in the size of individual cells
Dysplasia - Answer✔️✔️-cells vary in size and shape, large nuclei are
frequently present
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