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NR283: Patho - Quiz 1 Review
Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Hypoxia Ans: Decreased O2 in tissue
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Hypoxemia Ans: decreased level of oxygen in the blood
Guru01 - Stuvia
Exogenous Ans: Originating outside the body
Expert
Metaplasia Ans: Substitution of one mature cell type with a
different cell type, often in response to chronic irritation
Sign Ans: Objective indicator of disease
Communicable disease Ans: Contagious condition
Iatrogenic disease Ans: Disease caused by a treatment
procedure
Dysplasia Ans: Condition resulting in atypical cervical cells;
change in size, shape , and reproduction of cells.
Idiopathic Ans: when the cause of a disease is unknown
cardiac arrest / heart attack Ans: Shoveling snow on a cold
day (may cause heart problems)
Hypertrophy Ans: Tissue enlargement due to increased cell
size
, 2
Symptom Ans: subjective response to illness
Acute Ans: Condition with sudden onset and severe symptom
Anaplasia Ans: Condition in which cells fail to develop
specialized features
neoplasia/neoplasm Ans: an abnormal growth of tissue that
can be benign or malignant.
© 2026 Assignment
Incidence Ans: Number of new cases of a disease
Guru01 - Stuvia
Exacerbation Ans: Worsening of disease
Expert
Mortality rate Ans: Death rate
Hyperplasia Ans: Tissue enlargement caused by an increase
in cell number
Necrosis Ans: Tissue or cell death
Pathogenesis Ans: Development of a disease
Pathophysiology Ans: The study of the cause of an illness
and disease
Lesion Ans: A specific local change in tissue
Chronic Ans: Condition that continues for a prolonged period
of time
Endogenous Ans: Originating inside the body
Apoptosis Ans: Programmed cell death
NR283: Patho - Quiz 1 Review
Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Hypoxia Ans: Decreased O2 in tissue
© 2026 Assignment
Hypoxemia Ans: decreased level of oxygen in the blood
Guru01 - Stuvia
Exogenous Ans: Originating outside the body
Expert
Metaplasia Ans: Substitution of one mature cell type with a
different cell type, often in response to chronic irritation
Sign Ans: Objective indicator of disease
Communicable disease Ans: Contagious condition
Iatrogenic disease Ans: Disease caused by a treatment
procedure
Dysplasia Ans: Condition resulting in atypical cervical cells;
change in size, shape , and reproduction of cells.
Idiopathic Ans: when the cause of a disease is unknown
cardiac arrest / heart attack Ans: Shoveling snow on a cold
day (may cause heart problems)
Hypertrophy Ans: Tissue enlargement due to increased cell
size
, 2
Symptom Ans: subjective response to illness
Acute Ans: Condition with sudden onset and severe symptom
Anaplasia Ans: Condition in which cells fail to develop
specialized features
neoplasia/neoplasm Ans: an abnormal growth of tissue that
can be benign or malignant.
© 2026 Assignment
Incidence Ans: Number of new cases of a disease
Guru01 - Stuvia
Exacerbation Ans: Worsening of disease
Expert
Mortality rate Ans: Death rate
Hyperplasia Ans: Tissue enlargement caused by an increase
in cell number
Necrosis Ans: Tissue or cell death
Pathogenesis Ans: Development of a disease
Pathophysiology Ans: The study of the cause of an illness
and disease
Lesion Ans: A specific local change in tissue
Chronic Ans: Condition that continues for a prolonged period
of time
Endogenous Ans: Originating inside the body
Apoptosis Ans: Programmed cell death
