C805 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE
MRSA - Answers - Red, swollen, may look like a boil with pus. Also skin rash or sore.
Transmitted usually skin to skin. Can be difficult to treat and progress into blood, bone,
lung, or skin infections that may be life threatening. Multidrug-resistant.
Malaria - Answers - Fever, chills, sweating, and other flu-like symptoms. Anemia,
jaundice, and malaise also symptoms. Transmitted by Mosquito.
Staph Infection - Answers - This disease has collection of pus, boil or abscess at site
and warm to the touch.
Active Immunity - Answers - immunity that results from the own production of antibodies
Passive Immunity - Answers - immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies
from another person or animal
Malignant Tumors - Answers - tumor that invades surrounding tissues, likely to cause
death
Benign Tumors - Answers - mass of cells (tumor) that lack the ability to invade
neighboring tissue or metastasize. Examples include adenoma and osteoma.
metastasis - Answers - development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from
a primary site of cancer
Near Drowning - Answers - breathing fluid or not enough oxygenated blood
Asphyxiation - Answers - lack of oxygen coupled with accumulating carbon dioxide in
the blood
Allergies - Answers - Nose hairs, sneezing, inflamed nasal passages, watery eyes
Closed Fracture - Answers - break in bone, skin intact
Open or compound fracture - Answers - break where wound is leading downto fracture ;
or bone breaks skin
Simple fracture - Answers - break in the rib that is broken into two parts
Comminuted fracture - Answers - shattering break
Impacted fracture - Answers - bone is broken with one end forced into the interior of the
other
, Incomplete partial fracture - Answers - fraction line does not include the whole bone
(stress fracture)
Greenstick fracture - Answers - bone partially bent or split; occurs with soft bones
Colles fracture - Answers - break in the end of the radius in wrist; often occurs when the
wrist is extended to break a fall
Common Dislocations - Answers - shoulder, hip, jaw, knee, spine and elbow
Sprain - Answers - stretching/tearing of ligaments
Strain - Answers - stretching/tearing of muscle or tendon
Rickets - Answers - bow legs, delayed growth
Osteomalacia - Answers - softening and weakening of bones in children, usually due to
inadequate vitamin D.
Gout - Answers - Disease of uric acid metabolism, typically joint pain in big toe.
Deposits will build up around joints. Characterized by , kidney stones, urea in blood and
renal dysfunction.
Herniated disk - Answers - Common on site L4-L5, disc pushes on nerve causing
discomfort in low back. Symptoms to include severe back pain, parasthesia.
Plantar fasciitis - Answers - inflammation of a thick band of tissue that connects the heel
bone to the toes.
Paget's Disease - Answers - High rate of bone turnover, bone is replaced by coarse,
irregular bone.
Lordosis - Answers - curving inward of the lower back. also called sway back. Affects
lumbar / lower spine
Kyphosis - Answers - forward rounding of the back. also called hunchback, affects
upper thoracic
Scoliosis - Answers - sideways curvature of the spine.
Osteoporosis - Answers - bones become brittle and fragile
Osteoarthritis - Answers - flexible tissue at the ends of bones wears down. Bone on
bone sound can be heard, minimal inflammation
MRSA - Answers - Red, swollen, may look like a boil with pus. Also skin rash or sore.
Transmitted usually skin to skin. Can be difficult to treat and progress into blood, bone,
lung, or skin infections that may be life threatening. Multidrug-resistant.
Malaria - Answers - Fever, chills, sweating, and other flu-like symptoms. Anemia,
jaundice, and malaise also symptoms. Transmitted by Mosquito.
Staph Infection - Answers - This disease has collection of pus, boil or abscess at site
and warm to the touch.
Active Immunity - Answers - immunity that results from the own production of antibodies
Passive Immunity - Answers - immunity that results from the introduction of antibodies
from another person or animal
Malignant Tumors - Answers - tumor that invades surrounding tissues, likely to cause
death
Benign Tumors - Answers - mass of cells (tumor) that lack the ability to invade
neighboring tissue or metastasize. Examples include adenoma and osteoma.
metastasis - Answers - development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from
a primary site of cancer
Near Drowning - Answers - breathing fluid or not enough oxygenated blood
Asphyxiation - Answers - lack of oxygen coupled with accumulating carbon dioxide in
the blood
Allergies - Answers - Nose hairs, sneezing, inflamed nasal passages, watery eyes
Closed Fracture - Answers - break in bone, skin intact
Open or compound fracture - Answers - break where wound is leading downto fracture ;
or bone breaks skin
Simple fracture - Answers - break in the rib that is broken into two parts
Comminuted fracture - Answers - shattering break
Impacted fracture - Answers - bone is broken with one end forced into the interior of the
other
, Incomplete partial fracture - Answers - fraction line does not include the whole bone
(stress fracture)
Greenstick fracture - Answers - bone partially bent or split; occurs with soft bones
Colles fracture - Answers - break in the end of the radius in wrist; often occurs when the
wrist is extended to break a fall
Common Dislocations - Answers - shoulder, hip, jaw, knee, spine and elbow
Sprain - Answers - stretching/tearing of ligaments
Strain - Answers - stretching/tearing of muscle or tendon
Rickets - Answers - bow legs, delayed growth
Osteomalacia - Answers - softening and weakening of bones in children, usually due to
inadequate vitamin D.
Gout - Answers - Disease of uric acid metabolism, typically joint pain in big toe.
Deposits will build up around joints. Characterized by , kidney stones, urea in blood and
renal dysfunction.
Herniated disk - Answers - Common on site L4-L5, disc pushes on nerve causing
discomfort in low back. Symptoms to include severe back pain, parasthesia.
Plantar fasciitis - Answers - inflammation of a thick band of tissue that connects the heel
bone to the toes.
Paget's Disease - Answers - High rate of bone turnover, bone is replaced by coarse,
irregular bone.
Lordosis - Answers - curving inward of the lower back. also called sway back. Affects
lumbar / lower spine
Kyphosis - Answers - forward rounding of the back. also called hunchback, affects
upper thoracic
Scoliosis - Answers - sideways curvature of the spine.
Osteoporosis - Answers - bones become brittle and fragile
Osteoarthritis - Answers - flexible tissue at the ends of bones wears down. Bone on
bone sound can be heard, minimal inflammation
