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13 Cards in this Set
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1. Definition: Etiology/Pathogenesis
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a. Causes of changes producing disease
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2. Definition: Pathophysiology
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a. Mechanisms and morphologic alterations
b. Nature of the disease, how it progresses |
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3. Definition: Prognosis
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a. Effect on a person
b. Probable outcome of the disease |
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4. Definition: epidemiology
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a. Who tends to be affected
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5. What is homeostasis?
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a. Maintenance of structural and functional status quo
b. Regulation of the body in a balance by adjusting to internal and external stressors via inherent mechanisms of the cell, tissue, organ, systems, and body |
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6. What is Allostasis?
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a. Maintaining body stability and viability through CHANGE
b. Change may be permanent |
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7. What would be an example of allostasis in the heart?
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a. Hypertrophy
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8. What is Allostatic Overload?
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a. Response to stressors that overwhelm inherent homeostatic or allostatic mechanisms
b. Result in PATHOLOGIC structure/function alterations |
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9. What is characteristic nature of a disease?
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a. How the disease generally appears in most people
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10. What is a N:C ratio?
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a. Nucleus relative to a cell’s cytoplasm
b. Used to detect neoplastic changes |
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11. What is the central dogma of molecular biology?
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a. DNA to RNA to PROTEIN
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12. What is the central dogma of Health and Disease?
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a. Risks
i. Pathogenesis/etiology 1. Pathophysiology a. Prognosis/natural history |
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14. Causes of disease and DDx (think mnemonic)
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a. VINDICATE
i. Vascular ii. Infectious iii. Neoplastic iv. Drugs v. Immunologic/autoimmune vi. Congenital/genetic vii. Acid/base; metabolic viii. Trauma/toxic/occupational ix. Endocrine |
