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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CH 1
INTRO TO PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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Undergraduate 4
01/30/2010

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ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CALLUS ON THE HANDS OF AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN HEAVY PHYSICAL LABOR
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

BREST ENLARGEMENT AT PUBERTY.
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

A DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF A LEG AFTER BEING IN A CAST FOR 6 WKS.
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE RESPONSE OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLE TO CONSISTENT WEIGHT TRAINING.
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE MYOCARDIUM IN RESPONSE TO PROLONGED ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES OF SOMEONE PARALYZED BELOW THE WAISE
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

A PRESSURE AREA UNDER A POORLY FITTING DENTURE
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

INLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND W/ AGE
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE RESPONSE OF SKELETAL MUSCLE TO ANABOLIC STEROIDS
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

SKIN CHANGES THAT OCCUR ON THE FEET AND LEGS OF AN INDIVIDULA W/ POORLY CONTROLLED OR UNDIAGNOSED DM
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE CHANGES THAT OFTEN OCCUR OVER YEARS IN THE REPIRATORY TRACT OF A SCMOKER
Definition
METAPLASIA, DYSPLASIA, NEOPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE CHANGES RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ABNML PAP SMEAR
Definition
DYSPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE RESPONSE OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM TO EXCESSIVE GROWTH HORMONE (GH)
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE THYROID GLAND'S RESPONSE TO HYPERSECRETION OF THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH)
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE EFFECT OF DECREASED PITUITARY GLAND FUNCTION ON THE ADRENAL GLAND
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE LIVER'S RESPONSE TO PROLONGED DRUG INTOXICATION (e.g. CHRONIC ALCOHOL ABUSE)
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE RESPONSE OF THE MANDIBLE TO EXCESSIVE GH
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR IN THE URINATY BLADDER WHEN THE OUTFLOW OF URINE IS OBSTRUCTED (AS MIGHT OCCUR W/ AN ENLARGED PROSTATE GLAND)
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE THYROID GLAND'S RESPONSE TO DECREASED IODINE INTAKE
Definition
HYPERPLASIA
Term
ID THE PROPER ADAPTIVE CELLULAR CHANGE:

THE CHANGES THAT OCCURE IN THE GALLBLADDER W/ THE DEVELOPMENT OF GALLSTONES
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
WHICH CELLULAR ADAPTATION IN SONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS?
EXPLAIN WHY.
Definition
DYSPLASIA
IT IS THE FORERUNNER OF NEOPLASIA
(PG 11)
Term
DEFINE: ANAPLASIA
EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANAPLASIA
Definition
ANAPLASIA-FAILURE OF CELLS TO TO DIFFERENTIATE OR DEVELOP SPECIALIZED FEATURES.
SIGNIFICANCE-TERM APPLIED TO GRADING MALIGNANT TUMORS
(PG 12)
Term
7 CAUSES OF CELLULAR DAMAGE.
Definition
1. ISCHEMIA
2. PHYSICAL AGENTS (e.g. EXCESSIVE TEMP, RADIATION)
3. MECHANICAL DAMAGE
4. CHEM TOXINS OR FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
5. PATHOGENS
6. ABNML METABOLITES
7. NUTRITIONAL DEFICITS
-OR-
8. FLUID OR ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
Term
A TUMOR
Definition
NEOPLASIA
Term
NUMBER OF NEW CASES OF A DISEASE
Definition
INCIDENCE
Term
WORSENING OF DISEASE
Definition
EXACERBATION
Term
DEATH RATE
Definition
MORTALITY
Term
TISSUE ENLARGEMENT CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN CELL NUMBER
Definition
HYPERLASIA
Term
CELL DEATH
Definition
NECROSIS
Term
CAUSE OF A DISEASE
Definition
ETIOLOGY
Term
A SPECIFIC LOCAL CHANGE IN TISSUE
Definition
LESION
Term
CONDITION THAT CONTINUES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD
Definition
CHRONIC
Term
ORIGINATING INSIDE THE BODY
Definition
ENDOGENOUS
Term
DEVELOPMENT OF A DISEASE
Definition
PATHOGENESIS
Term
CELLS THAT HAVE FAILED TO DEVELOP SPECIALIZED FEATURES
Definition
ANAPLASIA
Term
CONDITION W/ SUDDEN ONSET AND SEVERE SX
Definition
ACUTE
Term
SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE TO ILLNESS
Definition
SX
Term
TISSUE ENLARGEMENT DUE TO INCREASED CELL SIZE (2 WORDS)
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
RISK FACTOR
Definition
PRECIPITATING FACTOR
Term
UNKNOWN CAUSE
Definition
IDIOPATHIC
Term
DERANGED CELL GROWTH
Definition
DYSPLASIA
Term
DISEASE CAUSE BY A TREATMENT OR PROCEDURE
Definition
IATROGENIC
Term
CONTAGIOUS CONDITION
Definition
COMMUNICABLE
Term
AN OBJECTIVE INDICATOR OF DISEASE
Definition
SIGN
Term
SUBSTITUTION OF ONE MATRURE CELL TYPE W/ A DIF CELL TYPE
Definition
METAPLASIA
Term
ORIGINATING OUTSIDE THE BODY
Definition
EXOGENOUS
Term
DECREASED O2
Definition
HYPOXIA
Term
DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF CELLS
Definition
ATROPHY
Term
INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS
Definition
HYPERTROPHY
Term
AN INCREASED NUMBER OF CELLS RESULTING IN AN ENLARGED TISSUR MASS
Definition
HYPER PLASIA
Term
TERM APPLIED TO A TISSUE IN WHICH THE CELLS VARY IN SIZE AND SHAPE, LARGE NUCLEI ARE FREQ PRESENT, AND THE RATE OF MITOSIS IS INCREASED
Definition
DYPLASIA
Term
PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH
Definition
APOPTOSIS
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