NR 283 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CHAPTER 1 INTRO TO PATHO
TERMS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
Pathophysiology correct answer study or normal processes in
the body at the cellular level
How is homestasis maintained? correct answer by the body
maintaining regard to such factors as bp, body temperature, and
fluid balance
Diagnosis correct answer identification of a specific disease
through evaluation of signs, symptoms, lab tests, and other tools
Etiology correct answer cause of a disease
Idiopathic correct answer when the cause of the disease is
unknown
Risk factors correct answer something that puts you at risk for
developing a disease
Prophylaxis correct answer measures designed to prevent
health (as of an individual or society) and prevent the spread of
disease
, Pathogenesis correct answer development of the disease
involved in tissue changes related to the specific disease process
Onset correct answer may be sudden and obvious or acute
Acute correct answer short term illness that develops very
quickly with marked signs
Chronic correct answer milder condition developing gradually
Clinical Manifestations correct answer signs and symptoms or
evidence of disease
Local correct answer found at the sight of the problem
Systemic correct answer general indicators of illness
Signs correct answer objective indicators of disease that are
obvious to someone other than the affected individual
Symptoms correct answer subjective feelings
Complications correct answer new secondary or additional
problems that arise after the original disease begins
CHAPTER 1 INTRO TO PATHO
TERMS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
Pathophysiology correct answer study or normal processes in
the body at the cellular level
How is homestasis maintained? correct answer by the body
maintaining regard to such factors as bp, body temperature, and
fluid balance
Diagnosis correct answer identification of a specific disease
through evaluation of signs, symptoms, lab tests, and other tools
Etiology correct answer cause of a disease
Idiopathic correct answer when the cause of the disease is
unknown
Risk factors correct answer something that puts you at risk for
developing a disease
Prophylaxis correct answer measures designed to prevent
health (as of an individual or society) and prevent the spread of
disease
, Pathogenesis correct answer development of the disease
involved in tissue changes related to the specific disease process
Onset correct answer may be sudden and obvious or acute
Acute correct answer short term illness that develops very
quickly with marked signs
Chronic correct answer milder condition developing gradually
Clinical Manifestations correct answer signs and symptoms or
evidence of disease
Local correct answer found at the sight of the problem
Systemic correct answer general indicators of illness
Signs correct answer objective indicators of disease that are
obvious to someone other than the affected individual
Symptoms correct answer subjective feelings
Complications correct answer new secondary or additional
problems that arise after the original disease begins
