NC PATHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
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Pathology - ANS The study of structure and function of the tissues of the body as a result of
disease
General Pathology - ANS Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
regard to any particular organ or system
Special Pathology - ANS The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs or
system
Clinical Pathology - ANS That branch of pathology dealing with the various laboratory tests on
body fluids and tissues that are used in making a diagnosis
Surgical Pathology - ANS The division of pathology that deals with tissues that have been
removed from a patient during surgery
Autopsy - ANS Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
Predisposing - ANS Conditions that make a body more susceptible to disease without actually
causing it
Occupational - ANS Coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors would be an example of what
disease
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, Suppuration - ANS The formation of pus
Furuncle - ANS The pathological term for a boil
Adhesions - ANS A term that represents a common complication of healing
Regeneration - ANS The replacement of destroyed tissue with the exact same kind of tissue
Hyperplasia - ANS A controlled enlargement of a body organ or part due to an increase in the
number of its cells
Phlegmon - ANS Acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous connective tissue
Hemorrhage - ANS Escape of blood from the vascular system
Plethora - ANS More than the normal total volume of blood in the body
Thrombus - ANS Blood clot formed while living
Ischemia - ANS Decrease blood flow to a body part
Embolus - ANS May consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria, tumor cells, and air
Circulatory Shock - ANS A general term used to designate the state of collapse that follows
severe tissue injury
Infarct - ANS Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the blood supply
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Pathology - ANS The study of structure and function of the tissues of the body as a result of
disease
General Pathology - ANS Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
regard to any particular organ or system
Special Pathology - ANS The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs or
system
Clinical Pathology - ANS That branch of pathology dealing with the various laboratory tests on
body fluids and tissues that are used in making a diagnosis
Surgical Pathology - ANS The division of pathology that deals with tissues that have been
removed from a patient during surgery
Autopsy - ANS Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
Predisposing - ANS Conditions that make a body more susceptible to disease without actually
causing it
Occupational - ANS Coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors would be an example of what
disease
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, Suppuration - ANS The formation of pus
Furuncle - ANS The pathological term for a boil
Adhesions - ANS A term that represents a common complication of healing
Regeneration - ANS The replacement of destroyed tissue with the exact same kind of tissue
Hyperplasia - ANS A controlled enlargement of a body organ or part due to an increase in the
number of its cells
Phlegmon - ANS Acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous connective tissue
Hemorrhage - ANS Escape of blood from the vascular system
Plethora - ANS More than the normal total volume of blood in the body
Thrombus - ANS Blood clot formed while living
Ischemia - ANS Decrease blood flow to a body part
Embolus - ANS May consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria, tumor cells, and air
Circulatory Shock - ANS A general term used to designate the state of collapse that follows
severe tissue injury
Infarct - ANS Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the blood supply
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