NUR 239 Exam 1|85 Questions|Verified 100%(rated A)
NUR 239 Exam 1|85 Questions|Verified 1Pathogenesis - ANSWER how a disease develops Etiology - ANSWER cause of disease Etiologies may be caused by - ANSWER Physical - heat, injury etc Chemical - exposure to chemicals Biological - genetics Nutritional - food reactions or deficiencies etc acute disease - ANSWER short term, can be severe chronic disease - ANSWER an ongoing condition or illness. It is long-term and can change in severity subacute disease - ANSWER a disease that is intermediate between acute and chronic levels of prevention - ANSWER primary- prevention - example: immunizations, exercise etc secondary - detection - example: XRAY, blood work tertiary- treatment - example: Chemotherapy Tissue proliferation - ANSWER growth of new tissue skin glandular intestinal tissue types of adaptive cell changes - ANSWER hypertrophy, atrophy, hyperplasia, metaplasia, dysplasia Hypertrophy - ANSWER increase in cell size physiologic hyperplasia - ANSWER hormonal and compensatory Example: Enlarged breasts during pregnancy Thicker endometrium during menses pathologic hyperplasia - ANSWER is the abnormal proliferation of normal cells caused by stressor. Example: growth of endometrium due to prolonged estrogen stimulus 00%(rated A)
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