Pathology Comprehensive Exam
A disease characterized by a rapid onset and course is said to be:
Acute
Carcinoma of the Prostate is a kind of:
Adenocarcinoma
Addison's Disease results from a deficiency of ____________ hormones:
Adrenocortical
Generalized edema is known as:
Anasarca
Which of the following benign tumors is derived from vascular tissue:
Angioma
The thickening of the walls, calcium deposits and narrowing of the lumen in an artery describes:
Arteriosclerosis
Which of the following is a complication of diabetes mellitus:
Arteriosclerosis Vascular obstruction Gangrene
A collection of edematous fluid in the abdominal cavity is called:
Asites
A collapsed or airless condition of the lungs:
Atelectasis
A decrease in the size of a fully developed tissue is called:
Atrophy
CVA/TIA involves a rupture or blockage of a vessel in the:
Brain
Encephalitis is an inflammation of which of the following:
Brain
Interconnected, pus-filled, inflamed hair-roots:
Carbuncle Furuncle
This is a congenital disease which results from an inutero developmental defect, it effects the moror system of the brain, it is called:
Cerebral Palsy
A malignant tumor of cartilage is:
Chondrosarcoma
A type of disease that runs a slow course, rather mild as to symptoms, and may last for weeks, months and years is called:
Chronic
Acute inflammation of the colon is ceded:
Colitis
The loss of cerebral control after a head injury without any obvious signs of an inorganic lesion is a:
Concussion
A condition of arrested physical and mental development caused by lack of Thyroxin production:
Cretinism
Failure of the testes to descend into the scrotal area is called:
Cryporchism
Hypersecretion of the adrenal cortex leads to a disease called ____________; its symptoms include adiposity and fatigue:
Cushing's Disease
This is an area of purplish discloration and is sometimes referred to as "black and Blue" it is called:
Ecchymosis
A free floating foreign particle in the bloodstream is known as:
Embolus
Pus in the pleural cavity is:
Empyema
Which of the following is a viral infection:
Encephalitis
A disease which affects a large number of persons in a community at one time is called:
Epidemic
The term which means a nose bleed is :
Epistaxis
A disease characterized by a high fever is called:
Febrile
A disease caused by a change in the structure of a tissue is:
Functional
Acute or chronic inflammation of the stomach is called:
Gastritis
Excessive production of Human Growth Hormone by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland may cause:
Giantism (Gigantism) Acromegaly
An inflammatory condition of the gums of the mouth is technically referred to as:
Gingivitis
A hyperplastic response of the thyroid tissue to a deficiency in iodine, which is an important component of thyroxine and will cause:
Goiter
The causes of this condition are not well known, but there is a uniform enlargement of the thyroid gland and increased secretion of thyroxine and is termed:
Grave's Disease
Vomiting blood, or hemorrhaging from the stomach is called:
Hematemesis
Swelling filled with blood and resembling a tumor is called:
Hematoma
Masses of tortuous veins in the anorectum area:
Hemorrhoids
Hepatitis may be caused by:
viral infection
The accumulation of serous fluid in the membrane surrounding the testes:
Hydrocele
An increased accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain:
Hydrocephalus
A collection of edematous fluid in the pleural cavity is called:
Hydrothorax
another name for pleural effusion is:
Hydrothorax
An increase in the size of a part due to an increase in the number of cells is:
Hyperplasia
An increase in the size of the heart due to an increase in the size of the individual cardiac muscle fibers is:
Hypertrophy
Enlargement of an organ due to an increase in size of constituent cells:
Hypertrophy
Death from chilling or extreme exposure is termed:
Hypothermia
A disease whose exact cause is unknown is called:
Idiopathic
Death of tissue caused by a lack of blood supply:
Infarction
Lack of blood supply:
Ischemia
A group of cancers characterized by disorganized proliferation of white blood cells in the bone marrow:
Leukemia
The excessive production of white blood cells:
Leukocytosis
The branch of pathology dealing with accidents, homicides and suicides:
Medicolegal Forensic
Black, tarry feces caused by bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract:
Melena
This inflammatory condition in which affects the membrane that covers the CNS and is caused by a bacteria is:
Meningitis
The spread of tumor cells from one part of the body to another by blood or lymph is called:
Metastasis
An infection of the heart valves during rheumatic fever is one cause of:
Mitral stenosis
A chronic disease of the nervous system characterized by patches of demyelination and by remission and relapse is:
Multiple Sclerosis
Acquired Cretinism
Myxedema
Localized death of tissue in a still-living body, possibly caused by infection, extreme heat or lack of blood supply:
Necrosis
Inflammation of the testes is called:
Orchitis
Ectopic pregnancy refers to a pregnancy:
Outside of the uterus
Diabetes mellitus is a malfunction of which gland?
Pancreas
A benign neoplasm that resembles a wart:
Papilloma
A lesion of the nerve supply to a skeletal muscle produces:
Paralysis
An organism which is capable of causing a disease is called a(n):
Pathogen
Pin point hemorrhages are also called:
Petechiae
This important gland is sometimes called the master gland, it is called the:
Pituitary
A congenital defect in which there are more than the usual number of fingers or toes is called:
Polydactylism
The prediction of the probable outcome of a disease is called the:
Prognosis
A fulminating disease is which of the following?
Rapid onset and relatively short in duration
A temporary let-up of the signs and symptoms of a disease:
Remission
A congenital defect in which part of one or more vertebrae fails to develop:
Spina Bifida
Which gland(s) secrete a hormone which regulates the calcium levels of the body:
Thyroid
Mechanical injury that causes a fracture, bruise, nerve damage, etc., is known as:
Trauma
Inflammation of the vagina:
Vaginitis
