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20 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is not a component of a feedback control loop |
Stressor simulator |
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Negative feedback control systems |
Oppose a change |
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Positive feedback control systems |
Accelerate a change |
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Homeostasis can be defined as the |
Relatively constant state maintained by the body |
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After food enters the stomach ______________ occurs to increase secretions and assists with digestion in the small intestine |
Feed-forward |
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Pathology |
Study of disease |
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Signs |
Objective abnormalities |
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Symptoms are |
Subjective abnormalities |
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Etiology |
Study of factors involved in causing a disease |
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Syndrome |
Collection of different signs and symptoms that prevent a clear picture of a pathological condition |
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Idiopathic |
Undetermined causes |
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Acute |
Symptoms appear suddenly and for a short period |
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Pandemic |
Affects large geographic regions |
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Endemic |
Disease native to a local region |
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Pathogenesis |
Actual pattern of a diseases development |
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Pathophysiology |
Is an organized study of the underlying physiological process associated with disease |
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Many diseases are described as disturbances of |
Homeostasis |
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Altered or ___________genes can cause abnormal proteins to be made |
Mutated |
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An organism that lives in or on another organism to obtain it's nutrients is called a |
Parasite |
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Abnormal tissue growths may also be referred to as |
Tumor |
