Key Terms

Question 1

What is the definition of pathophysiology?

A. A state in which a bodily function is no longer occuring; could be temporary or have life-changing complications
B. Includes conditions that cause parts of the body to degenerate
C. The study of what happens when normal anatomy and physiology go wrong
D. The study of the cause of the disease

Answer 1

C. The study of what happens when normal anatomy and physiology go wrong

Question 2

What is hereditary?

Answer 2

Transmitted before birth

Question 3

What are congenital conditions?

Answer 3

Presents at birth

Question 4

What is the term for issues with genetic makeup?

Answer 4

Genetic

Question 5

What is the term for something that happened during embryonic or fetal development?

Answer 5

Development

Question 6

What is the term for “trigger the inflammatory response?

Answer 6

Inflammatory

Question 7

Which term includes conditions that cause parts of the body to degenerate?

Answer 7

Degenerative

Question 8

What term means “affects metabolism”

Answer 8

Metabolic

Question 9

What is caused by abnormal or uncontrolled cellular growth?

Answer 9

Neoplastic

Question 10

What is the body’s compensatory mechanism that works to maintain equilibrium, balance, consistency, and stability?

Answer 10

Hemostasis

Question 11

What two systems exist to maintain homeostasis?

Answer 11

Negative and positive feedback

Question 12

Which feedback system works to maintian a deficit in the system like body temperature and blood sugar regulation?

Answer 12

Negative feedback system

Question 13

Which type of feedback system moves the body away from the homeostasis; meaning you have an amplified response occuring in the same direction as the original stresser. Like childbirth and blood clots?

Answer 13

Positive feedback system

Question 14

What is the study of disease?

Answer 14

Etiology

Question 15

What is the term used when the cause is unknown?

Answer 15

Idiopathic

Question 16

Which term is used when a condition is caused by a medical treatment or is unintended?

Answer 16

Iatrogenic

Question 17

What puts a person at risk for developing certain diseases?

Answer 17

Presdisposing (risk) factors

Question 18

What term is used to desctibe how a disease develops?

Answer 18

Pathogenesis

Question 19

What is the gradual onset of a disease?

Answer 19

Insidious

Question 20

What is a short term condition that occurs and resolves quickly; usually in days to weeks

Answer 20

Acute

Question 21

What is the term for a long term condition that can last for months to years.

Answer 21

Chronic

Question 22

What term is used when identifying a disease?

Answer 22

Diagnosis

Question 23

What are the clincal effects of a disease?

Answer 23

Manifestations

Question 24

What are seen or measured?

Answer 24

Signs

Question 25

What are invisible to the nurse; described by the patient?

Answer 25

Symptoms

Question 26

What is a group of signs and symptoms that occur together?

Answer 26

Syndrome

Question 27

What is the stage of recovery following a disease?

Answer 27

Convalescence

Question 28

What are new problems that arise because of a disease?

Answer 28

Complications

Question 29

What is the term used for disease rates within a group?

Answer 29

Morbidity

Question 30

What is the term used to describe the death rate from a certain disease?

Answer 30

Mortality

Question 31

What is the branch of science that analyzes disease patterns in a group of people?

Answer 31

Epidemiology

Question 32

When increasing numbers of people have a certain disease within a group of a specific geographical area.

Answer 32

Epidemic

Question 33

When epidemic expands to a larger population; multiple areas of the globe

Answer 33

Pandemic