A&P
Focuses on function on vital processes of various structures making up the human body
What is physiology?
The study of diseases
What is Pathology?
The study of the transmission, frequency of occurrence, distribution, and control of a disease
What is epidemiology?
Mammoplasty
What is the surgical repair of the breast?
Blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiratory rate are examples of
What are vital signs?
Studying the human body is an example of what type of anatomy
What is macroscopic or gross anatomy?
The cause of a disease
What is etiology?
When diseases spread country or worldwide
What is pandemic?
Colonoscopy
What is the visual examination of the colon?
A specific grouping of signs and symptoms related to a specific disease
What are syndromes?
The study of the internal and external structures of the human body
What is anatomy?
Those for which the cause cannot be determined
What is idopathic?
Diseases that occur in specific populations or regions
What is endemic?
Pain along the course of a nerve
What is neuralgia?
objective, measurable indicators of illness
What are signs?
Anatomy is the "Greek" word meaning
What is to cut apart?
Readily transmitted from one person to another
What are contagious diseases?
When diseases occur in large numbers over specific region
What is epidemic?
Inflammation of the skin
What is dermatitis?
prediction about outcome of a disease
What is prognosis?
Study of structures that can only be seen and studied with magnification aids such as a microscope
What is microscopic anatomy?
The study of abnormal body function
What is Pathophysiology?
Disease of the heart
What is cardiopathy?
The recording of the electrical activity of the heart.
What is electocardiogram?
Subjective indicators of illness that are perceived only by the patient
What are symptoms?