NSG 120 Midterm (Units 1-4 Only, units 5-8 in separate Sets) (Complete And Verified Study material) (17pages) LEARNEXAMS

1. Homeostasis: Answer process to maintain a relatively stable internal environment 2. Acute disease: Answer rapid onset, usually lasts less than 6 months 3. Chronic disease: Answer slowly developing, lasting more than 6 months 4. Insidious onset: Answer develops slowly, no obvious symptoms at first 5. Signs: Answer objective changes that another person can observe and measuresymptoms: subjective findings described by the patient 6. Atrophy: Answer decrease in the size of cellsEx: effect of wearing a cast 7. Hypertrophy: Answer increase in the size of cellsEx: bodybuilders