Nursing 3050 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
what is Patho? - Answer-the study of physiology that results in disease or injury
disease - Answer-deviation form normal
Etiology - Answer-cause of disease
homeostasis - Answer-to maintain a stable interval environment; to regulate growth and
division
diagnosis - Answer-identification of disease through evaluation
predisposing factor - Answer-genetic, attitudinal, personality and environmental factors
that are associated with thelath or lack of it in a person
primary prevention - Answer-seeks to prevent the onset of specific diseases via risk
reduction
pathogenesis - Answer-the manner of development of a diseases
onset - Answer-the beginning of first appearance of the sign or symptoms
acute - Answer-very sever and sudden
chronic - Answer-long developing
remission - Answer-signs and symptoms are reduced or gone
cure - Answer-no signs and symptoms after 5 years
symptoms - Answer-something that patient is affected by and can sense
signs - Answer-somthing that can be detected by someone else
syndrome - Answer-a group of symptoms that consistently occur together or a condition
characterized by a set of associated symptoms
sub-clinical - Answer-relating to or denoting a disease that is not sever enough to
present definite or readily observable symptoms
latent - Answer-symptoms do not appear to late into disease
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