What is going on here?
the body's steady state of balance of its internal environment
What is homeostasis?
What the patient tells you, a subjective complaint.
What is a symptom?
5 on the pH scale
What is an acid?
A decrease in the size of a cell. It can be caused by inadequate nutrition, aging, or decreased workload.
What is atrophy?
Acronym ABC
What is airway, breathing, and circulation?
an abnormal structural or functional change in the body
What is disease?
An objective finding you can identify through physical examination
What is a sign?
9 on the pH scale
What is a base?
The name for red blood cells
What are erythrocytes?
What is necrosis?
What is alert, verbal stimuli, painful stimuli, and unresponsive?
What is a pathologist?
the process of identifying and assigning a name to a disease in an individual or a group of patients with similar signs and symptoms
What is a diagnosis?
an excess of acids in the body
What are leukocytes?
Normal cell death that is replaced by a new and healthy cell
What is apoptosis?
When predisposing factors cannot be identified.
What is idiopathic?
disease with sudden onset
The iron-based compound that binds with oxygen in blood
What is hemoglobin?
What is metaplasia?
Acronym AMS, indicates potential inadequate breathing
What is altered mental status?
The study of disease causes
What is etiology?
term for expected outcome of a disease
What is prognosis?
What are thrombocytes?
cellular injury from diminished blood flow
Term for shortness of breath
What is dyspnea?