Pathophysiology NUR 231 196 CORRECTLY
ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST UPDATE
1). Pathophysiology
Ans: study of functional or physiologic change that result in a disruption of normal
function
2). Physiology
Ans: normal day to day function
3). Pathology
Ans: the directly observable lab study of cell and tissue changes associated with
disease, study of observable changes
4). Pathologist
Ans: physician who looks for changes in cell and tissue
5). Health
Ans: the state of an organism when it functions in homeostasis
6). Disease
Ans: an interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or organs
7). Homeostasis
Ans: state of equilibrium, what the body wants
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, 8). Negative feedback loop
Ans: output of system acts to oppose changes from the input of the system, resulting
stability
9). Positive feedback loop
Ans: output is unable to attenuate an input change resulting in an imbalance of
system, often results in disease, heart failure - the body's response makes problem
worse
10). Diagnosis
Ans: signs and symptoms together
11). Signs
Ans: what we see
12). Symptoms
Ans: what patient tells us
13). Etiology
Ans: causes of the disease, how did we get the disease
14). Predisposing factors
Ans: risk factors for developing a disease
15). Pathogeneisis
Ans: process of beginning the disease, goes with etiology, what caused the start of
the disease
16). Syndrome
Ans: compilation of signs and symptoms that point toward a diagnosis, AIDS - signs
and lab work, compilation of signs and symptoms together
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, 17). Insidious
Ans: a gradual progression with very vague of mild signs
18). Prognosis
Ans: how bad is it? what are the chances of recovery?
19). Morbidity
Ans: how many people have the disease, negatively affects quality of life
20). Mortality
Ans: causes death
21). Epidemiology
Ans: study of disease in a population
22). Pathophysiology
Ans: identifies disease before it shows signs and symptoms, cellular changes
23). Atrophy
Ans: loss of growth, muscle growth diminishes
24). Hypertrophy
Ans: increase in the size of individual cells
25). Hyperplasia
Ans: increase in the number of cells, healthy growth just more cells
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ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST UPDATE
1). Pathophysiology
Ans: study of functional or physiologic change that result in a disruption of normal
function
2). Physiology
Ans: normal day to day function
3). Pathology
Ans: the directly observable lab study of cell and tissue changes associated with
disease, study of observable changes
4). Pathologist
Ans: physician who looks for changes in cell and tissue
5). Health
Ans: the state of an organism when it functions in homeostasis
6). Disease
Ans: an interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or organs
7). Homeostasis
Ans: state of equilibrium, what the body wants
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, 8). Negative feedback loop
Ans: output of system acts to oppose changes from the input of the system, resulting
stability
9). Positive feedback loop
Ans: output is unable to attenuate an input change resulting in an imbalance of
system, often results in disease, heart failure - the body's response makes problem
worse
10). Diagnosis
Ans: signs and symptoms together
11). Signs
Ans: what we see
12). Symptoms
Ans: what patient tells us
13). Etiology
Ans: causes of the disease, how did we get the disease
14). Predisposing factors
Ans: risk factors for developing a disease
15). Pathogeneisis
Ans: process of beginning the disease, goes with etiology, what caused the start of
the disease
16). Syndrome
Ans: compilation of signs and symptoms that point toward a diagnosis, AIDS - signs
and lab work, compilation of signs and symptoms together
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, 17). Insidious
Ans: a gradual progression with very vague of mild signs
18). Prognosis
Ans: how bad is it? what are the chances of recovery?
19). Morbidity
Ans: how many people have the disease, negatively affects quality of life
20). Mortality
Ans: causes death
21). Epidemiology
Ans: study of disease in a population
22). Pathophysiology
Ans: identifies disease before it shows signs and symptoms, cellular changes
23). Atrophy
Ans: loss of growth, muscle growth diminishes
24). Hypertrophy
Ans: increase in the size of individual cells
25). Hyperplasia
Ans: increase in the number of cells, healthy growth just more cells
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