HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE HEALTH SCIENCE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Bicornate uterus
Answer: a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
●● Neonate
Answer: newborn baby
●● Dysplasia
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
●● Muscular dystrophy
Answer: progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal
muscles
●● Dystrophy
Answer: condition produced by faulty nutrition
●● Contractures
,Answer: immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or
wasting of tissue or muscle fibers
●● Electromyography
Answer: an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the skeletal
muscles
●● Meninges
Answer: Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
●● Anecephalic
Answer: No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
●● Foramen Ovale
Answer: opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the
fetal heart
●● Acyanotic
Answer: absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous
membranes
●● Adenosarcoma
Answer: a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,●● Ataxic
Answer: uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central
nervous system
●● Azoospermia
Answer: an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
●● Dysplasia
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
●● Electromyography
Answer: an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal
muscles
●● Meconium
Answer: the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry
consistency
●● Pylorus
Answer: the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
●● Stenosis
, Answer: narrowing of an opening
●● Tachypnea
Answer: rapid and shallow breathing
●● Trisomy
Answer: one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
●● Anticholinesterase
Answer: any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters
●● Autoimmune
Answer: an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens
or auto-antigens of certain body cells
●● Candidiasis
Answer: (moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa
due to superficial fungal infection
●● Collagen
Answer: A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great
strength. Tissues with a lot of collagen fibers are typically very strong,
e.g. bone, tendons, ligaments, etc.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE HEALTH SCIENCE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Bicornate uterus
Answer: a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
●● Neonate
Answer: newborn baby
●● Dysplasia
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
●● Muscular dystrophy
Answer: progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal
muscles
●● Dystrophy
Answer: condition produced by faulty nutrition
●● Contractures
,Answer: immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or
wasting of tissue or muscle fibers
●● Electromyography
Answer: an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the skeletal
muscles
●● Meninges
Answer: Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
●● Anecephalic
Answer: No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
●● Foramen Ovale
Answer: opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the
fetal heart
●● Acyanotic
Answer: absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous
membranes
●● Adenosarcoma
Answer: a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,●● Ataxic
Answer: uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central
nervous system
●● Azoospermia
Answer: an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
●● Dysplasia
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
●● Electromyography
Answer: an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal
muscles
●● Meconium
Answer: the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry
consistency
●● Pylorus
Answer: the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
●● Stenosis
, Answer: narrowing of an opening
●● Tachypnea
Answer: rapid and shallow breathing
●● Trisomy
Answer: one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
●● Anticholinesterase
Answer: any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters
●● Autoimmune
Answer: an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens
or auto-antigens of certain body cells
●● Candidiasis
Answer: (moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa
due to superficial fungal infection
●● Collagen
Answer: A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great
strength. Tissues with a lot of collagen fibers are typically very strong,
e.g. bone, tendons, ligaments, etc.
