Patho Exam 1

• Ultrasound

  Low-frequency sound waves create moving images
• MRI

  Magnetic field and computer waves to see organs and tissues
• CT Scan


  Multiple X-rays creating cross section images
• Radiography X-Rays

  Used to visualize bones
• Electrocardiology

  Electrical impulses of the heart
• Complications


  Condition or disease that develops in a person already suffering from another disease
• Exacerbation


  Signs and symptoms recur
• Remission


  Signs and symptoms subside
• Prevalence

  Number or percentage of population affected
• Pathogenesis


  Cause and development of disease
• Etiology


  Cause
• Lesion


  Abnormal tissue or function
• Atrophy

  Decrease in size or function
• Hypertrophy

  increase in cell size
• Displasia


  Painful or disordered development
• Metaplasia


  Conversion of normal cells to abnormal
• Aphasia

  Failure of development
• Hyperplasia

  increase in number of cells
• Prognosis

  Predicted course or outcome
• Condition


  State of being
• Disease


  Medical condition with negative effects or consequences
• Homeostasis


  state of equilibrium
• Health


  All vital functions performing normally
• Pathology

  study of disease
• Personal Factors

  Age, cognitive status, and personality
• Environmental Factors


  Physical, social, and attitudinal environment where individuals live and conduct life
• Participation


  involvement in a life situation
• Activity


  the execution of a task or action by an individual
• Body Structures


  anatomical parts of the body
• Body Functions

  physiological functions of body systems
• Period Prevalence


  Cases over an interval
• Point Prevalence


  Measures cases at a single point in time
• Incidence


  New Cases of disease over time
• Endemic


  disease constantly present in a population
• Pandemic


  Global outbreak
• Epidemic


  High numbers regionally at one time
• Epidemiology


  Science of disease pattern and spread
• Mortality Rate

  Death rate of disease
• Morbidity Rate


  Impact of disease on quality of life
• Sequelae


  potential unwanted outcomes of the primary condition