HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PACKAGED
EXAMS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
EXAMS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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.
