HOSA Pathophysiology Disease Process and Terminology(12 questions and answers)2024

HOSA Pathophysiology Disease Process and Terminology(12 questions and answers)2024 homeostasis - answerstability of the body aysmptomatic - answershowing no symptoms of disease pathogenesis - answerdevelopment of disease acute - answerabrupt onset of more or less severe symptoms that run a brief course (usually less than six months) then resolves or results in death chronic - answerlasts longer than six months predisposing factors (risk factors) - answermakes a person or group more vulnerable to disease (age, gender, lifestyle, environment, heredity) acute inflammation - answernormal protective response to injury/disease, accompanied with redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function widespread inflammation - answermarked by fever, malaise, and loss of appetite necrosis - answerdeath of tissue E. coli - answercolon, manure; causes enteritis infection