HUMAN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY
QUESTIONS
#1 cause of death in the US - Answer -heart disease
#2 cause of death in the US - Answer -cancer
#1 cause of death in the world - Answer -heart disease
#2 cause of death in the world - Answer -stroke
disease - Answer -impaired health as a result of injury
pathology - Answer -study of changes in bodily structure and function that occur as a
result of disease
etiology - Answer -cause of disease
idiopathic - Answer -unknown cause
iatrogenic - Answer -disease due to medical treatment
nosocomial - Answer -hospital acquired
lesion - Answer -structural abnormality produced by injury
pathogenesis - Answer -history and development
pathophysiology - Answer -Functional changes associated with disease
epidemiology - Answer -study of disease in populations
prevalence - Answer -number of total cases
incidence - Answer -number of new cases
morbidity - Answer -degree of disability
causes of disease - Answer -genetic, environment, or multifactoral
age-dependent - Answer -diseases that occur to some extent in all individuals with time
age-related - Answer -diseases that occur in the elderly but don't happen to everyone
symptoms - Answer -subjective
, sign - Answer -objective (measurable)
syndrome - Answer -collection of clinical signs and symptoms
prognosis - Answer -predicted course and outcome of a disease
multifactorial - Answer -caused by both environmental and genetic factors
remission - Answer -signs and symptoms subside
exacerbation - Answer -increase in the severity of signs/symptoms
relapse - Answer -disease returns after its apparent cessation
complication - Answer -abnormal state that develops in a person already suffering from
a disease
acute - Answer -sudden, rapid onset (less than 6 months)
chronic - Answer -long term (more than 6 months)
frequency of acute illnesses ________ with age - Answer -decreases
frequency of chronic illnesses _______ with age - Answer -increases
gross examination - Answer -autopsy
microscopic examination - Answer -biopsy
clinical pathology - Answer -study of the functional aspects of disease by laboratory
study
clinical pathology tests - Answer -issue, blood, urine
diagnostic test - Answer -establish presence of absence of disease
qualitative test - Answer -positive or negative
quantitative test - Answer -test results are numerical
abnormal range for tests is ____ standard deviations away from mean - Answer -2
greater variance from normal --> _____ likely disease is present - Answer -more
test - Answer -analysis of specimen
QUESTIONS
#1 cause of death in the US - Answer -heart disease
#2 cause of death in the US - Answer -cancer
#1 cause of death in the world - Answer -heart disease
#2 cause of death in the world - Answer -stroke
disease - Answer -impaired health as a result of injury
pathology - Answer -study of changes in bodily structure and function that occur as a
result of disease
etiology - Answer -cause of disease
idiopathic - Answer -unknown cause
iatrogenic - Answer -disease due to medical treatment
nosocomial - Answer -hospital acquired
lesion - Answer -structural abnormality produced by injury
pathogenesis - Answer -history and development
pathophysiology - Answer -Functional changes associated with disease
epidemiology - Answer -study of disease in populations
prevalence - Answer -number of total cases
incidence - Answer -number of new cases
morbidity - Answer -degree of disability
causes of disease - Answer -genetic, environment, or multifactoral
age-dependent - Answer -diseases that occur to some extent in all individuals with time
age-related - Answer -diseases that occur in the elderly but don't happen to everyone
symptoms - Answer -subjective
, sign - Answer -objective (measurable)
syndrome - Answer -collection of clinical signs and symptoms
prognosis - Answer -predicted course and outcome of a disease
multifactorial - Answer -caused by both environmental and genetic factors
remission - Answer -signs and symptoms subside
exacerbation - Answer -increase in the severity of signs/symptoms
relapse - Answer -disease returns after its apparent cessation
complication - Answer -abnormal state that develops in a person already suffering from
a disease
acute - Answer -sudden, rapid onset (less than 6 months)
chronic - Answer -long term (more than 6 months)
frequency of acute illnesses ________ with age - Answer -decreases
frequency of chronic illnesses _______ with age - Answer -increases
gross examination - Answer -autopsy
microscopic examination - Answer -biopsy
clinical pathology - Answer -study of the functional aspects of disease by laboratory
study
clinical pathology tests - Answer -issue, blood, urine
diagnostic test - Answer -establish presence of absence of disease
qualitative test - Answer -positive or negative
quantitative test - Answer -test results are numerical
abnormal range for tests is ____ standard deviations away from mean - Answer -2
greater variance from normal --> _____ likely disease is present - Answer -more
test - Answer -analysis of specimen
