Module 2: Check on Learning and Module Quiz
What are the common caused of inflammation? Choose all correct answers.
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A lizard loses its tail in an horrific garden accident. The process of the lizard regrowing its tail is an example of
A form of regeneration
A "big box" black and white television from the old days would have what structural abnormality if it were human?
Achromatopsia
Which of the following is a form of necrosis in which a cheeselike substance is located at the center of an area of pink necrosis surrounded by inflammatory granule?
Caseous necrosis
The human body has the ability to regrow some internal organs that have been reduced in size, often from surgery. The spontaneous regeneration of such organs is an example of
Compensatory hyperplasia
Body's response to tissue injury by burning is called infection.
False
Exogenous (external) pigmentation refers to the changes in color of the skin resulting from a very bad sunburn.
False
Exogenous pigmentation is when a substance enters inside an organ from the body causing discoloration.
False
SIDS or Sudden Infant Death, is often caused by structural abnormalities and birth defects.
False
Which of the following is not a cause of cellular injury?
Homeostasis
Which one of the following is characterized by cellular swelling, changes in nature of cellular proteins, and the breakfown of cellular organelles in dead cells?
Necrosis
A large puss-filled knot or lesion on your body is an example of
Purulent inflammation
This term describes the replacement of damaged tissue with identical tissue.
Regeneration
Cellular swelling, fatty degeneration and amyloid degeneration are three examples of
Regressive cellular changes
What is the underlying purpose of vasoconstriction relative to inflammation?
To isolate contaminates within the injury site from other body parts
Endogenous (internal) pigmentation could refer to the discoloration of blood pigment caused by a bruise on the skin.
True
What is the primary cause of hernias?
Weakness in the muscle wall that contains the affected organ
Furuncle
an abscess in the deeper layer of the skin
Abscess
an area of pus surrounded by a wall of tissue
Vesicle
an elevation on the skin wifh fluid
Pustule
an elevation on the skin with pus
Hyperplasia
an increase in the number of cells
Hypertrophy
an increase in the size of cells
When substances enter the body and accumulate in excessive amount, it is called
infiltration
Ulcer
localized area of necrosis on the skin or mucous membrane
Amyloid degeneration
present in Alzheimer's disease
Metaplasia
regeneration of the cells after injury
Atrophy
shrinkage of cells
