Aetiology Pathogenesis

Question 1

Aetiology

This refers to the ______

•It is broadly classified into _______ or ______

Answer 1

cause of a disease

inherited or acquired

Question 2

Majority of diseases have complex aetiology
T/F

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Acquired causes of diseases can be classified into:
• _____
•_______
•________
•________

Answer 3

physical
Dietary
Chemical

microbiologic agents

Question 4

Pathophysiology refers to the ________ associated with or resulting from disease or injury and the scientific study of such
changes.

Answer 4

functional changes

Question 5

Pathophysiology provides the link between _______ and _____

Answer 5

basic sciences and its application to clinical practice

Question 6

Pathophysiology looks at diseases as manifestation of ______

Answer 6

disordered function

Question 7

Pathophysiology explains the basis for symptoms and signs
T/F

Answer 7

T

Question 8

Difference between Pathophysiology and pathology

Answer 8

pathology studies the structural,
biochemical and functional changes in
cells, tissue and organs in disease states,

PP does all with the exclusion of
structural changes

Question 9

Pathogenesis is defined as the _____ that underlie disease from _________ to ______
against them, resulting in manifestation of the disease

Answer 9

mechanisms

the effect of the aetiological agents to the reactions of the body

Question 10

Disease manifestation

From sub clinical (_______) to _______ stage to _______

Answer 10

Latent incubation
Clinical
Recovery or complications

Question 11

When there is encroachment on normal biological processes, the earliest manifestations are most
often ______(____) which may be nonspecific

E.g. ______ in gastric cancer,

•Identifiable aberrations( ______ ) in the patient (_____)

Answer 11

subjective(symptoms)

dyspepsia

objective

signs

Question 12

A Lesion refers to demonstrable _____ change produced in the course of a disease which may be ______ or ______

Answer 12

structural

macroscopic or microscopic

Question 13

Diseases

Dynamic or static?

Answer 13

Diseases are dynamic, not static

Question 14

Most causes of diseases are (acquired or inherited?) from the _____

Answer 14

Acquired

environment

Question 15

H.pylori

is a _____ shaped, microaerophilic, gram
_______ bacterium.

• Transmitted via _____ and _____ route

Answer 15

spiral; negative

oral-oral and faeco-oral route

Question 16

H. Pylori can cause multiple diseases in the Upper GIT
T/F

Answer 16

T

Question 17

Manifestation of disease can be _____ or _____

Answer 17

Acute or chronic

Question 18

The concept of normalcy is not ____ but _____

Answer 18

Absolute

Relative

Question 19

Plasmodium _____ causes nephrotic syndrome

Answer 19

Malariae

Question 20

Maltoma is a type of ______

Answer 20

Lymphoma

Question 21

Most prevalent plasmodium is ?

Answer 21

Falciparum

Question 22

Plasmodium falciparum is also implicated in cerebral malaria

T/F

Answer 22

T