Funeral Pathology Midterm Study Guide (FSE2160) questions with
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Study of *structural* changes in the body caused by disease - ✔✔Pathological Anatomy
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(a.k.a. Morbid Anatomy)
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Study of *functional* changes in the body caused by disease - ✔✔Physiological Pathology
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Study of changes in the structure of the body as a result of disease that are readily seen with
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the naked eye - ✔✔Gross pathology
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Study of microscopic changes that cells, tissues and organs undergo as a result of disease -
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✔✔Microscopic pathology || ||
(a.k.a. histopathology/cellular pathology/histology)
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Study of tissue specimens excised surgically in an operation - ✔✔Surgical Pathology
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Study of disease performed in a laboratory by means of examining body fluids, secretions,
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and excretions - ✔✔Clinical pathology
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Study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of death, as related to a criminal
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investigation - ✔✔Medico-legal Pathology (Forensic Pathology)
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Deals with the study of general processes of disease such as inflammation, degeneration,
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necrosis or cellular death, repair, etc., without reference to particular organs or organ
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systems. - ✔✔General pathology
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Deals with the specific features of disease in relation to particular organs or organ systems. -
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✔✔Special pathology
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The importance of autopsy as a tool in the advancement of medical science to: - ✔✔-
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Confirm medical diagnosis || ||
-Advance medical knowledge and research
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-Assist in medico-legal cases
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Belief that every disease in the body begins at the cellular level - ✔✔The Doctrine of
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Cellular Pathology (Virchow)
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A disease which has no recognizable change in anatomy - ✔✔Functional disease
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A disease which creates any structural/anatomical change for the normal human body -
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✔✔Organic disease ||
A circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue; an injury or wound - ✔✔Lesion
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Denotes the identification of a disease or syndrome; to recognize the nature of a disease -
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✔✔Diagnosis
Prediction of the outcome of a disease - ✔✔Prognosis
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*Subjective* indications of the presence of disease (felt/experienced only by the patient - i.e.,
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headache) - ✔✔Symptoms
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*Objective* indications of the presence of disease (can be observed by other people - i.e.,
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swelling) - ✔✔Signs || ||
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Increase in severity of a disease - ✔✔Exacerbation
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A cessation of the symptoms of disease - ✔✔Remission
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Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter - ✔✔Congenital
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A disease, condition or abnormality that is not hereditary or innate - ✔✔Acquired
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Reappearance of symptoms after a period of remission - ✔✔Recurrent
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Of unknown cause - ✔✔Idiopathic
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A disease with rapid onset and short duration - ✔✔Acute
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A disease with a slow onset and long duration - ✔✔Chronic
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A condition due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance - ✔✔Deficiency
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Genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to offspring - ✔✔Hereditary
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Number of cases of disease present in a specified population at a given time - ✔✔Prevalence
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A disease that is continuously present in a given population - ✔✔Endemic
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