HSS 3305 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rheumatic Fever, Fragment Antigen-Binding, Complement System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 3305
• Professor: Karen Phillips

Document Summary

Lect 1: disease: disturbance of structure or function of the body, associated with structural changes which are called lesions. This involves morphological changes and morphology is structure or architecture of a tissue or organ: diseases may involve more than one pathophysiological mechanism. Disease mechanism: inflammatory diseases: cell injury produces inflammatory response; Examples: hypothyroidism, diabetes, infertility: heart disease, cancer and stroke are the leading causes of disease deaths in 2004. Disease manifestations: symptoms: subjective, signs/physical findings: objective, such as abnormal blood test, disease might be initially asymptomatic, a diagnosis is a nature of a disease; it includes signs and symptoms, which leads to syndromes. Syndromes are signs and symptoms that occur concurrently. Invasive test: invades body, may involve pain, discomfort example: endoscope, needles, catheters: non-invasive test: no risk, minimal risk to patient. Diagnostic tests: tests of electrical activity: used to measure electrical impulses associated with bodily functions and activities; electrodes used to measure activity.