Nurs 220 (Patho) Chapter 1 Quiz
The study of the physiologic (functional) changes as a result of a disease process is:
1) Pathophysiology
2) Pathology
3) Epidemiology
4) Etiology - answer Pathophysiology
The maintaining of a relatively stable internal environment by the body is called:
1) Physiology
2) Osmotic balance
3) Immunity
4) Homeostasis - answer Homeostasis
The term used to refer to a disease of unknown cause or spontaneous origin is:
1) Iatrogenic
2) Insidious
3) Phantom
4) Idiopathic - answer Idiopathic
_______________________ indicate(s) a high risk for the development of a certain
disease or condition but not the certain development of the disease.
1) Diagnostics
2) Predisposing factors
3) Precipitating factors
4) Prevalence - answerPredisposing factors
Prevention of a disease is linked to both the _______________________________ for
a specific disease.
1) diagnosis and epidemiology
2) pathogenesis and etiology
3) etiology and predisposing factors
4) pathology and therapy - answeretiology and predisposing factors
A disease that may start out rather mild, developing gradually but persisting for a long
time, usually causing significant permanent tissue damage, is referred to as:
1) Chronic
2) Latent
3) Acute
4) Subclinical - answerChronic
The potential unwanted, usually damaging outcomes of a primary condition or disease,
such as paralysis following recovery from a stroke, are referred to as:
The study of the physiologic (functional) changes as a result of a disease process is:
1) Pathophysiology
2) Pathology
3) Epidemiology
4) Etiology - answer Pathophysiology
The maintaining of a relatively stable internal environment by the body is called:
1) Physiology
2) Osmotic balance
3) Immunity
4) Homeostasis - answer Homeostasis
The term used to refer to a disease of unknown cause or spontaneous origin is:
1) Iatrogenic
2) Insidious
3) Phantom
4) Idiopathic - answer Idiopathic
_______________________ indicate(s) a high risk for the development of a certain
disease or condition but not the certain development of the disease.
1) Diagnostics
2) Predisposing factors
3) Precipitating factors
4) Prevalence - answerPredisposing factors
Prevention of a disease is linked to both the _______________________________ for
a specific disease.
1) diagnosis and epidemiology
2) pathogenesis and etiology
3) etiology and predisposing factors
4) pathology and therapy - answeretiology and predisposing factors
A disease that may start out rather mild, developing gradually but persisting for a long
time, usually causing significant permanent tissue damage, is referred to as:
1) Chronic
2) Latent
3) Acute
4) Subclinical - answerChronic
The potential unwanted, usually damaging outcomes of a primary condition or disease,
such as paralysis following recovery from a stroke, are referred to as:
