Introduction to Human Diseases

Question 1

State of sameness or normalcy the body strives to maintain

Answer 1

Homeostasis

Question 2

Pathologic condition of the body and mind

eg. Vitamin Deficiency

Answer 2

Disorder

Question 3

Group of symptoms caused by several interrelated problems

Answer 3

Syndrome

Question 4

Structural or morphological alterations associated with a diseased state in an individual

Answer 4

Lesion

Question 5

Papule with water

Answer 5

Vesicle

Question 6

Papule with pus

Answer 6

Pustule

Question 7

Big papule

Answer 7

Bulae

Question 8

A change which is specifically characteristic of a disease

Answer 8

Pathognomonic lesion

Question 9

Manifestation of disease that are observed

Answer 9

Clinical signs

Question 10

• subjective feeling of an abnormality in the body

- can only be reported by the affected individual

Answer 10

Clinical symptoms

Question 11

5 Predisposing Factors

Answer 11

Age
Gender
Environment
Lifestyle
Heredity

Question 12

Protective immune response that is triggered by any type of injury or irritant

Answer 12

Inflammation

Question 13

Refers to invasion of microorganisms into tissue that cause cell/tissue injury

Answer 13

Infection

Question 14

Overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus

Answer 14

Hyperplasia

Question 15

Aka tumors-swelling

Answer 15

Neoplasms

Question 16

True or False: Not all tumors are neoplasms

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Overconsumption or underconsumption of nutrient

Answer 17

Nutritional Imbalance

Question 18

Inadequate nutrient intake

Answer 18

Malnutrition

Question 19

Individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance

Answer 19

Cacrexia

Question 20

Overconsumption of nutrients and lack of exercise, vitamin, and mineral excess and deficiency. It is usually related to diet, metabolic disorder and some medications

Answer 20

Obesity

Question 21

Body’s lymphocytes cannot identify the body’s own self Ag which are harmless

Answer 21

Autoimmunity

Question 22

Decrease or absence of lymphocytes

Answer 22

Immunodeficiency

Question 23

4 types of disease

Answer 23

Infectious
Non-infectious
Psychosomatic
Idiopathic

Question 24

Aka non-transmissible or non-communicable. Considered by WHO as the leading cause of death

Answer 24

Non-infectious disease

Question 25

It involves mind and body. Physical diseases made worse by mental factors.

Answer 25

Psychosomatic disease

Question 26

Cause is not known

Answer 26

Idiopathic disease

Question 27

- alteration of homeostasis | - change in structure function that is considered to be abnormal within the body

Answer 27

Disease