physiological pathology ch7 ch8 ch9 (exam 2)

Question 1

exudate

Answer 1

the fluid that oozes through the tissues into a cavity or to the surface.

Question 2

facultative aerobe

Answer 2

microorganism that prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and grow in the presence of oxygen.

Question 3

facultative anaerobe

Answer 3

an organism that prefers an oxygen environment but is capable of living and growing in its absence.

Question 4

facultative bacteria

Answer 4

having the capacity to do something that is not compulsory, in particular having the ability to live or adapt to certain conditions

Question 5

facultative saprohyte

Answer 5

prefers live organic matter as a source of nutrition but can adapt to the use of dead organic matter under certain conditions

Question 6

febrile

Answer 6

pertaining to or characterized by fever

Question 7

fibroma

Answer 7

an encapsulated tumor composed mainly of fibrous connective tissue; fibroid, tumor, inoma.

Question 8

focal infection

Answer 8

one in which the organisms are originally confined to one area but enter the blood or lymph vessel and spread to other parts of the body

Question 9

fomite

Answer 9

any inanimate object to which infectious material adheres and can be transmitted

Question 10

fulminating

Answer 10

having rapid and severe onset, usually fatal

Question 11

functional

Answer 11

a condition or disease in which there is no recognizable change in anatomy

Question 12

fungus

Answer 12

a group of diverse and widespread unicellular and multicellular organisms, lacking chlorophyll, usually bearing spores and often filamentous

Question 13

fungicide

Answer 13

agent that kills fungi and their spores

Question 14

furuncle

Answer 14

abscess or pyogenic infection of a sweat gland or hair follicle

Question 15

gangrene

Answer 15

form of necrosis combined with putrefaction

Question 16

gastritis

Answer 16

inflammation of the stomach

Question 17

gingivitis

Answer 17

inflammation of the gingival tissue

Question 18

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

Answer 18

parenchymatous nephritis with pronounced lesions in the glomeruli

Question 19

generla infection

Answer 19

an infection that becomes systemic.

Question 20

general pathology

Answer 20

deals with the study of the widespread processes of disease such as inflammation, degeneration, necrosis or cellular death, repair, etc. without reference to particular organs or organ systems.
GENESIS - suffix meaning generation

Question 21

genesis

Answer 21

suffix meaning generation

Question 22

germicide

Answer 22

substance that destroys microorganisms

Question 23

goiter

Answer 23

enlargement of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency

Question 24

gross pathology

Answer 24

study of changes in structure of the body that are readily seen with the unaided eye as a result of disease.

Question 25

hem, hemo

Answer 25

meaning blood.

Question 26

hematemesis

Answer 26

vomiting of blood

Question 27

hematoma

Answer 27

tumor like swelling of blood

Question 28

hematuria

Answer 28

discharge of red blood cells in the urine

Question 29

hemophilia

Answer 29

an inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a tendency to excessive and sometimes spontaneous bleeding.

Question 30

hemoptysis

Answer 30

blood in sputum

Question 31

hemorrhage

Answer 31

escape of blood from blood vascular system

Question 32

hepatitis

Answer 32

inflammation of the liver

Question 33

hereditary

Answer 33

genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to offspring

Question 34

hernia

Answer 34

abnormal protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the wall of the cavity containing the organ.

Question 35

hetero

Answer 35

prefix meaning dissimilar

Question 36

heterotrophic bacteria

Answer 36

an organism that requires complex organic food from a carbon source in order to grow and develop.

Question 37

homeo

Answer 37

prefix meaning similar

Question 38

hydro

Answer 38

prefix meaning water

Question 39

hydrocele

Answer 39

abnormal collection of fluid in any sacculated cavity in the body, especially tunica vaginalis.

Question 40

hydrocephalus

Answer 40

excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

Question 41

hydronephrosis

Answer 41

distention of the pelvis and calyces of one or both kidneys with urine as a result of obstruction.

Question 42

hydropericardium

Answer 42

abnormal accumulation of fluid within the pericardial sac

Question 43

hydrothorax

Answer 43

abnormal accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity

Question 44

hyper

Answer 44

prefix meaning above or excess

Question 45

hyperemia

Answer 45

excess of blood in an area of the body

Question 46

hyperplasia

Answer 46

the increased size of an organ or part due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of its cells.

Question 47

hypertrophy

Answer 47

the enlargement of an organ or part due to the increase in size of cells composing it.

Question 48

hypo

Answer 48

prefix meaning deficiency or beneath

Question 49

hypoplasia

Answer 49

underdevelopment of a tissue, organ or the body