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Disease - Answers - abnormality of the structure or function of a part, organ, or system
Pathophysiology - Answers - term used to for combination study of medical science and disease
Infectious Disease - Answers - mu...
Memmler's Chapter 5 Disease Exam
Questions Correct Answers Current
Update
Disease - Answers -✔✔ abnormality of the structure or function of a part, organ, or
system
Pathophysiology - Answers -✔✔ term used to for combination study of medical science
and disease
Infectious Disease - Answers -✔✔ must have a source of transmission, can be
communicable, ex strep, AIDS tb and food poisioning
Degenerative Disease - Answers -✔✔ disorders that involve tissue degeneration in any
body system, usually occurs in elderly
Nutritional Disorders - Answers -✔✔ dietary lack of essential vitamins, minerals,
proteins, or other substance required for health. example: lack of thiamine, rickets, bone
development
Metabolic Disorders - Answers -✔✔ any disruption of cellular metabolism, such as
diabetes and gout
Immune Disorders - Answers -✔✔ protects us against infectious disease becomes
overactive
Neoplasms - Answers -✔✔ new growth, refers to cancer and other types of tumor
Etiology - Answers -✔✔ study of disease's cause or the theory of its origin
Predisposing Causes - Answers -✔✔ factors known to contribute to disease
production, which cause a higher risk
Predisposing Factors - Answers -✔✔ Age, Gender, Heredity, living conditions and
habits, emotional disturbance, physical and chemical damage, preexisting illness are all
things that can be at a higher risk for disease
idiopathic - Answers -✔✔ a disease without a known cause
, iatrogenic disease - Answers -✔✔ results from the adverse effects of treatment,
antibiotic causing yeast infection
epidemiology - Answers -✔✔ study of diseases in populations
incidence - Answers -✔✔ the number of new disease cases appearing in a particular
population during a specific time period
prevalence - Answers -✔✔ the overall frequency of a disease in a given group; the
number of cases of a disease present in a given population during a specific period at a
particular time
Mortality Rate - Answers -✔✔ the percentage of the population that dies from a given
disease within a given time period
Epidemic - Answers -✔✔ many people in a given region acquire a certain disease at
the same time ex influenza
Endemic - Answers -✔✔ disease found to a lesser extent of epidemic but is
continuously in a particular region
Pandemic - Answers -✔✔ a disease the is prevalent throughout an entire country or
continent, or whole world
Diagnosis - Answers -✔✔ occurs before treatment, a physician must reach a
conclusion as to the nature or identity of the illness
symptoms - Answers -✔✔ disease conditions experienced by the patient
sign - Answers -✔✔ objective manifestations, can things you can observe, not "feel"
Syndrome - Answers -✔✔ a complex disorder characterized by a cluster of typical
symptoms and signs
acute - Answers -✔✔ diseases are relatively severe but usually lasts a short time
Chronic - Answers -✔✔ Diseases are often less severe, but last longer, and can be
continuous or recurring
Subacute - Answers -✔✔ diseases that are intermediate, not as severe but doesn't last
as long
prognosis - Answers -✔✔ prediction of the probable outcome of the disease
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