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Study of *structural* changes in the body caused by disease -
correct answer ✅Pathological Anatomy (a.k.a. Morbid Anatomy)
Study of *functional* changes in the body caused by disease -
correct answer ✅Physiological Pathology
Study of changes in the structure of the body as a result of disease
that are readily seen with the naked eye -
correct answer ✅Gross pathology
Study of microscopic changes that cells, tissues and organs undergo
as a result of disease -
correct answer ✅Microscopic pathology
(a.k.a. histopathology/cellular pathology/histology)
Study of tissue specimens excised surgically in an operation -
correct answer ✅Surgical Pathology
Study of disease performed in a laboratory by means of examining
body fluids, secretions, and excretions -
correct answer ✅Clinical pathology
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Study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of death, as related
to a criminal investigation -
correct answer ✅Medico-legal Pathology (Forensic Pathology)
Deals with the study of general processes of disease such as
inflammation, degeneration, necrosis or cellular death, repair, etc.,
without reference to particular organs or organ systems. -
correct answer ✅General pathology
Deals with the specific features of disease in relation to particular
organs or organ systems. -
correct answer ✅Special pathology
The importance of autopsy as a tool in the advancement of medical
science to: -
correct answer ✅-Confirm medical diagnosis
-Advance medical knowledge and research
-Assist in medico-legal cases
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Belief that every disease in the body begins at the cellular level -
correct answer ✅The Doctrine of Cellular Pathology (Virchow)
A disease which has no recognizable change in anatomy -
correct answer ✅Functional disease
A disease which creates any structural/anatomical change for the
normal human body -
correct answer ✅Organic disease
A circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue; an injury or
wound -
correct answer ✅Lesion
Denotes the identification of a disease or syndrome; to recognize
the nature of a disease -
correct answer ✅Diagnosis
Prediction of the outcome of a disease -
correct answer ✅Prognosis
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*Subjective* indications of the presence of disease
(felt/experienced only by the patient - i.e., headache) -
correct answer ✅Symptoms
*Objective* indications of the presence of disease (can be observed
by other people - i.e., swelling) -
correct answer ✅Signs
Increase in severity of a disease -
correct answer ✅Exacerbation
A cessation of the symptoms of disease -
correct answer ✅Remission
Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter -
correct answer ✅Congenital
A disease, condition or abnormality that is not hereditary or innate
-
correct answer ✅Acquired