Disease & Conditions (Body Structure ch.4)

• Stable (equilibrium) internal environment that provides a narrow range of temperature, water, acidity, and salt concentration.


  Homeostasis
• Pathological, or morbid, condition that presents a group of signs, symptoms, and clinical findings


  Disease
• Objective indicator of disease (ex: rash, swelling, lump)


  Signs
• Subjective indicator of disease (ex: dizziness, nausea, pain)


  Symptom
• Prediction of the course of a disease and its probable outcome

  Prognosis
• Cause is unknown

  Idiopathic disease
• Abnormal fibrous band that holds or binds together tissues that are normally separated 


  Adhesion
• Abnormal accumulation of fluid within tissue spaces as a result of systemic disease or failure of the lymphatic system to drain tissue fluid from the site

  Edema
• Having/showing symptoms of a fever

  Febrile
• Death and decay of soft tissue


  Gangrene
• Protrusion of any organ through the structure that normally contains it

  hernia
• Body defense against injury, infection, or allergy marked by redness, swelling, hear, and pain, sometimes with loss of function

  Inflammation
• Fungal infections in/on the body

  Mycosis
• Hole that completely penetrates a structure

  Perforation
• Inflammation of the peritoneum (the serous membrane that surrounds the abdominal cavity and covers its organs, usually caused by bacteria or fungi)


  Peritonitis
• Sudden breaking or bursting of a structure or organ


  Rupture
• Severe bacterial infection of the tissues that spreads to the blood sepsis or blood poisoning)


  Septicemia
• Process of forming pus

  Suppuration