HOSA Pathophysiology Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
homeostasis - ✔✔internal stability of the body
asymptomatic - ✔✔showing no symptoms of disease
signs - ✔✔objective observable information
Symptoms - ✔✔subjective data of disease
syndrome - ✔✔collection of signs and symptoms occurring together and characterizing
a medical condition/disorder
pathogenesis - ✔✔stages of disease development
acute disease - ✔✔abrupt onset of less or more severe symptoms that run a brief course
and usually resolve
chronic disease - ✔✔an ongoing condition or illness for usually longer than 6 months,
developing slowly
predisposing factor - ✔✔also known as risk factor; make a person/group vulnerable to
disease and include age, gender, lifestyle, environment, heredity, and
immunodeficiency
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, predisposing factor: age - ✔✔increased risk of disease at different stages of the human
life cycle
predisposing factor: gender - ✔✔diseases that can be more common/only be found in
one gender (ex. multiple sclerosis is more common in women)
predisposing factor: lifestyle - ✔✔manners of living can have negative effects on life (ex.
occupation, habits, alcohol)
predisposing factor: environment - ✔✔where you are can have an effect on health (ex.
air pollution, poor living conditions, noise)
predisposing factor: heredity - ✔✔genetic predisposition (inheritance) can become a
risk factor (ex. family history of heart disease, diabetes, schizophrenia)
predisposing factor: immunodeficiency - ✔✔inadaquate or absent immune system can
make one succeptible towards infection (ex. autoimmune diseases)
ischemia - ✔✔lack of blood supply that can cause an inflammatory response
necrosis - ✔✔death of tissue that can cause an inflammatory response
acute inflammation - ✔✔normal protective physiologic and exudative response to tissue
injury that involves redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function
widespread inflammation - ✔✔marked by systemic symptoms such as fever, malaise,
and loss of appetite
phagocytic - ✔✔the process by which cells surround and digest certain particles and
prevent the spread of infection
2 ways in which diseases grow and multiply in the body: - ✔✔•invasion and locan
destruction of living tissue
•intoxication or production of poisonous substances to the body
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Questions and Answers
homeostasis - ✔✔internal stability of the body
asymptomatic - ✔✔showing no symptoms of disease
signs - ✔✔objective observable information
Symptoms - ✔✔subjective data of disease
syndrome - ✔✔collection of signs and symptoms occurring together and characterizing
a medical condition/disorder
pathogenesis - ✔✔stages of disease development
acute disease - ✔✔abrupt onset of less or more severe symptoms that run a brief course
and usually resolve
chronic disease - ✔✔an ongoing condition or illness for usually longer than 6 months,
developing slowly
predisposing factor - ✔✔also known as risk factor; make a person/group vulnerable to
disease and include age, gender, lifestyle, environment, heredity, and
immunodeficiency
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, predisposing factor: age - ✔✔increased risk of disease at different stages of the human
life cycle
predisposing factor: gender - ✔✔diseases that can be more common/only be found in
one gender (ex. multiple sclerosis is more common in women)
predisposing factor: lifestyle - ✔✔manners of living can have negative effects on life (ex.
occupation, habits, alcohol)
predisposing factor: environment - ✔✔where you are can have an effect on health (ex.
air pollution, poor living conditions, noise)
predisposing factor: heredity - ✔✔genetic predisposition (inheritance) can become a
risk factor (ex. family history of heart disease, diabetes, schizophrenia)
predisposing factor: immunodeficiency - ✔✔inadaquate or absent immune system can
make one succeptible towards infection (ex. autoimmune diseases)
ischemia - ✔✔lack of blood supply that can cause an inflammatory response
necrosis - ✔✔death of tissue that can cause an inflammatory response
acute inflammation - ✔✔normal protective physiologic and exudative response to tissue
injury that involves redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function
widespread inflammation - ✔✔marked by systemic symptoms such as fever, malaise,
and loss of appetite
phagocytic - ✔✔the process by which cells surround and digest certain particles and
prevent the spread of infection
2 ways in which diseases grow and multiply in the body: - ✔✔•invasion and locan
destruction of living tissue
•intoxication or production of poisonous substances to the body
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