Test Bank for Applied
Pathophysiology for the Advanced
Practice Nurse 2nd Edition Lucie Story
Complete Chapters 1–14 Questions
and Verified Answers updated
Pathophysiology - answer-The study of mechanisms of disease.
Physiology - answer-The study of the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answer-The study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
Anatomy - answer-The study of body structures.
Health-illness continuum - answer-A dynamic entity that includes the body, mind, and spirit, not
just physical well-being.
Homeostasis - answer-An important body goal often equated with health.
Disease - answer-The functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems.
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,Syndrome - answer-A term used to describe specific conditions with predictive patterns.
Injury - answer-Causes changes to cells.
Primary Prevention - answer-Focuses on protecting people from developing a disease or injury.
Secondary Prevention - answer-The early detection of disease through screening and early
treatment.
Tertiary Prevention - answer-Focuses on rehabilitation after diagnosis of a disease or injury.
Quaternary Prevention - answer-Relates to overmedicalization.
Pathogenesis - answer-Describes how a disease starts and develops, from onset to the point
when the disease presents itself.
Etiology - answer-Refers to the precise cause of a disease.
Pathophysiology - answer-Defines the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answer-Refers to studying the causes and effects of disease.
Idiopathic - answer-Describes disease with an unknown etiology.
Iatrogenic - answer-Disease inadvertently caused by medical treatment.
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,Nosocomial - answer-Disease that results from exposure in the healthcare environment.
Etiologic - answer-Describes disease that has a precise cause.
Symptom of Cardiovascular Disease - answer-Chest pain, which is considered a subjective
manifestation reported by the ill individual.
Elevated Heart Rate - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Fever - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Obesity - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Clinical manifestations - answer-Signs and symptoms associated with disease.
Precipitating factors - answer-Triggers that promote the onset of clinical manifestations.
Insidious - answer-Describes clinical manifestations that do not have a clear onset.
Subacute - answer-Refers to diseases with severity and duration that falls between acute and
chronic.
Screening tests - answer-Used to identify disease that does not present with signs and
symptoms.
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, Local manifestation - answer-Manifestations found directly at the site of disease and confined
to that specific area.
Systemic manifestation - answer-Present throughout the body and not confined to one area.
Morbidity - answer-A negative outcome of disease that affects quality of life.
Prognosis - answer-The forecast or prediction of how an individual will proceed through the
disease process.
Metastasis - answer-The spread of disease from one part of the body to another.
Remission - answer-The reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms associated with a
disease.
Asymptomatic disease - answer-Disease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation of a paper cut - answer-Pain, which is confined to the specific area of the
injury.
Systemic manifestation of influenza - answer-Fever, which presents throughout the body.
Cognitive Level (Bloom's) - answer-A classification system used to define the levels of learning
objectives.
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Pathophysiology for the Advanced
Practice Nurse 2nd Edition Lucie Story
Complete Chapters 1–14 Questions
and Verified Answers updated
Pathophysiology - answer-The study of mechanisms of disease.
Physiology - answer-The study of the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answer-The study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
Anatomy - answer-The study of body structures.
Health-illness continuum - answer-A dynamic entity that includes the body, mind, and spirit, not
just physical well-being.
Homeostasis - answer-An important body goal often equated with health.
Disease - answer-The functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems.
1
,Syndrome - answer-A term used to describe specific conditions with predictive patterns.
Injury - answer-Causes changes to cells.
Primary Prevention - answer-Focuses on protecting people from developing a disease or injury.
Secondary Prevention - answer-The early detection of disease through screening and early
treatment.
Tertiary Prevention - answer-Focuses on rehabilitation after diagnosis of a disease or injury.
Quaternary Prevention - answer-Relates to overmedicalization.
Pathogenesis - answer-Describes how a disease starts and develops, from onset to the point
when the disease presents itself.
Etiology - answer-Refers to the precise cause of a disease.
Pathophysiology - answer-Defines the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answer-Refers to studying the causes and effects of disease.
Idiopathic - answer-Describes disease with an unknown etiology.
Iatrogenic - answer-Disease inadvertently caused by medical treatment.
2
,Nosocomial - answer-Disease that results from exposure in the healthcare environment.
Etiologic - answer-Describes disease that has a precise cause.
Symptom of Cardiovascular Disease - answer-Chest pain, which is considered a subjective
manifestation reported by the ill individual.
Elevated Heart Rate - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Fever - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Obesity - answer-A measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Clinical manifestations - answer-Signs and symptoms associated with disease.
Precipitating factors - answer-Triggers that promote the onset of clinical manifestations.
Insidious - answer-Describes clinical manifestations that do not have a clear onset.
Subacute - answer-Refers to diseases with severity and duration that falls between acute and
chronic.
Screening tests - answer-Used to identify disease that does not present with signs and
symptoms.
3
, Local manifestation - answer-Manifestations found directly at the site of disease and confined
to that specific area.
Systemic manifestation - answer-Present throughout the body and not confined to one area.
Morbidity - answer-A negative outcome of disease that affects quality of life.
Prognosis - answer-The forecast or prediction of how an individual will proceed through the
disease process.
Metastasis - answer-The spread of disease from one part of the body to another.
Remission - answer-The reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms associated with a
disease.
Asymptomatic disease - answer-Disease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation of a paper cut - answer-Pain, which is confined to the specific area of the
injury.
Systemic manifestation of influenza - answer-Fever, which presents throughout the body.
Cognitive Level (Bloom's) - answer-A classification system used to define the levels of learning
objectives.
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