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Pathology/ Mortuary
Pathology for mortuary science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 - |
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