Diagnosis
identification of a disease
Chief Complaint(CC)
What brought patient to see MD/healthcare facility
Prognosis
prediction of the outcome of the disease
Etiology
cause of the disease
Chronic Condition
Greater than 6 months
Acute Condition
Rapid onset of sudden symptoms
Remission
Sudden symptoms of chronic condition dissapear
Relapse
Reoccurrence of sudden symptoms
Mortality
Number of deaths related to a specific disease
Morbidity
measure of disabilities and extent of problems caused by illness
Endemic
disease continually present
Epidemic
disease occurs suddenly in large numbers in specific region
Pandemic
disease spreads worldwide
Terminal
Prognosis of death
Prognosis
Prediction
Subjective
What the patient tells you, individual perception
Objective
What can be measurable and be seen
disease
condition when the body fails to function normally
Anatomy
The study of the internal and external structures of plants, animals, or for our focus
Microscopic Anatomy
the study of structures that can be seen and examined only with magnification aids, such as a microscope
Example: Looking at cells or tissues
Macroscopic Anatomy(Gross Anatomy)
represent the study of the structures visible to the unaided or naked eye
Example: Viewing an x- ray of the arm to determine the type and location of a broken bone is considered
Cytology
The study of cellular structures
Histology
The study of tissue samples
RBCs
Red Blood cells
Abdomin
Abdomen
Aden
gland
angi
vessel
arthro
joint
cardi
heart
col
colon
cyan
blue
cyt
cell
derm
skin
erythro
red
gastr
stomach
glyc
sugar
hemat
blood
hepat
liver
hist
tissue
leuk
white
mamm
breast
nephr
kidney
neur
nerve
osteo
bone
path
diease
phag
swallow
pneum
pneumon
air or lung
rhinn
nose
A, an
without
acro
extremities
brady
slow
dia
through
dys
difficult
electro
electric
endo
within
epi
upon or over
hyper
above normal
hypo
below normal
macro
large
micro
small
peri
around
sub
under, below
tachy
fast
al, ic
pertaining or related to
algia
pain
cyte
cell
ectomy
surgical removal of
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a recording
grapgy
the process of
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one who specializes
itis
inflammation of
megaly
enlargement of
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logist
one who studies
ology
logy
study of
oma
tumor
osis
disease or condition of
ostomy
surgically forming an opening
otomy
cutting into
pathy
disease
penia
decrease or lack of
phobia
fear of
plasty
surgical repair
scope
instrument to view or examine
CA
Cancer
Signs
objective(measurable) obvious indicators of an illness
Vitals Signs
common, measurable indicators that help assess the health of our patients
Syndrome
The specific grouping of signs and symptoms
Homestatis
the physiological process in which your body monitors and maintains a stable internal environment or equilibrium
Negative Feedback
when your body notices something is changing and wants to fix it so your body can get back to normal
It does NOT mean anything bad, it means fixing a problem
Positive Feedback
increases the magnitude of a change, also known as a vicious cycle
Increases change away from the ideal set point
It Can be harmful if the vicious cycle cannot be broken, but sometimes this is necessary for a process to run its completion
Child Birth
An example of positive feedback
Metabolism
all the energy and material transformations that occur within living cells
Anabolism
the process by which simpler compounds are built up and used to manufacture materials for growth, repair, and reproduction
Building phase of Metabolism
An example of Anabolism
the assembly of simple amino acids to complex proteins
Catabolism
the process in which complex substances are broken down into simpler substances