Pathophysiology NUR 231 with correct answers
pathophysiology - correct answerstudy of functional or physiologic change that result in a
disruption of normal function
physiology - correct answernormal day to day function
pathology - correct answerthe directly observable lab study of cell and tissue changes
associated with disease, study of observable changes
pathologist - correct answerphysician who looks for changes in cell and tissue
health - correct answerthe state of an organism when it functions in homeostasis
disease - correct answeran interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or
organs
homeostasis - correct answerstate of equilibrium, what the body wants
negative feedback loop - correct answeroutput of system acts to oppose changes from the input
of the system, resulting stability
positive feedback loop - correct answeroutput is unable to attenuate an input change resulting
in an imbalance of system, often results in disease, heart failure - the body's response makes
problem worse
diagnosis - correct answersigns and symptoms together
signs - correct answerwhat we see
,symptoms - correct answerwhat patient tells us
etiology - correct answercauses of the disease, how did we get the disease
predisposing factors - correct answerrisk factors for developing a disease
pathogeneisis - correct answerprocess of beginning the disease, goes with etiology, what caused
the start of the disease
syndrome - correct answercompilation of signs and symptoms that point toward a diagnosis,
AIDS - signs and lab work, compilation of signs and symptoms together
insidious - correct answera gradual progression with very vague of mild signs
prognosis - correct answerhow bad is it? what are the chances of recovery?
morbidity - correct answerhow many people have the disease, negatively affects quality of life
mortality - correct answercauses death
epidemiology - correct answerstudy of disease in a population
pathophysiology - correct answeridentifies disease before it shows signs and symptoms, cellular
changes
atrophy - correct answerloss of growth, muscle growth diminishes
hypertrophy - correct answerincrease in the size of individual cells
, hyperplasia - correct answerincrease in the number of cells, healthy growth just more cells
metaplasia - correct answercell changes from one cell type to another. ciliated epithelial cells in
smoker changes to regular cubodal cell
dysplasia - correct answercells vary in size, shape and nucleus size/shape. less cell
differentiation, precursor to cancer
anaplasia - correct answercells lack differentiation, cancerous
neoplasm - correct answernew growth, malignant or benign
idiopathic - correct answerunknown cause
iatrogenic - correct answercaused by treatment, procedure or error
acute - correct answerinitial injury, localized
chronic - correct answerlong term, less inflammation
nosocomial - correct answerhospital acquired infection
communicable - correct answerability to spread from one person to another
sudden - correct answerfast onset of disease
prevalence - correct answerhow many have disease
pathophysiology - correct answerstudy of functional or physiologic change that result in a
disruption of normal function
physiology - correct answernormal day to day function
pathology - correct answerthe directly observable lab study of cell and tissue changes
associated with disease, study of observable changes
pathologist - correct answerphysician who looks for changes in cell and tissue
health - correct answerthe state of an organism when it functions in homeostasis
disease - correct answeran interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or
organs
homeostasis - correct answerstate of equilibrium, what the body wants
negative feedback loop - correct answeroutput of system acts to oppose changes from the input
of the system, resulting stability
positive feedback loop - correct answeroutput is unable to attenuate an input change resulting
in an imbalance of system, often results in disease, heart failure - the body's response makes
problem worse
diagnosis - correct answersigns and symptoms together
signs - correct answerwhat we see
,symptoms - correct answerwhat patient tells us
etiology - correct answercauses of the disease, how did we get the disease
predisposing factors - correct answerrisk factors for developing a disease
pathogeneisis - correct answerprocess of beginning the disease, goes with etiology, what caused
the start of the disease
syndrome - correct answercompilation of signs and symptoms that point toward a diagnosis,
AIDS - signs and lab work, compilation of signs and symptoms together
insidious - correct answera gradual progression with very vague of mild signs
prognosis - correct answerhow bad is it? what are the chances of recovery?
morbidity - correct answerhow many people have the disease, negatively affects quality of life
mortality - correct answercauses death
epidemiology - correct answerstudy of disease in a population
pathophysiology - correct answeridentifies disease before it shows signs and symptoms, cellular
changes
atrophy - correct answerloss of growth, muscle growth diminishes
hypertrophy - correct answerincrease in the size of individual cells
, hyperplasia - correct answerincrease in the number of cells, healthy growth just more cells
metaplasia - correct answercell changes from one cell type to another. ciliated epithelial cells in
smoker changes to regular cubodal cell
dysplasia - correct answercells vary in size, shape and nucleus size/shape. less cell
differentiation, precursor to cancer
anaplasia - correct answercells lack differentiation, cancerous
neoplasm - correct answernew growth, malignant or benign
idiopathic - correct answerunknown cause
iatrogenic - correct answercaused by treatment, procedure or error
acute - correct answerinitial injury, localized
chronic - correct answerlong term, less inflammation
nosocomial - correct answerhospital acquired infection
communicable - correct answerability to spread from one person to another
sudden - correct answerfast onset of disease
prevalence - correct answerhow many have disease
