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Medicine - Pathophysiology

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What is the study of causes or reasons for a phenomenon called?

What term describes an unknown cause of a disease?

What is the term for an unwanted effect caused by a medical treatment?

What are the classifications of bones based on their shapes?

What is the term for the manner in which a disease develops?

What is the prevention of disease before it occurs through education and vaccinations called?

What type of prevention involves screenings for early detection of diseases?

What is the prevention strategy that aims to prevent disease progression through medications and therapies?

What are white blood cells that fight infection called?

What are platelets that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding known as?

What is the aqueous liquid that makes up 55% of the blood and contains nutrients, ions, and proteins?

What are red blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood called?

What are the five signs of inflammation?

What is watery drainage from a wound called?

What is thin, watery drainage that is blood-tinged called?

What is pus drainage, often a sign of infection, called?

What is a large pocket of pus that requires surgical removal called?

What is the study of abnormal changes in body functions that cause disease processes called?

What are the four interrelated topics of pathophysiology?

What is the production of one's own antibodies or T cells as a result of infection or natural exposure to an antigen called?

What is the transfer of antibodies from a mother to a fetus in utero called?

Which type of immunity is temporary?

What is the administration of an active vaccine for immunity, such as for measles, called?

What is the injection of antibodies to lessen symptoms or severity called?

What is a severe immediate reaction that causes anaphylactic shock, such as a peanut allergy, called?

What are the signs and symptoms of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus?

What does lupus have the potential to affect?

What is a slow-growing mass of cells that resembles tissue of origin and remains at its original site called?

What is a rapidly growing abnormal tissue that can spread into neighboring tissue and other parts of the body called?

Where is the thirst mechanism located in the body?

What triggers the thirst mechanism in the body?

What does aldosterone do in the body?

What are the signs and symptoms of dehydration?

What is the normal serum potassium level in the blood?

What is the normal serum sodium level in the blood?

What are the signs and symptoms of hyponatremia?

What are the signs and symptoms of hypernatremia?

What is the normal pH range of the blood?

What is the normal pCO2 range in the blood?

What is the normal HCO3 range in the blood?

What are baroreceptors responsible for in the body?

What do chemoreceptors sense in the body?

What are the stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?

What happens during the alarm stage of GAS?

What occurs during the resistance stage of GAS?

What happens during the exhaustion stage of GAS?

What is the term for cells decreasing in size?

What is the term for cells increasing in size?

What is the abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or organs called?

What is the term for an increase in the number of cells?

What are the modes of transmission for HIV?

What is the CD4+ count in HIV?

What is the CD4+ count in AIDS?

What are some opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS?

What are the characteristics of acute pain?

What are the characteristics of chronic pain?

In which direction do arteries pump blood?

In which direction do veins pump blood?

What are the characteristics of vein walls and pressure?

What are the characteristics of artery walls and pressure?

Do arteries have valves?

What causes aplastic anemia?

What are small, pinpoint hemorrhages called?

What are the symptoms of aplastic anemia?

What are the treatments for aplastic anemia?

What is lymphedema?

What are the clinical manifestations of lymphedema?

What is primary hypertension?

What is secondary hypertension?

What are the risk factors for primary hypertension?

What are the risk factors for secondary hypertension?

What are some medications used to treat hypertension?

What is the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for?

What effect does the parasympathetic nervous system have on the heart?

What is the formula for cardiac output?

What is stroke volume?

What occurs when a coronary artery is totally obstructed?

What medications are used to treat myocardial infarction?

What parameters should be monitored in a patient with myocardial infarction?

What are some nursing interventions for a patient with myocardial infarction?

What is congestive heart failure?

What should be monitored in a patient with congestive heart failure?

What are some nursing interventions for a patient with congestive heart failure?

What is cardiogenic shock?

What are the causes of cardiogenic shock?

What is hemorrhagic shock?

What are the causes of hemorrhagic shock?

What is anaphylactic shock?

What is septic shock?

What is neurogenic shock?

What occurs in the upper respiratory system?

What consists of the upper airway?

What occurs in the lower respiratory system?

What consists of the lower airway?

What are some nursing interventions for asthma?

What are some medications used to treat asthma?

What parameters should be monitored in a patient with asthma?

What is the term for difficulty swallowing?

What is emphysema?

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