chapter 4 disease focus

Question 1

homeostasis

Answer 1

stable interior environment

temperature

water,

acidity

salf concentration

Question 2

disease

Answer 2

homeostasis is interrupted and cells, tissues, organs, or systems are unable to function

Question 3

pathological and morbid in a clinical sense

Answer 3

condition that presents a group of

signs

symptoms

clinical finding

Question 4

what are signs

Answer 4

objective indicators that are observable

Question 5

symptoms (Sx)

Answer 5

subjective indicator of disease

dizziness, pain, nausea

Question 6

diagnosis (Dx)

Answer 6

cause and nature of disease

Question 7

treatment (Tx)

Answer 7

medical care given to a patient for illness or injury

Question 8

prognosis

Answer 8

prediction of a course of disease and its probable outcome

Question 9

idiopathic disease

Answer 9

cause is unknown or exists without connection with a known cause