West Coast University Pathophysiology
Week 1: Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch.4, Ch.7 -questions
with answers
Etiology - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The known cause for
the disease.
The study of causes/reasons for phenomena.
Identify's causal factors acting in concert that provoke a particular
disease or injury.
Pathophysiology - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The study of
disease process.
Idiopathic - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The cause of the
disease is unknown
Iatrogenic - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Causes results from
unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
Example: Mistakes made in surgery, or dispensing the wrong
medication.
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,Risk factor - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Is the likelihood of
the disease.
Pathogenesis - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Development or
evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of
manifestation of disease.
Symptoms - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Subjective feeling of
abnormality in the body.
Signs - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Objective or observed
manifestation of disease, can be measured.
Syndrome - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔A set of signs and
symptoms not yet determined to delineate a disease.
Modifiable risk factors - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Hygiene
Diet
Exercise
Smoking
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, Drinking
Preexisting condition (if condition can be managed by diet,
exercise, etc.)
Non-modifiable risk factors - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔Family history
Age
Gender
Race/ethnicity
SOAP note - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The SOAP note (an
acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a
method of documentation employed by health care providers to
write out notes in a patient's chart, along with other common
formats, such as the admission note.
Latent period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Time between
exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first appearance of
symptoms.
Prodromal period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Time during
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Week 1: Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch.4, Ch.7 -questions
with answers
Etiology - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The known cause for
the disease.
The study of causes/reasons for phenomena.
Identify's causal factors acting in concert that provoke a particular
disease or injury.
Pathophysiology - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The study of
disease process.
Idiopathic - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The cause of the
disease is unknown
Iatrogenic - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Causes results from
unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
Example: Mistakes made in surgery, or dispensing the wrong
medication.
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,Risk factor - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Is the likelihood of
the disease.
Pathogenesis - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Development or
evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of
manifestation of disease.
Symptoms - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Subjective feeling of
abnormality in the body.
Signs - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Objective or observed
manifestation of disease, can be measured.
Syndrome - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔A set of signs and
symptoms not yet determined to delineate a disease.
Modifiable risk factors - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Hygiene
Diet
Exercise
Smoking
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, Drinking
Preexisting condition (if condition can be managed by diet,
exercise, etc.)
Non-modifiable risk factors - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER
**✔✔Family history
Age
Gender
Race/ethnicity
SOAP note - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔The SOAP note (an
acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a
method of documentation employed by health care providers to
write out notes in a patient's chart, along with other common
formats, such as the admission note.
Latent period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Time between
exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first appearance of
symptoms.
Prodromal period - ...,.🔹VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔Time during
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