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NSULA Nursing 3050 Johnson Exam 1Study Guide Questions and Answers
homeostasis - Answer-the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between
interdependent elements, especially as maintained by physiological processes.
Disease - Answer-deviation from normal state of wellness
Pathophysiology - Answer-study of the development of a disease
Diagnosis - Answer-identification of a specific disease through evaluation of clinical data
etiology - Answer-study of causative factors, patterns, occurrence, transmission etc.
Predisposing factor - Answer-genetic, attitudinal, personality, and environmental factors
that promote a disease.
Primary Prevention - Answer-preventing the onset of disease
Pathogenesis - Answer-manner of development of a disease
acute - Answer-runs its course and subsides
chronic - Answer-won't go away
remission - Answer-symptom free
exacerbation - Answer-increase in severity or worsening in disease
cure - Answer-relief of symptoms or disease
sign - Answer-something you see, hear, smell, observe
symptom - Answer-patient reported ex. tired nauseated
syndrome - Answer-compilation of several conditions that occur together
subclinical - Answer-relating to or denoting a disease that is not severe enough to
present definite or readily observable symptoms.
latent - Answer-incubation period, no symptoms but is present
prodromal - Answer-vague symptoms
, precipitating factor - Answer-an element that causes or contributes to the occurrence of
a disorder or problem.
complications - Answer-a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already
existing one.
covalesence - Answer-period of recovery
sequelae - Answer-potential unwanted outcomes of primary condition.
ex. limb paralysis after traumatic injury
prognosis - Answer-the likely course of a disease or ailment
morbidity - Answer-the rate of disease in a population. who has the disease
mortality - Answer-death; who has died from the disease
atrophy - Answer-a decrease in cellular size caused by aging, disuse, or
reduced/absent blood supply, hormonal stimulation, or neural stimulation. the amounts
of ER, mitochondria, and microfilaments decrease. there is a decrease in protein
synthesis, an increase in protein catabolism or both.
Hypertrophy - Answer-an increase in the size of cells in response to mechanical stimuli
and consequently increases the size of the affected organ.
hyperplasia - Answer-an increase in the number of cells caused by an increased rate of
cellular division. classified as physiologic and pathologic
metaplasia - Answer-the reversible replacement of one mature cell type by another less
mature cell type
dysplasia - Answer-an abnormal change in the size, shape, and organization of mature
cells.
anaplasia - Answer-a condition of cells with poor cellular differentiation, losing the
morphological characteristics of mature cells and their orientation with respect to each
other and to endothelial cells.
neoplasm - Answer-a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body,
especially as a characteristic of cancer.
benign - Answer-not harmful in effect: in particular, (of a tumor) not malignant
malignant - Answer-very virulent or infectious.
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