Patho Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is an iatrogenic disease? | Caused by diagnosis, manner, or TX by a physician. |
Manifestations of a disease are best defined as | Signs and symptoms of a disease |
Definition of prognosis | the predicted outcome or likelihood of recovery from a specific disease |
what is an example of a systemic sign of a disease? | a fever |
What is the definition of etiology? | the cause of a disease |
hypertrophy of the heart would be related to what? | an increase in the size of the individual cells |
What is an example of a preventative measure you would use? | routine application of sun block to skin |
What is a precipitating factor? | a circumstance that causes a sudden acute episode of a chronic disease to occur |
What is an exacerbation? | an acute episode of a chronic disease |
what do the extrinsic muscles of the eye control? | movement of the eyeball |
what must happen in order for the pupil of the eye to dilate? | stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system is required |
what is caused by an irregular curvature of the cornea or lens? | astigmatism |
what would be a sign of corneal trauma or infection? | severe pain and photophobia |
What disorder is manifested by loss of peripheral vision? | chronic (wide-angle) glaucoma |
what causes gradual clouding of the lens of the eye? | cataract |
why does vertigo occur with Meniere's syndrome? | due to excessive endolymph impairs the hair cells in the labyrinth |
What is an early effect of age-related macular degeneration? | loss of central vision acuity |
what is the first sign of ototoxicity from drugs or chemicals? | tinnitus |
what would cochlear implants do in sensorineural loss? | restore hearing |
what is dysplasia? | abnormal growth or development of cells |
what is atrophy | wasting away of the body or an organ part from poor nutrition or nerve damage |
what is apoptosis? | programmed cell death- |
what is caseation | transformation of tissue into a soft cheese-like mass |
what is open-angle glaucoma? | optic nerve damage results in a progressive loss of visual field. Associated with increased intraocular pressure caused by trobecular blockage |
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