PORTAGE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Metaplastic cells are not better prepared to survive under stressful circumstances. - Answer FALSE Persistent metaplasia can lead to dysplasia. - Answer TRUE Barrett esophagus is an example of dysplasia - Answer FALSE Persistent dysplasia eventually results in cancer - Answer TRUE Hypertrophy can occur under normal and pathological conditions - Answer TRUE A bodybuilder's muscles will display hyperplasia. - Answer FALSE Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of an ...

What is the definition of pathophysiology? - Answer Pathophysiology is defined as not only the cellular and organ changes that occur with disease, but also the effects that these changes have on total body function. Name the 5 etiologic factors and give an example if listed. - Answer Biologic agents (bacteria, viruses), physical forces (trauma, burns, radiation), chemical agents (poisons, alcohol), one's genetic inheritance, and nutritional excesses or deficiencies. What are the 2 typ...

True/False: Metaplastic cells are not better prepared to survive under stressful circumstances. - Answer false True/False: Hypertrophy can occur under normal and pathological conditions. - Answer true Which are true of the mitochondria? Select all that apply. - Answer It is involved in cellular respiration. They play a role in apoptosis. Which are true of the cell membrane? Select all that apply. - Answer Controls the transport of materials from the outside fluids to within. ...

True/False: Blood tests for tumor markers can make a diagnosis of cancer. Why or why not? - Answer False, only tissue can diagnose. Tumor markers are helpful to assess response to therapy or reoccurrence. What is the most important procedure in diagnosing the correct cancer and histology? - Answer tissue biopsy Explain the TNM system: - Answer T is the size and local spread of the primary tumor. N is the involvement of the regional lymph nodes. M is the extent of the metastatic in...

What is the definition of pathophysiology? - Answer the study of the body's response to altered function or disease Name the 5 etiologic factors and give an example - Answer 1. physical force (burns) 2. chemical agents (poison) 3. bioloigcal agents (bacteria) 4. genetic predisposition 5. nutritional excesses/deficiencies What are 2 types of risk factors? - Answer congenital and acquired What is the difference between mophology and histology? - Answer morphology is the stru...

Pathophysiology - Answer study of the body's response to altered function or disease Pathology - Answer means disease Physiology - Answer study of body function Health as defined by WHO - Answer state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the basence of disease and infirmity Health is defined by what 4 things according to the US Department of Health and Human Services - Answer 1. attain lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and...

Define Neoplasia - Answer means new growth Define Neoplasm - Answer means the new growth itself Define Proliferation - Answer process of cell division where new cell growth replaces old cells or when additional cells are needed Define Differentiation - Answer the process by which cells become more specialized with each mitotice division Describe the cell cycle - Answer G1 to S phase to G2 to M phase What are the 3 main groups of cells that proliferate? - Answer 1. well...

What is the function of blood? - Answer Transport materials to and from the body's cells. What are the three stages of hemostasis? - Answer Vascular constriction, platelet plug formation, blood coagulation What is vitamin K needed to synthesize? - Answer Factors II, VII, IX, and X, prothrombin, and protein C Discuss the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. - Answer The intrinsic and extrinsic pathways both form prothrombin activator. The intrinsic pathway begins with activation of...

Both carbon dioxide and oxygen are able to bind with hemoglobin. - Answer true True/False: Hypoventilation is associated with decreased PCO2. - Answer false The breathing rate is determined by input from ______ that monitor oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels in the blood. - Answer chemoreceptors Lung _____ is the term used to describe the ease or difficulty with which the lungs can be inflated. - Answer compliance True/False: Asthma is considered reversible airway br...

A patient experiences a seizure that manifests with repetitive hand rubbing and reports of hallucinations right before the seizure occurred. They have experienced which type of seizure? - Answer focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness A patient is having difficulty tracking their eye laterally. Which cranial nerve is affected? - Answer CN VI You are seeing a patient with Parkinson's disease in your office. You notice they have difficulty turning themselves around t...