_____ is generalized edema

Anasarca

___ means present at birth

Congenital

The examination of tissues with the naked eye

Gross Pathology

____ is a blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel or a cavity of the heart and remains at its point formation

Thrombus

A circumscribed inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues that terminates in a slough and suppuration and is accompanied by marked constitutional symptoms

Carbuncle

List the 5 cardinal sings and/or symptoms of immflamuation

1. Heat
2. Redness
3. Swelling
4. Pain
5. Altered Function

A disease with a sudden onset and rapid course

Acute

The process of replacing dead or damaged cells by new healthy cells

Repair

____ is enlargement due to increase in the number of cells, examples are warts, tumors, and goiters

Hyperplasia

Pancreatitis is an inflammation associated with _____ organ

Pancreas

______ is a collection of fluid along the spermatic cord

Hydrocele

The inflammation of the membranes that envelope the brain and spinal cord

Meningitis

The term applied to a number of pathological conditions in which there is a thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries

Arteriosclerosis

Pathology that has to do with the study of liquid and semi-liquid specimens such as blood, fluid from certain body cavities, joint spaces, and fecal material, gastric contents, seminal fluid and saliva

Clinical Pathology

_____ means an elevation in the total number of circulating white blood cells

Leukocytosis

____ describes the condition of a less than normal number of circulating red blood cells and decreased amount of hemoglobin per unit volume of blood

Anemia

A clot or other plug brought by the blood from another vessel and forced into a smaller one as to obstruct the circulation

Embolus

A systemic disease involving the joints, tendons, serosal membranes respiratory system, blood vessels, and heart

Rheumatic Fever

Inflammation of the veins

Phlebitis

Any localized dilatation of the lumen of the blood vessel

Aneurysm

An abnormal increase in the amount of cerebral fluid accompanied by dilatation cerebral ventricles

Hydrocephalus

Inflammation of bone marrow

Osteomyelitis

____ are minute hemorrhagic spots, usually of capillary origin

Petechiae

The renewal or re-growth of a part

Regeneration

____ is the effusion or accumulation of serous fluid into the peritoneal cavity

Ascites

The art or method of identifying or recognizing a disease

Diagnosis

A congenital condition due to the lack of thyroid secretion, characterized by arrested physical and mental development

Cretinism

When excessive tissue gathers in a tissue it is termed____

Edema

A disease with no known cause is referred to as

Idiopathic

The cause of a disease is known as____

Etiology

A disease caused by the invasion of a microorganism:

Infectious

If the left ventricle of the heart cannot pump blood out as fast as it comes in from the lungs, excess fluid can collect in the lung tissues. This is called_____

Congestive Heart Failure

If there is a continued imbalance between stomach acid produced and protective mucus produced, a(n) ______ may result

Ulcer

Hepatitis A and B are caused by

Virus

____ facilitates the movement of glucose into muscle and fat cells

Insulin

List the 5 etiologic excitatory causes of disease:

1. Trauma
2. Physical Agents
3. Chemical Agents
4. Infectious Agents
5. Deficiencies/ Allergens/ Heredity

The predicted outcome of a disease:

Prognosis

The study of the nature and cause of disease which involves changes in structure and function

Pathology

_______ is a wasting or decrease in size of an organ or tissue

Atrophy

___ is a malignant neoplasm of nervous tissue

Glioma

_____ is said to be present when the disease in question involves a great number of people in a community at the same time

Epidemic

Simply inflammation of the urinary bladder

Cystitis

A disease associated with the Islets of Langerhans of the pancreas and marked by an insufficient production of insulin

Diabetes Mellitus

Poliomyelitis is caused by a ______

Virus

______ is inflammation of the lining of the abdomen

Peritonitis

The accumulation fo blood in a body part due to a venous obstruction

Passive hyperemia

A condition in which the structure and function of the body is altered as a result of injury to the tissue is_______

Disease

_______ is a condition characterized by a bluish discoloration due to lack of oxygen in the blood

Cyanosis

Glomerulonephritis affects the capillaries of:

Kidneys

The formation of pus is a process called

Suppuration

Graves Disease is caused by:

Hyperthyroidism

The prefix "cyto" means:

Cell

List 5 body defense mechanisms against disease

1. Mechanical
2. Physical
3. Cellular
4. Chemical
5. Fever

_____ is a disease of the heart muscle itself

Cardiomyopathy

_____ is a local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to obstruction of the circulation to a part

Ischemia

_____ is a benign bony neoplasm

Ostemoma

_____ is a malignant, darkly pigmented mole or neoplasm of the skin

Melanoma

_______is an area of tissue in an organ or part that undergoes necrosis following cessation of blood supply

Infarction

List 5 predisposing conditions of disease

1. Age/ Race/ Sex
2. Nutrition Status
3. Occupation/Environment
4. Emotional/ Genetics
5. Emotional Status