Portage Learning Patho Module 1
Review Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the study of the functional changes in the body caused by disease?
✔✔ Pathophysiology
What term describes the cause of a disease?
✔✔ Etiology
What term refers to the development and progression of a disease?
✔✔ Pathogenesis
What is the term for the early signs and symptoms of a disease?
✔✔ Prodromal phase
What term describes a disease with a sudden onset and short duration?
✔✔ Acute disease
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,What term describes a disease that develops slowly and lasts a long time?
✔✔ Chronic disease
What term refers to the identification of a disease through signs, symptoms, and tests?
✔✔ Diagnosis
What is a measurable indicator of disease observed by a clinician?
✔✔ Sign
What is a subjective experience reported by the patient?
✔✔ Symptom
What term describes a group of symptoms that consistently occur together?
✔✔ Syndrome
What is the expected outcome or course of a disease called?
✔✔ Prognosis
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, What term describes the prevention of a disease before it occurs?
✔✔ Primary prevention
What term describes early detection and treatment of disease?
✔✔ Secondary prevention
What type of prevention focuses on rehabilitation and limiting complications?
✔✔ Tertiary prevention
What is the ability of the body to maintain internal stability called?
✔✔ Homeostasis
What is the process by which cells adjust to persistent stress or injury?
✔✔ Cellular adaptation
What type of cellular adaptation results in increased cell size?
✔✔ Hypertrophy
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Review Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the study of the functional changes in the body caused by disease?
✔✔ Pathophysiology
What term describes the cause of a disease?
✔✔ Etiology
What term refers to the development and progression of a disease?
✔✔ Pathogenesis
What is the term for the early signs and symptoms of a disease?
✔✔ Prodromal phase
What term describes a disease with a sudden onset and short duration?
✔✔ Acute disease
1
,What term describes a disease that develops slowly and lasts a long time?
✔✔ Chronic disease
What term refers to the identification of a disease through signs, symptoms, and tests?
✔✔ Diagnosis
What is a measurable indicator of disease observed by a clinician?
✔✔ Sign
What is a subjective experience reported by the patient?
✔✔ Symptom
What term describes a group of symptoms that consistently occur together?
✔✔ Syndrome
What is the expected outcome or course of a disease called?
✔✔ Prognosis
2
, What term describes the prevention of a disease before it occurs?
✔✔ Primary prevention
What term describes early detection and treatment of disease?
✔✔ Secondary prevention
What type of prevention focuses on rehabilitation and limiting complications?
✔✔ Tertiary prevention
What is the ability of the body to maintain internal stability called?
✔✔ Homeostasis
What is the process by which cells adjust to persistent stress or injury?
✔✔ Cellular adaptation
What type of cellular adaptation results in increased cell size?
✔✔ Hypertrophy
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