Introduction to Pathophysiology
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1. Pathophysiology the study of the functional changes that occur in the body as a result of an injury,
disorder, or disease.
2. Pathology the study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
3. Physiology the mechanisms of human body functioning.
4. Structure how the human body is put together including the component parts and location
of these parts.
5. Function concerned with how these component parts operate together.
6. Disease the functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems
7. Syndromes a specific condition with a recognizable, predictable pattern.
8. Pathogenesis the origination and development at the point of disease onset. Literally, the disease
beginning.
9. Risk Factors vulnerabilities
10. Etiology precise cause of disease
11. pathogen disease causing microorganism
12. multifactorial sometimes the etiology is unknown or has more than one genetic and or/environ-
mental causing events
13. Idiopathic when there is no known etiology
14. Nosocomial dis- the result of exposure to infection in the health care environment
ease
15. Iatrogenic dis- those that are the inadvertent result of medical treatment. ex: UTI
eases
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_arx7n
1. Pathophysiology the study of the functional changes that occur in the body as a result of an injury,
disorder, or disease.
2. Pathology the study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
3. Physiology the mechanisms of human body functioning.
4. Structure how the human body is put together including the component parts and location
of these parts.
5. Function concerned with how these component parts operate together.
6. Disease the functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems
7. Syndromes a specific condition with a recognizable, predictable pattern.
8. Pathogenesis the origination and development at the point of disease onset. Literally, the disease
beginning.
9. Risk Factors vulnerabilities
10. Etiology precise cause of disease
11. pathogen disease causing microorganism
12. multifactorial sometimes the etiology is unknown or has more than one genetic and or/environ-
mental causing events
13. Idiopathic when there is no known etiology
14. Nosocomial dis- the result of exposure to infection in the health care environment
ease
15. Iatrogenic dis- those that are the inadvertent result of medical treatment. ex: UTI
eases
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