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| Pathological condition of a part, organ, or system resulting from various causes such as infection genetic defect and environmental stress. characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms |
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| Abnormal vs. Normal Process |
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| represent different points on same spectrum. Seeds of disease often lie within adaptive mechanism of body itself. Double edged sword. |
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| a single measurement, observation, or lab result that indicates abnormality. must always be judged in the context of the entire situation of the individual |
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| average values for height, weight, and BP. derived from observations of many individuals. |
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| study of cause or origins. this is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes or origins of disease. |
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| 4 types of Cellular injury |
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| oxygen decrease, physical (gun), living agent (bac. or vir), & chemical (CO) |
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| How cells under attack adapt |
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| Edema happens first. Water and fat (LHK) retention happens. Interferons released. |
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| Most common forms of cellular degenerative change |
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| Swelling with water in the cytoplasm (save HLK. Sometimes injuries will become malignant. |
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| Degenerative change. process of phagocytizing a portion of protoplasm by vacuole within the cell. Liver spots are a good example. |
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| Relationship between cellular death and acute inflammatory disase |
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| When cells die they release an enzyme that starts the cleaning up process. this adjunct tissue response is called inflammation. |
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| Premature death of cells and living tissue from irreversible damage |
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| Tissue still retains architectural shape (toe of a diabetic) |
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| Tissue liquefies and is no longer there (brain tissue post stroke) |
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| Cavity forming. Tb causes this in the lungs. |
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| Calcium deposits in places where it should be. Lungs and arteries & sometimes particular disease (pigeons) |
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| Stiffening of muscles post somatic death |
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| Cooling of body post somatic death. (Checked in liver) |
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| Pooling of blood post death. Gravity driven |
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| Come from the outside. Examples are bacteria, trauma, & environmental chemicals. |
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| Come from the inside. Age, gender & genetics |
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| Have identified a specific gene that causes problem (ex. Downs Syndrome) |
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| Problems evident at birth. Not always genetic (Fetal Alcohol) |
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| Affects members of same family without necessarily being inherited. Obesity may be linked to eating MCD everyday. |
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