Exam 1. Introduction

Question 1

Study of disease

Answer 1

Pathology

Question 2

any deviation from the normal structure or function

Answer 2

Disease

Question 3

Cause

Answer 3

Etiology

Question 4

Sequence of events from initial stimulus to ultimate expression of disease

Answer 4

Pathogenesis

Question 5

Biochemical and structural alterations induced in cells and organs of the body

Answer 5

Molecular and morphologic changes

Question 6

C/S resulting from functional abnormalities of affected tissues

Answer 6

Clinical manifestations

Question 7

What are the 5 pathological processes

Answer 7

1. Degeneration/Necrosis
2. Inflammation and repair
3. circulatory disorders
4. disorders of growth
5. Deposits and pigmentations

Question 8

What are the 3 disorders of growth?

Answer 8

1. cell adaptations
2. neoplasia
3. developmental abnormalities

Question 9

What are the 2 divisions of pathology?

Answer 9

1. general pathology

2. systemic pathology

Question 10

Division of pathology that deals with system-specific disease proceses

Answer 10

Systemic pathology

Question 11

Which division of pathology takes into account unique responses to injury of each tissue and specific diseases for each system?

Answer 11

Systemic pathology

Question 12

Division of pathology that applies to all cells/tissues/organs. It deals with various injurious stimuli

Answer 12

General pathology

Question 13

Concise statement or conclusion concerning the nature, cause, or name of a disease

Answer 13

Diagnosis

Question 14

Outcome

Answer 14

Prognosis

Question 15

Aims to encapsulate the host, morphology, and cause of disease

Answer 15

Disease name

Question 16

Any morphological change in tissues during disease

Answer 16

lesion

Question 17

lesion that is characteristic of a specific disease

Answer 17

pathognomonic lesions