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Are the subjective abnormalities felt only be the patient |
Symptoms |
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Is a collection of different signs and symptoms, usually with a coming cause that presents a distinct picture of a pathological condition. |
Syndrome |
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The study of all factor involved in causing a disease is |
Etiology |
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Are objective abnormalities that can be seen or measured by someone other than the patient |
Signs |
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Diseases with undetermined causes are said to be |
Idiopathic |
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The actual mechanism of a disease development is called |
Pathogenesis |
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In infectious diseases the latent stage is also called |
Incubation |
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Is the study of the occurrence, distribution, and transmission of diseases in humans |
Epidemiology |
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A disease that is native to a local region is called |
Endemic |
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When a disease spreads to many individuals at the same time within a defined geographic region is called |
Epidemic |
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The two most obvious strategies for combating disease are |
Prevention and therapy |
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Altered or mutated genes that can cause production of abnormal proteins |
Genetic mechanism |
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Pathogenic organisms or particles that damage the body in some way.i |
Infectious mechanism |
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Abnormal tissue growths or neoplasms that can cause a variety of physiological disturbances |
Neoplastic mechanism |
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Phyand chemical agents such as toxic or destructive chemicals,extreme heat or cold ,mechanical injury,and radiation that can affect the normal homeostasis of the body. |
Tramatic mechanism |
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Endocrine imbalances or malnutrition that cause insufficient or imbalanced intake of nutrients |
Metabolic mechanism |
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Faulty response or over- reaction of the immune system that cause it to attack the body. |
Autoimmunity |
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Common response of the body to disturbances. Is a normal mechanism that usually speeds up recovery from infection or injury |
Inflammation |
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Breaking apart of tissues by means of many still unknown processes |
Degeneration |
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Risk factors that make developing of disease more likely |
Genetic factors,age,lifestyle, stress,environmental factors, preexisting conditions |
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Conditions caused by psychological factors are sometimes called |
Psychogenic |
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Microscopic organisms that include bacteria fungi and protozoa are |
Microbes |
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Are intracellular parasites that consist of a nucleic acid DNA or RNA core surrounded by a protein coat and sometimes a lipoprotein envelope |
Viruses |
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Viruses are usually classified according to their |
Shape, DNA, or RNA content, and their method of multiplying |
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Are pathogenic protein molecules that convert normal proteins of the body into abnormal proteins causing abnormalities of function |
Prion |
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Is a tiny primitive cell without a nucleus. Produce disease in a variety of ways. |
Bacteria |
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There are several ways to classify bacteria they are |
Growth requirements, staining properties, shape and size |
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Large rod-shaped cells found singly or in groups |
Bacilli |
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Large round bacteria found single in pairs in strings or in clusters |
Cocci |
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Are arranged singly or in strands or large curved or spiral cells arranged singly or in cell colonies |
Curved or spiral rods |
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Round or oval bacteria that are so small that some of them were once thought to be viruses |
Small bacteria |
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Two types of small bacteria |
Rickettsia and chlamydia |
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Some bacteria can develop into resistant dormant forms when subjected to adverse environmental conditions |
Spores |
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Thrive in extremely harsh environments that are very hot, very acid, or very salty |
Archaea |
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Are simple organisms that are similar to plants but without chlorophyll. Without chlorophyll cannot provide their own food |
Fungi |
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Another name for fungal infections is |
Mycotic |
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One celled organisms that are larger than bacteria and whose DNA is organized in a nucleus |
Protozoa |
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Types of protozoa |
Amoebas, flagellates, ciliates, sporozoa |
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Large cells of changing shape extend their membranes to form false feet that pull themselves along |
Amoebas |
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Protozoa that move by means of many short hair like projection called Celia |
Ciliates |
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Protozoa with unusual organelles after tips that allowed them to enter host also called coccidia |
Sporozoa |
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Protozoa that are similar to amoeba's but moved by wiggling long whiplike extensions called flagella |
Flagellates |
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Pathogenic animals are large multicellular organisms. Can cause disease by parasitizing humans are causing injury in some other way |
Metazoa |
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Large parasites also called roundworms that infest a variety of different human tissues |
Nematodes |
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Large parasites otherwise known as flatworms and flukes that can invest several different human organs |
Platyhelminths |
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Group of parasites that include lise ticks lice and fleas |
Arthropods |
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An organism that spreads disease to another organism is called a |
Vector |
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Ways that pathogens can spread |
Person to person contact, environmental contact, opportunistic invasion, transmission by vector |
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Or compounds produced by a certain living organisms or in a laboratory that kill or inhibit pathogens |
Antibiotics |
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Is a prevented method that stimulates a person's own immune system in a way that promotes development of resistance to a particular pathogen |
Vaccine |
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literally means new matter |
Neoplasm |
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The type of tumor that forms a finger like projections as in a wart |
Papilloma |
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a general term for benign tumors of glandular epithelium |
Adenoma |
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A variety of small pigmented tumors of the skin such as moles |
Nevus |
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A tumor arising from adipose tissue |
Lipoma |
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A tumor that involves bone tissues |
Osteoma |
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Tumors of cartilage tissue |
Chondroma |
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A type of cancer that involves melanocytes the pigment producing sound of the skin |
Melanoma |
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The general term for malignant tumors of glandular epithelium |
Adenocarcinoma |
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A term used to describe a cancer of lymphatic tissue |
Lymphoma |
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A term that refers to a malignant tumor of bone tissue |
Osteosarcoma |
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A type of malignant bone marrow tumor |
Myeloma |
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Malignant tumors that arise from connective tissues generally are called |
Sarcoma |
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Malignant tumors that arise from epithelial tissues generally are called |
Carcinoma |
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The production of too many cells |
Hyperplasia |
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Abnormal undifferentiated tumor cells are often produced by a process called |
Anaplasia |
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Types of causes of cancer |
Genetic factors, carcinogens, age, environment, viruses |
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As tissue cells are damaged they release |
Inflammation mediators such as histamine, prostaglandins, and compounds called kinins |
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The fluid that accumulates in inflamed tissue is called |
Inflammatory exudate |
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The movement of white blood cells in response to chemical attractant it's called |
Chemotaxis |