STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN
BODY TEST BANK QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Anatomy - ANS-Study of form and structure; names and locations
Diagnosis - ANS-The name of disease or syndrome
diagnostic procedures - ANS-tests performed to determine diagnonsis
diseases - ANS-abnormal conditions
etiology - ANS-study of cause of disease
illness - ANS-when one or more of the body's control systems lose the ability to maintain homeostatsis
objective - ANS-signs of an illness; can be observed
pathophysiology - ANS-the study of why diseases occur and how the body changes in function on
reaction to the disease
physiology - ANS-the study of the function (how and why somethings works) of an organism
prevention (of disease) - ANS-behaviors that promote health and prevent disease
prognosis - ANS-prediction of the possible outcome of a disease and the potential for recovery
signs and symptoms - ANS-the objective evidence observed by the health care worker and the subjective
data report by patients about their condition
subjective - ANS-info the patient tells the health care worker about his/ her condition that cannot be
directly observed
syndrome - ANS-not a precise disease but a group of related sign and symptoms
wellness - ANS-promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health
habits; when the body is in a state of homeostasis
treatment - ANS-medications or procedures used to control or cure a disease or injury
axial skeleton - ANS-hyoid, skull, inner ear, spinal column, ribs, sternum
BODY TEST BANK QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Anatomy - ANS-Study of form and structure; names and locations
Diagnosis - ANS-The name of disease or syndrome
diagnostic procedures - ANS-tests performed to determine diagnonsis
diseases - ANS-abnormal conditions
etiology - ANS-study of cause of disease
illness - ANS-when one or more of the body's control systems lose the ability to maintain homeostatsis
objective - ANS-signs of an illness; can be observed
pathophysiology - ANS-the study of why diseases occur and how the body changes in function on
reaction to the disease
physiology - ANS-the study of the function (how and why somethings works) of an organism
prevention (of disease) - ANS-behaviors that promote health and prevent disease
prognosis - ANS-prediction of the possible outcome of a disease and the potential for recovery
signs and symptoms - ANS-the objective evidence observed by the health care worker and the subjective
data report by patients about their condition
subjective - ANS-info the patient tells the health care worker about his/ her condition that cannot be
directly observed
syndrome - ANS-not a precise disease but a group of related sign and symptoms
wellness - ANS-promotion of health through preventive measures and the practice of good health
habits; when the body is in a state of homeostasis
treatment - ANS-medications or procedures used to control or cure a disease or injury
axial skeleton - ANS-hyoid, skull, inner ear, spinal column, ribs, sternum
