, Manifestation - ANSWER-✔Observable changes resulting from cellular changes in
the disease process.
Metaplasia - ANSWER-✔Conversion of a specific type of tissue into a different kind
of tissue.
Metastatic spread - ANSWER-✔The spread of cancer cells.
Dysplasia - ANSWER-✔Which of the following terms refers to abnormal changes in
mature cells?
Hypertrophy - ANSWER-✔Increase in number of cells and tissue resulting in an
increased organ size without the presence of a tumor.
Iatrogenic - ANSWER-✔Pertains to any adverse condition that occurs in a patient as
a result of medical treatment.
Mortality rate - ANSWER-✔Is the average number of deaths caused by a particular
disease in a population
Autoantibodies - ANSWER-✔Antibody acting against its own tissue or organism.
Autoimmune Disorders - ANSWER-✔Disease in which antibodies form against and
injure the patient's own tissues, in contrast to the normal process in which
antibodies form in response to foreign antigens.
Benign Neoplasm - ANSWER-✔A localized tumor of well-differentiated cells that
does not invade surrounding tissue or metastasize to distant areas within the body.
Morphology - ANSWER-✔The form and structure of disease
Idiopathic - ANSWER-✔Having no identifiable causative factor.
If 4000 cases of a given disease are found in a given population, the _______ of the
disease is defined - ANSWER-✔Prevalence
Degenerative - ANSWER-✔Refers to deterioration of the body usually associated
with the aging process.
Diagnosis - ANSWER-✔The name of a disease an individual is believed to have.
Disease - ANSWER-✔Any abnormal disturbance of the normal function or structure
of a body part, organ, or system; may display a variety of manifestations.
Sickness sufficient to interfere with normal daily routines is termed: - ANSWER-
✔Morbidity
,Invasion - ANSWER-✔The prolapse of a segment of bowel into a distal segment
Lesion - ANSWER-✔General term used to describe the various types of cellular
changes that can occur in response to a disease
Leukemia - ANSWER-✔A malignant disease of the leukocytes and their precursor
cells in blood and bone marrow
A neoplasticism growth is evaluated to determine its degree of histologic
differentiation. This is termed: - ANSWER-✔Grading
A DNA sequence variation occurring when a single nucleotide in the genome differs
between members of a biological species or paired chromosomes in an individual -
ANSWER-✔SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SNPs)
Sarcoma - ANSWER-✔A type of tumor, often highly malignant, composed of a
substance similar to embryonic connective tissue
SEEDING - ANSWER-✔Traveling of cancerous cells to a distant site or distant organ
An objective manifestation of disease that is detected by the physician during
examination - ANSWER-✔SIGN
SYMPTOM - ANSWER-✔Any subjective evidence of a disease as perceived by the
patient
A compression fracture of the lumbar spine that results from steroid treatments for
pain reduction of arthritis would be an example of ____________ disease. -
ANSWER-✔Iatrogenic
Carcinoma - ANSWER-✔A malignant growth composed of epithelial cells that tends
to invade surrounding tissues and give rise to metastasis
Chronic - ANSWER-✔Presenting slowly and persisting over a long period of time
Congenital - ANSWER-✔Existing at, and usually before, birth and resulting from
genetic or environmental factors
A disease such as Tay-Sachs syndrome that is transmitted genetically is termed: -
ANSWER-✔Hereditary
Neoplastic - ANSWER-✔Pertaining to new, abnormal tissue growth
Acute - ANSWER-✔Having a quick onset and lasting a short period of time with a
relatively severe course
, Morbidity Rate - ANSWER-✔The incidence of sickness sufficient to interfere with an
individual's normal daily routine
Pathogenesis - ANSWER-✔Refers to the sequence of events producing cellular
changes that ultimately leading to observable changes.
Asymptomatic - ANSWER-✔Showing or causing no identifiable symptoms
Atrophy - ANSWER-✔A reduction in size or a wasting of cells, tissues, or organs as a
result of poor nutrition or nonuse
Hematogenous Spread - ANSWER-✔Spread through the blood
Physical mapping - ANSWER-✔A form of genetic mapping based on direct analysis
of DNA , in which the physical distance between DNA, fragments are measured. This
is used to assign DNA fragments to specific chromosomes.
Hereditary - ANSWER-✔Genetically transferred from ethier parent to child &
derived from ancestors
Prognosis - ANSWER-✔The prediction of course and outcome for a given disease.
Hyperplasia - ANSWER-✔Overdevelopment
The prediction of the course and end of a disease and an outlook based on that
prediction best define its: - ANSWER-✔Prognosis
Genome - ANSWER-✔The entirety of an organism's hereditary information,
including both the genes and the non-coding sequences of DNA and ribonucleic acid
Haplotype - ANSWER-✔A combination of DNA sequences at adjacent locations on
the chromosome that are transmitted together
A disease that manifests slowly and is present for a long period is said to be? -
ANSWER-✔Chronic
Which of the following disease classifications is usually associated with the normal
aging process? - ANSWER-✔Degenerative
Nosocomial - ANSWER-✔Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a
hospital, especially in reference to an infection.
Incidence - ANSWER-✔A statistical measure that refers to the number of new cases
of a disease found in a given period of time.
Infection - ANSWER-✔An inflammatory process caused by exposure to some
disease-causing organism.
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