Pathology correct answers Study of diseases that can cause abnormalities in the
structure or function of various organ systems
Disease correct answers The pattern of the body's response to some form of injury that
causes a deviation from or variation of normal conditions.
Signs correct answers The measurable or objective manifestations of the disease
process.
Symptoms correct answers Experiences the patient feels and describes. Subjective
manifestations that are not measurable or observable.
Asymptomatic correct answers Patient showing no evidence of diseases
iatrogenic correct answers Disease caused by physicians and their treatment.
Diagnosis correct answers Identification of disease process
Etiology correct answers Study of the cause of the disease process
Idiopathic correct answers When the underlying cause of the disease is unknown
Prognosis correct answers The expected patient outcome
Syndrome correct answers Linked combinations of signs and symptoms.
Nosocomial infections correct answers Incidences of the development of infections at
the acute care facility
Community acquired correct answers Infections that develop outside the healthcare
facility
Inflammation correct answers The initial response of body tissues to local injury
Permeable membrane correct answers Allows fluid/cells to pass from one tissue to
another tissue or location.
Granulation tissue correct answers Fibrous scar replaces destroyed tissue
Pyogenic bacteria correct answers Thick yellow fluid called pus (dead WBC)