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Pathology/ Mortuary
Pathology for mortuary science
Question | Answer |
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What does the word pathology mean? | Study of suffering |
A disease that can passed on from one person to another? | Communicable Disease |
Number of cases of disease present in a specific population at a given time? | Prevalence |
Any abnormal structure or function of the human body | Pathology |
A disease that occur occasionally? | Sporadic |
Black lung disease is what kind of a disease? | Coal Miner/ Occupational disease |
The death of a normal cell? | Necrosis |
Change observable with unaided eye | Gross Pathology |
Study of tissue/organs removed during surgical operation | Surgical Pathology |
Study to determine whether death was from illegal cause | (Forensic Pathology) Medico-Legal Pathology |
Abnormal structure or function | Disease |
Study of tissue and organs removed from the body | Pathological Anatomy (Morbid Anatomy) |
The Importance of an Autopsy as a Tool in the advancement of Medical Science to? | 1. Confirm medical diagnosis2. Advance medical knowledge and research3. Assist in medico-legal cases4. Amplify or reject the clinical diagnosis |
Tissue change from disease | Lesion |
Prediction of progress of a disease | Prognosis |
Subjective manifestations of a disease given by patient | Symptoms |
Objective manifestation of a disease given by examiner | Sign |
Sudden increase in severity | Exacerbation |
Abatement in severity | Remission |
Present at birth; may be genetic (trisomy 21, where the problem occurs) | Congenital Disease |
Contracted after birth | Acquired Disease |
Repeating disease | Recurrent Disease |
Unknown origin | Idiopathic Disease |
Swift onset, rapid course | Acute Disease |
Slow evolution (stays with you | Chronic Disease |
Something (nutrient) not received in adequate quantity | Deficiency Disease |
Genetic, chromosomal, congential | Hereditary Disease |
Constantly present in community | Endemic Disease |
Attacks many people in a short time (flu) | Epidemic Disease |
Concurrent epidemic in many countries (AIDS | Pandemic Disease |
Concurrent epidemic in many countries (AIDS | Pandemic Disease |
Occurs occasionally | Sporadic Disease |
From microbe entering body | Infectious Disease |
Abnormal immune reaction | Allergies |
Producing fever | Febrile Disease |
Job related | Occupational Disease |
From chemicals (poisons) | . Intoxications |
The cause of Disease | Etiology - |