Pathology Notes FSE 214

Heredity bleeding disorder is called [x] while decreased number of platelets is called [y].

x=Hemophilia and y=Thrombocytopenia

This nervous system disease is not caused by any infection and is not progressive in nature. It is found in children. What is _____:

Cerebral palsy

Lymphoma is tumor found in:

Connective Tissue

is the condition in males when testes do not descend down to the scrotum before birth:

Cryptoorchidism

For an embalmer, infections of the digestive system can lead to several problems, such as:

Dehydration - Rapid blood coagulation - Rapid decomposition

Nervous system is divided into two parts; central nervous system and anatomical nervous system:

False

Pathology is the study of the tissues which have been removed from the body:

False

The study of neoplasms or tumors is called ecology:

False

These are diseases that are characterized by fever:

Febrile

A branch of pathology that deals with general or broad disease processes such a necrosis:

General

Factors affecting cardiovascular systems include;

Heredity - Obesity - Diet - Diabete

Some of the causes of cancer are______:

Heredity - Viruses - Environmental factors - Hormones

Which one of the following is not a cause of cellular injury:

Homeostasis

Underdevelopment of kidney is called ______.

Hypoplasia

A disease that results from a physician's treatment of a patient:

Iatrogenic

When substances enter the body and accumulate in excessive amount, it is called."

Infiltration

What is infection:

Inflammation caused by living organisms

is surgical removal of a breast:

Mastectomy

Neuroma is a tumor found in:

Nervous tissue

When the outer sac around the heart is inflammed, it is called ____.

Pericarditis

Inflammation of the veins is called:

Phlebitis

Prolapse is a condition of heart ______.

Valves

Are the veins that become dilated and tortuous:

Varicose

What is the definition of disease?

A change in the function of the body as a result of injury to the tissue

Any disease which is obtained after birth:

Acquired

Two types of diseases are:

Acute and Chronic

Presence of any substances in the pleural cavity puts pressure on the lungs and make them collapse, a condition indicated with the term _______."

Atelectasis

Which on 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

is not infection but is long term chronic deterioration and destruction of lung tissue:

Emphysema

Endometrial tissue is the tissue present in the lining of uterus but when it is found elsewhere it cause problems such a pain, swelling and bleeding. This condition is called:

Endometriosis

Trauma to the head may result into cerebral hemorrhage which are often categorized based on where they occur in relation to the meninges. The hemorrhage that occurs outside of the dura is called:

Epidural

Benign tumors grow by _______ and malignant tumors by _______.

Expansion - Infiltration

Body's response to tissue injury by burning is called infection:

False

Cardiomyopathy is the disease of heart valve:

False

Ductus arteriosus means opening between pumonary artery and aorta fails to open:

False

Exogenous pigmentation is when a substance enters inside an organ from the body causing discoloration:

False

Gingivitis is the decaying of the teeth:

False

Gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and HIV are sexually transmitted disease that are caused by viruses and that is why they are difficult to control:

False

Leucocytosis is the drop in number of white blood cells due to infection:

False

Signs of inflammation are:

Heat - Pain - Swelling

Formation of varicose veins in the rectal are is called __________.

Hemorrhoids

When bilirubin accumulates in the body it causes yellowish discoloration. This condition is called:

Jaundice

Hepatitis attaches too?

Liver

What are the common causes of inflammation?

Living organisms - Physical irritants - Chemicals - Immunological reactants

Inflammation that affects the lobes of lungs is called as:

Lobar pneumonia

What is cachexia:

Malnutrition and general wasting of body, such as starvation

Which one of the following is characterized by cellular swelling, changes in nature of cellular proteins, and the breakdown of cellular organelles in dead cells?

Necrosis

A branch of pathology that studies changes which occur in cell of the body at the microscopic level.

None of the above

is a form of papilloma that grown with a stem from the underlying tissue:

Polyp

is the infection of nervous system that results from animal bites such as dogs and raccoons:

Rabies

This term describe the replacement of damaged tissue with identical tissue:

Regeneration

Nevus or melanoma is a cancer of:

Skin

Is the narrowing of the opening of the heart valves:

Stenosis

Main function of respiratory system is:

Transport gases

Carcinoma is the leading cause of respiratory cancer in the United States:

True

Dermoid cyst is a common cyst found on the walls of ovary that contain greasy material produced by sebaceous glands:

True

Dilatation and hypertrophy both describe the increase in the size of the heart:

True

Failure of the kidney to filter waste products out is called as uremia:

True

Hyperplasia is increase in the size of the body part due to increase in number of cells:

True

Prognosis refers to the prediction of the probable outcome of a disease

True

Localized area of necrosis on the skin or mucous membrane is called ___.

Ulcer

Influenza and common cold are caused by _____.

Viruses

The brain and spinal cord are protective by three layers of protective membranes called the meninges. These meninges are :

dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater