Pathophysiology - correct answer The study of the underlying changes in the body physiology that result from disease or injury
Incidence - correct
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Prevalence - correct answer the number of existing cases within a population during a specific time period
Endemic - correct answer regularly found among particular people or in a certain area
Epidemic - correct answer a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular rate
Pandemic - correct answer prevalent over a whole country or the world
pathogenesis - correct answer the pattern of tissue changes associated with the development of disease
etiology - correct answer the study of the cause of disease
precipitating factors - correct answer a condition of event that does cause a pathologic event or disorder
morbidity - correct answer another term for illness
mortality - correct answer another term for death. the number of deaths due to a disease by the total population
hemoglobin - correct answer the protein molecule in RBC that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs
contusion - correct answer a region of tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise
hematoma - correct answer a swelling comprising a moss of extravasated blood (usually clotted) confined to an organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel
abrasion - correct answer scraping away of skin or mucous membrane as a result of injury or by mechanical means
laceration - correct answer a wound or irregular tear of the flesh
fractures - correct answer an injury upon assessment that is painful, swollen, or deformed. a break of a bone
bruising - correct answer a traumatic injury in which blood vessels are broken but tissue surfaces remain intact. Discoloration, swelling, inflammation and pain are typical signs and symptoms
livor mortis - correct answer a dark blue staining of the dependent surface of a cadaver due to the pooling and congestion of blood
algor mortis - correct answer the lowering of body temperature after death
rigor mortis - correct answer stiffening of muscle upon death due to calcium buildup; jaw is first to go [Show Less]