Pathologic Terms
____ is the study of disease.
Pathology
_____ refers to an inflammatory process caused by a disease-causing organism.
Infection
What children's movie has a character that says "To infinity and beyond".
Toy Story
____ is an increase in the number of cells in a tissue because of excessive proliferation.
Hyperplasia
___ is a term used to describe the many types of cellular changes that may occur in response to injury or disease.
Lesion
Proper infection control practices are important in the health care environment to prevent hospital acquired _______ disease.
nosocomial
This type of disease is from mechanical forces like twisting, crushing of a body part or from the effects of ionizing radiation on the human body.
traumatic
What superhero has x-ray vision?
Superman
____ is generalized decrease in cell size.
Atrophy
A compression fracture of the lumbar spine that results from long-standing osteoporosis would be an example of _____ disease.
degenerative
A ______ is the identification of a disease a patient is believed to have.
diagnosis
A condition or trait that causes an abnormality in anatomic structure or function and is present at birth is termed ____.
congenital
What year was the first x-ray taken?
1895
____ refers to abnormal changes occurring in mature cells.
Dysplasia
The spread of malignant cancer cells resulting in a secondary tumor distant from the primary lesion is termed ______.
metastasis
When a disease does not produce symptoms, this is called ______.
asymptomatic
_______ conditions occur due to the passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes in sperm and egg cells.
Hereditary
What Disney movie features a skeleton band performing in the Land of the Dead?
Coco
____ is generalized increase of cell size.
Hypertrophy
The number of deaths in a population over a specific period of time is termed.
Mortality
______ is the study of the cause of the disease.
Etiology
________, removal of dead cells and materials is an essential component of the healing process.
Debridement
What 1983 hit by Michael Jackson had a red and black jacket worn in the video.
Thriller
When the disease process reduces the tissue mass, density, or atomic number and results in less attenuation of the x-ray beam, these disease are known as ____ diseases.
destructive
In the United States what is the leading cause of death for all ages.
Heart Disease