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

gram

a recording

grapgy

the process of

ist

one who specializes

itis

inflammation of

megaly

enlargement of

ologist

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