, Test BANK Applied Pathophysiology for the Advanced
Practice Nurse chapter 1-5
Exam
Pathophysiology - answerThe study of mechanisms of disease.
Physiology - answerThe study of the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answerThe study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
Anatomy - answerThe study of body structures.
Health-illness continuum - answerA dynamic entity that includes the body, mind, and spirit, not just
physical well-being.
Homeostasis - answerAn important body goal often equated with health.
Disease - answerThe functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems.
Syndrome - answerA term used to describe specific conditions with predictive patterns.
Injury - answerCauses changes to cells.
Primary Prevention - answerFocuses on protecting people from developing a disease or injury.
Secondary Prevention - answerThe early detection of disease through screening and early treatment.
,Tertiary Prevention - answerFocuses on rehabilitation after diagnosis of a disease or injury.
Quaternary Prevention - answerRelates to overmedicalization.
Pathogenesis - answerDescribes how a disease starts and develops, from onset to the point when the
disease presents itself.
Etiology - answerRefers to the precise cause of a disease.
Pathophysiology - answerDefines the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answerRefers to studying the causes and effects of disease.
Idiopathic - answerDescribes disease with an unknown etiology.
Iatrogenic - answerDisease inadvertently caused by medical treatment.
Nosocomial - answerDisease that results from exposure in the healthcare environment.
Etiologic - answerDescribes disease that has a precise cause.
Symptom of Cardiovascular Disease - answerChest pain, which is considered a subjective manifestation
reported by the ill individual.
Elevated Heart Rate - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Fever - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Obesity - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
, Clinical manifestations - answerSigns and symptoms associated with disease.
Precipitating factors - answerTriggers that promote the onset of clinical manifestations.
Insidious - answerDescribes clinical manifestations that do not have a clear onset.
Subacute - answerRefers to diseases with severity and duration that falls between acute and chronic.
Screening tests - answerUsed to identify disease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation - answerManifestations found directly at the site of disease and confined to that
specific area.
Systemic manifestation - answerPresent throughout the body and not confined to one area.
Morbidity - answerA negative outcome of disease that affects quality of life.
Prognosis - answerThe forecast or prediction of how an individual will proceed through the disease
process.
Metastasis - answerThe spread of disease from one part of the body to another.
Remission - answerThe reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms associated with a disease.
Asymptomatic disease - answerDisease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation of a paper cut - answerPain, which is confined to the specific area of the injury.
Practice Nurse chapter 1-5
Exam
Pathophysiology - answerThe study of mechanisms of disease.
Physiology - answerThe study of the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answerThe study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease.
Anatomy - answerThe study of body structures.
Health-illness continuum - answerA dynamic entity that includes the body, mind, and spirit, not just
physical well-being.
Homeostasis - answerAn important body goal often equated with health.
Disease - answerThe functional impairment of cells, tissues, organs, or organ systems.
Syndrome - answerA term used to describe specific conditions with predictive patterns.
Injury - answerCauses changes to cells.
Primary Prevention - answerFocuses on protecting people from developing a disease or injury.
Secondary Prevention - answerThe early detection of disease through screening and early treatment.
,Tertiary Prevention - answerFocuses on rehabilitation after diagnosis of a disease or injury.
Quaternary Prevention - answerRelates to overmedicalization.
Pathogenesis - answerDescribes how a disease starts and develops, from onset to the point when the
disease presents itself.
Etiology - answerRefers to the precise cause of a disease.
Pathophysiology - answerDefines the mechanisms of human body functioning.
Pathology - answerRefers to studying the causes and effects of disease.
Idiopathic - answerDescribes disease with an unknown etiology.
Iatrogenic - answerDisease inadvertently caused by medical treatment.
Nosocomial - answerDisease that results from exposure in the healthcare environment.
Etiologic - answerDescribes disease that has a precise cause.
Symptom of Cardiovascular Disease - answerChest pain, which is considered a subjective manifestation
reported by the ill individual.
Elevated Heart Rate - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Fever - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
Obesity - answerA measurable indicator that can be observed by the provider.
, Clinical manifestations - answerSigns and symptoms associated with disease.
Precipitating factors - answerTriggers that promote the onset of clinical manifestations.
Insidious - answerDescribes clinical manifestations that do not have a clear onset.
Subacute - answerRefers to diseases with severity and duration that falls between acute and chronic.
Screening tests - answerUsed to identify disease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation - answerManifestations found directly at the site of disease and confined to that
specific area.
Systemic manifestation - answerPresent throughout the body and not confined to one area.
Morbidity - answerA negative outcome of disease that affects quality of life.
Prognosis - answerThe forecast or prediction of how an individual will proceed through the disease
process.
Metastasis - answerThe spread of disease from one part of the body to another.
Remission - answerThe reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms associated with a disease.
Asymptomatic disease - answerDisease that does not present with signs and symptoms.
Local manifestation of a paper cut - answerPain, which is confined to the specific area of the injury.
