Introduction to Pathophysiology Notes Written Assessment Test And Verified Answers/2024.

Health - correct answer The state of being free from illness or injury Homeostasis - correct answer the state of sameness the body strives to maintain a constant internal environment Diease - correct answer A change in a structure or function that is considered abnormal Disorder - correct answer a derangement of or abnormality of function Syndrome - correct answer a group of symptoms that may be caused by a specific disease but also maybe be caused by sev eral interrelated pathology - correct answer is the study of disease in general pathologist - correct answer is a physician who examines tissue and checks accuracy and interprets in order to facilitate the patient's diagnosis and treatment pathogen - correct answer any disease-causing microorganism pathologic - correct answer caused by a pathogen or a disease pathogeniesis - correct answer a description of how a particular diease progress or the development of the disease acute - correct answer a disease that is short term and usually has a sudden onset chronic - correct answer a disease that lasts for an extended or the healing progresses slowly etiology - correct answer the cause of the disease "literally means study of causes: idiopathic - correct answer the cause of the disease is unknown latrogenic - correct answer a problem arising due to or related to a prescribed treatement nosocomial - correct answer a disease acquired from a hospital or medical facility predisposing factors - correct answer risk factors make a person more susceptible for a disease What are some examples of predisposing factors? - correct answer age, sex, environment,lifestyle,heredity diagnosis - correct answer the identificaiton or naming of a disease or condition medical history - correct answer contains information on previous illnesses, family illness, predisposing factors, medication, allergies, and symptoms Symptoms - correct answer subjective information patients report `as their problems Ex. stomach pain, headache, headache. physical examination - correct answer the head to toe examination of the patients, looking for sign and symptoms of disease signs - correct answer objective physical observations *what the physician sees or measures Ex. vomiting, elevated blood pressure, fever inspection - correct answer a visual examination of external surface of the body auscultation - correct answer using a stethoscope to listen to the body palpitation - correct answer feeling lightly or pressing firmly on internal organs or structures