GCU BIO-322 Exam 1 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Etiology - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cause of a disease or injury
Etiologic Agents - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exogenous- from
external environment
Endogenous- from within the body
Idiopathic - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cause Undetermined
Iatrogenic - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Caused unintentionally
ex. treatment, diagnostic procedure or error
Pathogenesis - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The underlying
mechanisms responsible for the clinical manifestations of a disease
Clinical Manifestations - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Signs and
,Symptoms associated with a disease
Related alterations in diagnostic tests
Sign - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Objective indication of disease
Symptom - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Subjective indication of
disease
Syndrome - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Combination of signs
and symptoms
Acute disease - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Appears quickly
Chronic Disease - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Enduring with
lasting implications
Exacerbation - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increase in disease
severity
Remission - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decrease in disease
,severity
Genetics - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Role of specific genes
familial inheritance of genetic variations
Genomics - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mediation of physiologic
function by groups of genes
Nutrition - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔modifiable risk factor
High intake pf carbs and fat- diabetes
High intake of sodium- Cardiovascular disease
Epidemiology - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔study of how disease
is distributed in populations and identification of the factors
influencing the distribution
Incidence - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of new cases of a
disease or condition within a defined period and for a defined
, population
Prevalence - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of individuals
of a defined population who already have a disease or condition
Mortality - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of deaths in a
given population
Morbidity - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Departure from
physiologic or psychologic well-being and encompasses disease,
injury, and disability
Hypoxemic Hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oxygen is
below normal due to environmental reasons or respiratory disease
Ischemic hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tissue is not
receiving enough O2 because of decreased perfusion due to cardiac
or vascular disorder
Anemic Hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood is reduced due to
CORRECT ANSWERS
Etiology - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cause of a disease or injury
Etiologic Agents - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exogenous- from
external environment
Endogenous- from within the body
Idiopathic - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cause Undetermined
Iatrogenic - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Caused unintentionally
ex. treatment, diagnostic procedure or error
Pathogenesis - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The underlying
mechanisms responsible for the clinical manifestations of a disease
Clinical Manifestations - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Signs and
,Symptoms associated with a disease
Related alterations in diagnostic tests
Sign - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Objective indication of disease
Symptom - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Subjective indication of
disease
Syndrome - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Combination of signs
and symptoms
Acute disease - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Appears quickly
Chronic Disease - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Enduring with
lasting implications
Exacerbation - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Increase in disease
severity
Remission - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Decrease in disease
,severity
Genetics - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Role of specific genes
familial inheritance of genetic variations
Genomics - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Mediation of physiologic
function by groups of genes
Nutrition - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔modifiable risk factor
High intake pf carbs and fat- diabetes
High intake of sodium- Cardiovascular disease
Epidemiology - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔study of how disease
is distributed in populations and identification of the factors
influencing the distribution
Incidence - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of new cases of a
disease or condition within a defined period and for a defined
, population
Prevalence - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of individuals
of a defined population who already have a disease or condition
Mortality - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Number of deaths in a
given population
Morbidity - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Departure from
physiologic or psychologic well-being and encompasses disease,
injury, and disability
Hypoxemic Hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oxygen is
below normal due to environmental reasons or respiratory disease
Ischemic hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tissue is not
receiving enough O2 because of decreased perfusion due to cardiac
or vascular disorder
Anemic Hypoxia - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oxygen-carrying
capacity of the blood is reduced due to
