Cell Bio

• Categories of etiology (cause of disease)


  • Genetic disease
  • Disorder of genes
  • Congenital disease
  • Intrauterine environment
  • Acquired disease
• Causes of disease


  • Genetic agent
  • Physical force
  • Chemical agent
• Clinical manifestations (sick indications)


  • Symptoms (report by patients)
  • Signs (observation/measurable traits)
  • Syndrome (variety symptoms/sign)
• Pathogenesis (sequence of events in the development of disease)


  • Sequelae (lesion/impairment from disease)
  • Acute condition (short duration, develop quickly, rapid onset)
  • Chronic condition (longer duration, suddenly/insidious onset)
• Distribution of lesion


  • Local (specific area)
  • Systemic (widely distributed around the body)
• Organ damage


  • Focal (specific site)
  • Diffuse (uniformly distribution)
• Diagnosis


  Identify disease
• Therapy


  The treatment
• Prognosis


  Predicted disease's outcome