Pathology Mid Term Exam

Benign tumors grow by _______ and malignant tumors by _______.

"Expansion, infiltration"

A disease that appears after birth

Acquired

Any disease which is obtained after birth.

Acquired

A disease that is characterized by a rapid onset and a relatively short duration

Acute

Which of the following predisposes to thrombosis?

All of these

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

A disease that is characterized by a slow onset and a relatively long duration

Chronic

A nevus is:

Commonly referred to as a mole

A disease that originates before birth

Congenital

Lymphoma is tumor found in.

Connective Tissue

A disease that results from the lack of some essential dietary constituent

Deficiency

A circulatory disorder that is often found to occur as an after-effect of a diseased heart valve is:

Embolism

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 pulmonary artery and aorta fails to open.

False

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

False

Inflammation of the gums is known as gummitis.

False

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

False

Pathology is the study of origin, structure, and function of living things.

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

A disease that is characterized by a fever

Febrile

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

General pathology

Escape of blood from the vascular system:

Hemorrhage

Inflammation of the liver is called:

Hepatitis

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

Homeostasis

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

Iatrogenic

When the cause of a disease is not known

Idiopathic

A disease that is caused by pathogenic organisms

Infectious

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

Infiltration

A disease that is transmitted genetically from parent to child

Inherited

A neoplasm that is malignant and pigmented is a(an):

Melanoma

Of the following neoplasms, the one most likely to cause death is:

Melanoma

Inflammation of the membranes that invest the brain:

Meningitis

Blockage of a coronary artery is likely to lead to:

Myocardial Infarction

"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

Death of a localized area of tissue is a condition known as:

Necrosis

Neuroma is a tumor found in.

Nervous tissue

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

None of these

Inflammation of the pancreas is called:

Pancreatitis

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

Pericarditis

Inflammation of the veins is called

Phlebitis

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

Polyp

A disease with alternating increases and decreases in the severity of the symptoms

Recurrent

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

Regeneration

Nevus or melanoma is a cancer of .

Skin

A branch of pathology that studies disease processes affecting individual body areas or systems.

Special pathology

Is the narrowing of the opening of the heart valves.

Stenosis

A blood clot that has formed within the heart or a blood vessel during life is referred to as a(an):

Thrombus

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

True

Diseases may be defined as any change from normal structure or function of cells.

True

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

True

Inflammation is a normal reaction of the body to an irritant.

True

The autopsy can be important in terms of amplifying, confirming, or rejecting a clinical diagnosis.

True

Prolapse is a condition of heart ______.

Valves

Are the veins that become dilated and tortuous.

Varicose