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1. A set pathological process with well-defined signs and Disease
symptoms
2. Any indication of disease perceived by the patient, Symptom
usually subjective
3. Any objective evidence of disease or dysfunction. An Sign
observable physical phenomenon witnesses or inter-
preted by the clinician
4. The science and study of the causes of disease and Etiology
their mode of operation
5. The pathologic, physiologic, or biochemical mecha- Pathogenesis
nism resulting in the development of a disease or mor-
bid process. All cellular events and reactions leading
up to and occurring during the disease
6. The etiology of any disease begins with individual Cell injury
_____
7. Loss/lack of blood supply. Metabolic substrates build Ischemia
up in the tissues, injuring them faster
8. Act of taking up oxygen by tissues Perfusion
9. Tissue death Infarction
10. Deprived of oxygen loss of aerobic oxidative respira- Hypoxia
tion
11. An absence of oxygen supply to an organ or tissue Anoxia
12. Every human cell evolves from the _______ fertilized egg
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13. An undifferentiated (stem) cell capable of developing Totipotent
into any type of body cell is said to be ____
14. During _______ cells differentiate and therefore be- mitosis
come specialized
15. This cell type typically sits on a basement membrane Epithelial cells
Connective tissue cell? Mesenchymal cell
16. What are the two types of epithelial cells? 1. Lining Epithelial
2. Secretory Epithelial
17. Muscle cells can be ___ (voluntary) and _____ (involun- striated , smooth
tary)
18. cells of the nervous system that process information neurons
19. cells of the nervous system that provide the neurons glia
with mechanical and metabolic support
20. ____ epithelium means there is one layer of cells Simple
21. _____ epithelium means there is more than one layer Stratified
of cells
22. Cells that are wider than they are tall (plate-like) (flat) Squamous cells
23. Boxlike cells, approximately as tall as they are wide. Cuboidal cells
Cube-shaped cells
24. Cells that are taller than they are wide Columnar cells
25. What kind of epithelium is found in the blood vessels? Simple squamous epithe-
lium