West Coast University Pathophysiology
Week 1: Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch.4, Ch.7 fully
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The known cause for the disease.
The study of causes/reasons for phenomena.
Identity’s causal factors acting in concert that provoke a particular disease or injury. - correct
answer ✔✔Etiology
The study of disease process. - correct answer ✔✔Pathophysiology
The cause of the disease is unknown - correct answer ✔✔Idiopathic
Causes results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
Example: Mistakes made in surgery, or dispensing the wrong medication. - correct answer
✔✔Iatrogenic
Is the likelihood of the disease. - correct answer ✔✔Risk factor
Development or evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of
manifestation of disease. - correct answer ✔✔Pathogenesis
Subjective feeling of abnormality in the body. - correct answer ✔✔Symptoms
Objective or observed manifestation of disease, can be measured. - correct answer ✔✔Signs
, A set of signs and symptoms not yet determined to delineate a disease. - correct answer
✔✔Syndrome
Hygiene
Diet
Exercise
Smoking
Drinking
Preexisting condition (if condition can be managed by diet, exercise, etc.) - correct answer
✔✔Modifiable risk factors
Family history
Age
Gender
Race/ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Non-modifiable risk factors
The SOAP note (an acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a method of
documentation employed by health care providers to write out notes in a patient's chart, along
with other common formats, such as the admission note. - correct answer ✔✔SOAP note
Time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first appearance of symptoms. - correct
answer ✔✔Latent period
Time during which first signs and/or symptoms appear or onset of disease occurs. - correct
answer ✔✔Prodromal period
Refers to a period during an illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent. -
correct answer ✔✔Latent period
Week 1: Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch.4, Ch.7 fully
solved
The known cause for the disease.
The study of causes/reasons for phenomena.
Identity’s causal factors acting in concert that provoke a particular disease or injury. - correct
answer ✔✔Etiology
The study of disease process. - correct answer ✔✔Pathophysiology
The cause of the disease is unknown - correct answer ✔✔Idiopathic
Causes results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment.
Example: Mistakes made in surgery, or dispensing the wrong medication. - correct answer
✔✔Iatrogenic
Is the likelihood of the disease. - correct answer ✔✔Risk factor
Development or evolution of disease, from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of
manifestation of disease. - correct answer ✔✔Pathogenesis
Subjective feeling of abnormality in the body. - correct answer ✔✔Symptoms
Objective or observed manifestation of disease, can be measured. - correct answer ✔✔Signs
, A set of signs and symptoms not yet determined to delineate a disease. - correct answer
✔✔Syndrome
Hygiene
Diet
Exercise
Smoking
Drinking
Preexisting condition (if condition can be managed by diet, exercise, etc.) - correct answer
✔✔Modifiable risk factors
Family history
Age
Gender
Race/ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Non-modifiable risk factors
The SOAP note (an acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a method of
documentation employed by health care providers to write out notes in a patient's chart, along
with other common formats, such as the admission note. - correct answer ✔✔SOAP note
Time between exposure of tissue to injurious agent and first appearance of symptoms. - correct
answer ✔✔Latent period
Time during which first signs and/or symptoms appear or onset of disease occurs. - correct
answer ✔✔Prodromal period
Refers to a period during an illness when signs/symptoms temporarily become mild or silent. -
correct answer ✔✔Latent period
