Questions and Answers (Complete
Practice Papers)
Physiologic - Correct Answers ✅normal function of the
body
Pathologic - Correct Answers ✅Underlying changes in body
physiology from disease or injury
Homeostasis - Correct Answers ✅Maintenance of constant
conditions in body's internal
Compensation - Correct Answers ✅Return to homeostasis
after a stressor (aka adaptation) example: sweating
Decompensation - Correct Answers ✅the failure to
compensate, adapt, heal, etc. (control mechanisms are
"exhausted")
Etiology - Correct Answers ✅cause of disease
Risk factors - Correct Answers ✅factors that increase the
probability of disease
Prognosis - Correct Answers ✅predicted outcome of a
disease (bec of age or comorbidities)
, NURS 3366- Module 1 Solved Exam
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Comorbidity - Correct Answers ✅The coexistence of two or
more disorders.
Sequela - Correct Answers ✅the aftermath of a particular
disease (complications)
Acute/acuity - Correct Answers ✅Rapid appearance of S&S
or increased severity
Chronic - Correct Answers ✅S&S slowly
Remission - Correct Answers ✅(Wane) period wheb s&s
disappear or diminish significantly
Exacerbation - Correct Answers ✅(Wax) when S&S become
worse or more severe
Central - Correct Answers ✅Problem, situation occurring
towards center "core" (brain, heart, lungs, kidneys)
Peripheral - Correct Answers ✅Probmem, situation
occuring towards outer parts (arms & legs)