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Pathology Study Guide FTCC State Exam with verified || || || || || || || ||
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General Pathology - ✔✔That branch of pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
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regard to any particular organ or system is
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Special Pathology - ✔✔The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs or
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systems is ||
Pathological Anatomy - ✔✔study of structural changes caused by disease
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Gross Pathology - ✔✔study of changes in structure of the body that are readily seen with
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the unaided eye as a result of disease
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Clinical Pathology - ✔✔study of disease by means of body secretions, excretions, and other
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body fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a disease
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Physiological Pathology - ✔✔The study of disease as it relates to body function
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Medicolegal (Forensic) Pathology - ✔✔study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of
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death as related to a criminal investigation
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The importance of an autopsy - ✔✔*Confirm or alter the clinical diagnosis and treatment
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Advance Medical knowledge and research || || || ||
Assist in medicolegal cases
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Diagnosis of disease - ✔✔recognition of the nature of a particular disease
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Prognosis of disease - ✔✔prediction of the outcome of a particular illness
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Symptoms of disease - ✔✔Subjective disturbances produced by a disease that can be
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observed by other people || || ||
Signs of disease - ✔✔visual changes heart rate, swelling around the mouth
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Syndrome of diagnosis - ✔✔A set of signs and symptoms associated with a particular
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disease
Exacerbation - onset and duration - ✔✔The severity of a disease has increased
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Remission onset and duration - ✔✔Temporary cessation of a disease
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Congenital onset and duration - ✔✔disease present at birth
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Acquired - onset and duration - ✔✔present after birth
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Recurrent - onset and duration - ✔✔after remission the disease starts again
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Acute - onset and duration - ✔✔diseases that have rapid onset and duration
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Chronic - onset and duration - ✔✔slow onset and duration
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Fulminating - onset and duration - ✔✔Rapid & Severe onset and usually fatal
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Pathology Study Guide FTCC State Exam with verified || || || || || || || ||
detailed answers ||
General Pathology - ✔✔That branch of pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
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regard to any particular organ or system is
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Special Pathology - ✔✔The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs or
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systems is ||
Pathological Anatomy - ✔✔study of structural changes caused by disease
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Gross Pathology - ✔✔study of changes in structure of the body that are readily seen with
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the unaided eye as a result of disease
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Clinical Pathology - ✔✔study of disease by means of body secretions, excretions, and other
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body fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a disease
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Physiological Pathology - ✔✔The study of disease as it relates to body function
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Medicolegal (Forensic) Pathology - ✔✔study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of
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death as related to a criminal investigation
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The importance of an autopsy - ✔✔*Confirm or alter the clinical diagnosis and treatment
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Advance Medical knowledge and research || || || ||
Assist in medicolegal cases
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Diagnosis of disease - ✔✔recognition of the nature of a particular disease
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Prognosis of disease - ✔✔prediction of the outcome of a particular illness
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Symptoms of disease - ✔✔Subjective disturbances produced by a disease that can be
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observed by other people || || ||
Signs of disease - ✔✔visual changes heart rate, swelling around the mouth
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Syndrome of diagnosis - ✔✔A set of signs and symptoms associated with a particular
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disease
Exacerbation - onset and duration - ✔✔The severity of a disease has increased
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Remission onset and duration - ✔✔Temporary cessation of a disease
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Congenital onset and duration - ✔✔disease present at birth
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Acquired - onset and duration - ✔✔present after birth
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Recurrent - onset and duration - ✔✔after remission the disease starts again
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Acute - onset and duration - ✔✔diseases that have rapid onset and duration
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Chronic - onset and duration - ✔✔slow onset and duration
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Fulminating - onset and duration - ✔✔Rapid & Severe onset and usually fatal
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