What is an iatrogenic disease? correct answers Error/treatment/procedure may cause the disease
The manifestations of a disease are best defined as
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A. Subjective feelings of discomfort during a chronic illness
B. Signs and symptoms of a disease
C. Factors that precipitate an acute episode of a chronic illness
D. Early indicators of the prodromal stage of infection correct answers B. Signs and symptoms of a disease
The best definition of the term prognosis is the:
A. Precipitating factors causing an acute episode
B. Number for missions to be expected during the course of a chronic illness
C. Predicted outcome or likelihood of recovery from a specific disease
D. Exacerbations occurring during chronic illness correct answers C. Predicted outcome or likelihood of recovery from a specific disease
Which of the following is considered a systemic sign of disease?
A. Swelling of the knee
B. Fever
C. Pain in the neck
D. Red rash on the face correct answers B. Fever
Define systemic correct answers Systemic means affecting the entire body, rather than a single organ or body part.
Ex: High blood pressure
Etiology is defined as the study of the:
A. Causes of disease
B. Course of a disease
C. Expected complications of a disease
D. Manifestations of a disease correct answers A. Causes of disease
A type of cellular adaptation in which there is a decrease in cell size is referred to as:
A. Hypertrophy
B. Metaplasia
C. Anaplasia
D. Atrophy correct answers D. Atrophy
A change in a tissue marked by cells that vary in size and shape and show increased meiotic figures would be called:
A. Metaplasia
B. Atrophy
C. Dysplasia
D. Hypertrophy correct answers C. Dysplasia
A deficit of oxygen in the cells usually due to respiratory or circulatory problems is called:
A. Apoptosis
B. Ischemia
C. Hypertrophy
D. Necrosis correct answers B. Ischemia
Apoptosis correct answers Programmed cell death
Necrosis correct answers Death to most or all cells in an organ due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply
When a group of cells in the body dies, the change is called:
A. Ischemia
B. Gangrene
C. Hypoxia
D. Necrosis correct answers D. Necrosis
Hypoxia correct answers Low oxygen
Gangrene correct answers Localized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstruction of circulation or bacterial infection
Rigorous weight lifting/bodybuilding regimens may result in the skeletal muscle cells undergoing:
A. Hypertrophy
B. Dysplasia
C. Hypoxia
D. Regeneration correct answers A. Hypertrophy
Hypertrophy correct answers Increase in cell size
The term cancer refers to:
A. Dysplasia
B. Hyperplasia
C. Metaplasia
D. Malignant Neoplasm correct answers D. Malignant neoplasm
Dysplasia correct answers Cells vary in size and shape within a tissue
Metaplasia correct answers Mature cell type is eeplaced by a different mature cell type [Show Less]