Intro to FD1

Question 1

What is pathos?

Answer 1

suffering

Question 2

What is aetiology? What are the categories?

Answer 2

CAUSE

• genetic
  
  • (inherited mutations)
  • disease associated variants
• acquired
  
  • infectious
  • chemical
  • physical
  • nutritional

Question 3

What is pathogenesis?

Answer 3

• the mechanisms leading to the disease state

Question 4

What is pathology?

Answer 4

• the study of the biochemical, structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs that underlie disease
• molecular, immunological, morphological, microbiological methods used to find cause to clinical signs

Question 5

Difference between functional and clinical manifestations

Answer 5

• functional = result of genetic, biochemical and structural changes in the cells and tissues
• clinical = the result of functional