Midterm Pathophysiology WCU Exam Study
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Etiology - ANSWER✔✔-cause & reason behind the disease
Idiopathic - ANSWER✔✔-cause is unknown
Iatrogenic - ANSWER✔✔-medically induced
-cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment
-results from an infection while in hospital
-can be caused by medication
Risk factor - ANSWER✔✔-A factor that when present increases the
likelihood of disease
Pathogenesis - ANSWER✔✔-Development or evolution of disease from
initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifesting of disease
Symptoms - ANSWER✔✔-subjective feeling of abnormality in the body
Signs - ANSWER✔✔-Objective or observed manifestation of disease
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,Syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-a set of signs and symptoms not yet determined
to delineate a disease and occur together
Latent period - ANSWER✔✔-time between exposure of tissue to injurious
agent and FIRST appearance of signs/or symptoms
Prodomal period - ANSWER✔✔-time during which first signs and/or
symptoms appear or onset of disease occurs
Latent period (2) - ANSWER✔✔-Also refers to a period during an illness
when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent
Subclinical stage - ANSWER✔✔-patient functions normally; disease
processes are well established.
Acute clinical course - ANSWER✔✔-short-lived; may have severe
manifestation
Chronic clinical course - ANSWER✔✔-may last months to years,
sometimes following an acute course
Illness and disease do not? - ANSWER✔✔-Always coexist. Illness is the
symptomatic and debilitating stage of a disease.
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,-Lytic - ANSWER✔✔-break down of the clot.
Syphilis - ANSWER✔✔-Can occur between latent & prodromal period and
between prodromal and latent period.
Remission - ANSWER✔✔-decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms; may
indicate disease is cured.
Exacerbation - ANSWER✔✔-increase in severity,signs, or symptoms
Sequela - ANSWER✔✔-Subsequent pathologic condition resulting from an
acute illness.
EX: placing a cast on someone then removing it and results in joint stiffness
Statistical normality - ANSWER✔✔-estimate of diseases in a normal
population, based on bell shape curve
Reliability - ANSWER✔✔-Test's ability to give the same results in repeated
measurements
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-degree to which a measurement reflects the true
value of what it intends to measure
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, Predictive value - ANSWER✔✔--Extent to which a test can differentiate
between presence or absence of a persons condition.
-A test.
Sensitivity - ANSWER✔✔-probability that a test will be positive when
applied to a person with a particular condition.
-A true positive
Specificity - ANSWER✔✔-Probability that a test will be negative when
applied to a person without a particular condition
-A true negative
Gender differences - ANSWER✔✔-relevant in both in health and disease
EX: hemoglobin, sex & growth hormones
Situational differences - ANSWER✔✔-determine whether a derivation
from normal should be considered abnormal or an adaptation mechanism.
EX: RBC's count increases when a person moves to a high altitude.
Time variations - ANSWER✔✔-may impact how the body responds from
day to night or at varying times.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Etiology - ANSWER✔✔-cause & reason behind the disease
Idiopathic - ANSWER✔✔-cause is unknown
Iatrogenic - ANSWER✔✔-medically induced
-cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment
-results from an infection while in hospital
-can be caused by medication
Risk factor - ANSWER✔✔-A factor that when present increases the
likelihood of disease
Pathogenesis - ANSWER✔✔-Development or evolution of disease from
initial stimulus to ultimate expression of manifesting of disease
Symptoms - ANSWER✔✔-subjective feeling of abnormality in the body
Signs - ANSWER✔✔-Objective or observed manifestation of disease
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,Syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-a set of signs and symptoms not yet determined
to delineate a disease and occur together
Latent period - ANSWER✔✔-time between exposure of tissue to injurious
agent and FIRST appearance of signs/or symptoms
Prodomal period - ANSWER✔✔-time during which first signs and/or
symptoms appear or onset of disease occurs
Latent period (2) - ANSWER✔✔-Also refers to a period during an illness
when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent
Subclinical stage - ANSWER✔✔-patient functions normally; disease
processes are well established.
Acute clinical course - ANSWER✔✔-short-lived; may have severe
manifestation
Chronic clinical course - ANSWER✔✔-may last months to years,
sometimes following an acute course
Illness and disease do not? - ANSWER✔✔-Always coexist. Illness is the
symptomatic and debilitating stage of a disease.
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,-Lytic - ANSWER✔✔-break down of the clot.
Syphilis - ANSWER✔✔-Can occur between latent & prodromal period and
between prodromal and latent period.
Remission - ANSWER✔✔-decrease in severity, signs, or symptoms; may
indicate disease is cured.
Exacerbation - ANSWER✔✔-increase in severity,signs, or symptoms
Sequela - ANSWER✔✔-Subsequent pathologic condition resulting from an
acute illness.
EX: placing a cast on someone then removing it and results in joint stiffness
Statistical normality - ANSWER✔✔-estimate of diseases in a normal
population, based on bell shape curve
Reliability - ANSWER✔✔-Test's ability to give the same results in repeated
measurements
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-degree to which a measurement reflects the true
value of what it intends to measure
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, Predictive value - ANSWER✔✔--Extent to which a test can differentiate
between presence or absence of a persons condition.
-A test.
Sensitivity - ANSWER✔✔-probability that a test will be positive when
applied to a person with a particular condition.
-A true positive
Specificity - ANSWER✔✔-Probability that a test will be negative when
applied to a person without a particular condition
-A true negative
Gender differences - ANSWER✔✔-relevant in both in health and disease
EX: hemoglobin, sex & growth hormones
Situational differences - ANSWER✔✔-determine whether a derivation
from normal should be considered abnormal or an adaptation mechanism.
EX: RBC's count increases when a person moves to a high altitude.
Time variations - ANSWER✔✔-may impact how the body responds from
day to night or at varying times.
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