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NURS 351: Pathophysiology and pharmacology fully solved to pass
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NURS 351: Pathophysiology andpharmacology fully solved to pass
The study of what happens when normal anatomy and physiology are altered - correct answer
✔✔pathophysiology
The absence of disease including the wellness of the mind, body and spirit - correct answer ✔✔health
A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant - correct answer ✔✔disease
Hereditary - correct answer ✔✔families
Congenital - correct answer ✔✔present at birth
Developmental - correct answer ✔✔at certain stages of life
Inflammatory - correct answer ✔✔involves the inflammatory system
Degenerative - correct answer ✔✔aging process
Metabolic - correct answer ✔✔endocrine/GI
Neoplastic - correct answer ✔✔cancer
Etiology - correct answer ✔✔study of disease causation
Idiopathic - correct answer ✔✔unknown cause
, Iatrogenic - correct answer ✔✔unintended effect
Pathogenesis - correct answer ✔✔how a disease develops
Acute - correct answer ✔✔short term, resolves quickly
Chronic - correct answer ✔✔fewer notable signs and may never resolve completely
Manifestationsn - correct answer ✔✔clinical effects or evidence of disease
Syndrome - correct answer ✔✔group of signs/symptoms that occur together
Decrease in function to maintain homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔negative feedback
Negative feedback example - correct answer ✔✔blood sugar regulation
Increase in function to maintain homeostasis - correct answer ✔✔positive feedback
Positive feedback example - correct answer ✔✔childbirth
Using drugs to prevent, diagnose and/or treat s&s of disease processes - correct answer ✔✔drug
therapy
Drugs are classified according to effects on what 3 things? - correct answer ✔✔specific body systems,
therapeutic uses, chemical characteristics
What does a prototype represent? - correct answer ✔✔group/class of drugs
The generic drug name is assigned by the _____________ - correct answer ✔✔US adopted names
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