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| Any change of a healthy state |
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| Cause of disease/ilness or abnormality |
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| Disease can be seen by others |
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deficient blood supply to body tissue
Ischemic: having inadequate blood flow to an area (examp: brain)
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| abnormalities that present at birth |
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| Inflammation; localized protective reaction of the tissue due to infection, injury, irritation characteried by: |
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| pain, redness, swelling and a feeling of heat on the skin |
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| Neoplasm; new growth (tumor) |
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- Benign or nonmalignant tumor
- Malignant tumors or cancerous:
- Carcinomas; spread by lymph system->40 years
- Sarcomas; spread by blood stream-<40 years
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Natural line of defense against disease of the body:
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- Unbroken skin and mucous membranes
- Mucus; trap foreign particles and cilia (small hairlike structure), which propel them out of the body
- The acidity of certain body secretions
- White blood cells
- Inflammation
- The immune response
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| Process identifying and naming the disease |
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Techniques use for test and studies do not break the skin or damage the body tissues
examp: ultrasound, thermography, X-ray, MRI(magnetic resonance imaging), EKG, EMG
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| Some tests and studies actually penetrate body surfaces and thus are known as |
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invasive tests
examp:
- Direct visualization procedure-examine body parts with instruments such as cystoscopy, laryngoscopy, sigmoidoscopy( to observe the colon)
- Dye studies
- Cardiac catheterization
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