Anatomy Disease Notes

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health

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physical, mental, and social well-being

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disease

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an abnormality in body function that threatens out well-being

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etiology

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study of the factors that cause disease

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idiopathic

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refers to a disease with an unknown cause

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signs and symptoms

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the objective and subjective abnormalities associated with a disease

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pathogenesis

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pattern of a disease's development

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epidemiology

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study of occurrence, distribution, and transmission of diseases in human populations

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endemic

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disease native to a local region

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epidemic

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many people affected by the disease at the same time

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pandemic

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widespread (global) epidemic

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genetic mechanisms

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altered or mutated genes can cause abnormal proteins that often do not perform their intended functions

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pathogenic organisms

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disease-causing organisms that damage the body in some way

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tumors and cancer

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neoplasms, or abnormal tissue growth, can cause a variety of physiology disturbances

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What do genetic mechanisms result in?

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Result in the absence of essential functions or allows the proteins to function in an abnormal, disruptive function

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Physical and chemical agents

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toxic or destructive chemicals, extreme heat or cold, mechanical injury, and radiation can each affect the normal homeostasis of our body

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Malnutrition

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insufficient or imbalanced intake of nutrients causes a variety

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Autoimmunity

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iseases resulting from the immune system attacking one's body or from mistakes or overreactions of the immune response