PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
What is homeostasis? - (ANSWER)the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment regardless
of external changes
What is health defined as? - (ANSWER)Physical, mental and social well-being
What is a disease? - (ANSWER)Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
What is pathophysiology? - (ANSWER)how physiological processes are altered in disease or injury
cause and effect
What information needs to be included in someone's medical hisotry? - (ANSWER)- Current and prior
illnesses
- Allergies
- Hospitalizations
- Treatment
- Specific difficulties
- Any type of therapy or drugs
What is "gross level" ? - (ANSWER)organ or system level
What is the microscopic level? - (ANSWER)cellular level
,PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
What is a biopsy? - (ANSWER)Excision of small amounts of living tissue
What is an autopsy? - (ANSWER)Examination of the body and organs after death
What is a diagnosis? - (ANSWER)identification of disease/illness/injury from evlaution of signs and
symptoms and lab tests
What is etiology? - (ANSWER)cause of disease
What is an idiopathic cause of disease? - (ANSWER)cause of disease is unknown
What is an iatrogenic cause of disease? - (ANSWER)Error in treatment/procedure that may cause disease
What are predisposing factors? - (ANSWER)- age
- gender
- inherited factors
- environment
What is prophylaxis? - (ANSWER)A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to
prevent a disease from occurring.
Examples of health prevention - (ANSWER)Vaccinations
dietary/lifestyle modifications
prevention of potentially harmful activities etc
What is pathogenesis? - (ANSWER)development of disease
,PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Types of Onset of Disease (2) - (ANSWER)- sudden (acute)
- gradual (insidious), vague or mild sings
Define acute disease - (ANSWER)Short-term, develops quickly
ex. High fever, severe pain etc.
Define chronic disease - (ANSWER)- Develops gradually
- Milder symptoms, often intermittent with acute episodes
What is a subclinical state? - (ANSWER)An illness that stays "below the surface" of clinical detection.
A subclinical disease has no or minimally recognizable clinical findings.
What is a latent state? - (ANSWER)no symptoms or clinical signs evident
in infectious disease, incubation period
What is the prodromal period? - (ANSWER)Early development of the disease
Signs are nonspecific or absent
What are the clinical manifestations? - (ANSWER)signs and symptoms of disease
local = at site or problem
, PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
systemic = general indicators of disease (fever)
What is a sign? - (ANSWER)Objective indicators of disease
What is a symptom? - (ANSWER)A change in body function that is felt by a patient as a result of disease
ubjective feelings
What are diagnostic tests? - (ANSWER)any type of medical test carried out to diagnose a condition,
disease, or illness in people who are displaying specific signs of possible illness.
What marks the course or progress of a disease? - (ANSWER)remission and exacerbation
What is remission? - (ANSWER)the period of time when a disease's symptoms are not present
What is exacerbation? - (ANSWER)worsening in the severity of the disease or in its signs/symptoms
What are precipitating facotors? - (ANSWER)condition that triggers an acute episode
What is a complication? - (ANSWER)an unexpected event in the diseases course that often delays the
patients recovery
additional problems to primary problem
How is therapy defined? - (ANSWER)Measures to promote recovery/slow progress
Define sequelae - (ANSWER)a condition that is the consequence of a previous disease or injury
What is homeostasis? - (ANSWER)the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment regardless
of external changes
What is health defined as? - (ANSWER)Physical, mental and social well-being
What is a disease? - (ANSWER)Deviation from the normal state of homeostasis
What is pathophysiology? - (ANSWER)how physiological processes are altered in disease or injury
cause and effect
What information needs to be included in someone's medical hisotry? - (ANSWER)- Current and prior
illnesses
- Allergies
- Hospitalizations
- Treatment
- Specific difficulties
- Any type of therapy or drugs
What is "gross level" ? - (ANSWER)organ or system level
What is the microscopic level? - (ANSWER)cellular level
,PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
What is a biopsy? - (ANSWER)Excision of small amounts of living tissue
What is an autopsy? - (ANSWER)Examination of the body and organs after death
What is a diagnosis? - (ANSWER)identification of disease/illness/injury from evlaution of signs and
symptoms and lab tests
What is etiology? - (ANSWER)cause of disease
What is an idiopathic cause of disease? - (ANSWER)cause of disease is unknown
What is an iatrogenic cause of disease? - (ANSWER)Error in treatment/procedure that may cause disease
What are predisposing factors? - (ANSWER)- age
- gender
- inherited factors
- environment
What is prophylaxis? - (ANSWER)A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to
prevent a disease from occurring.
Examples of health prevention - (ANSWER)Vaccinations
dietary/lifestyle modifications
prevention of potentially harmful activities etc
What is pathogenesis? - (ANSWER)development of disease
,PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Types of Onset of Disease (2) - (ANSWER)- sudden (acute)
- gradual (insidious), vague or mild sings
Define acute disease - (ANSWER)Short-term, develops quickly
ex. High fever, severe pain etc.
Define chronic disease - (ANSWER)- Develops gradually
- Milder symptoms, often intermittent with acute episodes
What is a subclinical state? - (ANSWER)An illness that stays "below the surface" of clinical detection.
A subclinical disease has no or minimally recognizable clinical findings.
What is a latent state? - (ANSWER)no symptoms or clinical signs evident
in infectious disease, incubation period
What is the prodromal period? - (ANSWER)Early development of the disease
Signs are nonspecific or absent
What are the clinical manifestations? - (ANSWER)signs and symptoms of disease
local = at site or problem
, PNP301 - TEST 1 (WEEKS 1-3) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
systemic = general indicators of disease (fever)
What is a sign? - (ANSWER)Objective indicators of disease
What is a symptom? - (ANSWER)A change in body function that is felt by a patient as a result of disease
ubjective feelings
What are diagnostic tests? - (ANSWER)any type of medical test carried out to diagnose a condition,
disease, or illness in people who are displaying specific signs of possible illness.
What marks the course or progress of a disease? - (ANSWER)remission and exacerbation
What is remission? - (ANSWER)the period of time when a disease's symptoms are not present
What is exacerbation? - (ANSWER)worsening in the severity of the disease or in its signs/symptoms
What are precipitating facotors? - (ANSWER)condition that triggers an acute episode
What is a complication? - (ANSWER)an unexpected event in the diseases course that often delays the
patients recovery
additional problems to primary problem
How is therapy defined? - (ANSWER)Measures to promote recovery/slow progress
Define sequelae - (ANSWER)a condition that is the consequence of a previous disease or injury
