NC PATHOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT
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SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Pathology. Answer: The study of structure and function of the
tissues of the body as a result of disease
◉ General. Answer: Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a
whole, without regard to any particular organ or system
◉ Special. Answer: The division of pathology that deals with
individual body organs or system
◉ Clinical. Answer: That branch of pathology dealing with the
various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in
making a diagnosis
◉ Surgical. Answer: The division of pathology that deals with tissues
that have been removed from a patient during surgery
◉ Autopsy. Answer: Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
◉ predisposing. Answer: conditions that make a body more
susceptible to disease without actually causing it
, ◉ occupational. Answer: coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors
would be an example of what disease
◉ suppuration. Answer: the formation of pus
◉ furuncle. Answer: the pathological term for a boil
◉ adhesions. Answer: a term that represents a common complication
of healing
◉ regeneration. Answer: the replacement of destroyed tissue with the
exact same kind of tissue
◉ hyperplasia. Answer: a controlled enlargement of a body organ or
part due to an increase in the number of its cells
◉ phlegmon. Answer: acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous
connective tissue
◉ hemorrhage. Answer: escape of blood from the vascular system
◉ plethora. Answer: more than the normal total volume of blood in
the body
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK REVIEW SHEET
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Pathology. Answer: The study of structure and function of the
tissues of the body as a result of disease
◉ General. Answer: Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a
whole, without regard to any particular organ or system
◉ Special. Answer: The division of pathology that deals with
individual body organs or system
◉ Clinical. Answer: That branch of pathology dealing with the
various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in
making a diagnosis
◉ Surgical. Answer: The division of pathology that deals with tissues
that have been removed from a patient during surgery
◉ Autopsy. Answer: Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
◉ predisposing. Answer: conditions that make a body more
susceptible to disease without actually causing it
, ◉ occupational. Answer: coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors
would be an example of what disease
◉ suppuration. Answer: the formation of pus
◉ furuncle. Answer: the pathological term for a boil
◉ adhesions. Answer: a term that represents a common complication
of healing
◉ regeneration. Answer: the replacement of destroyed tissue with the
exact same kind of tissue
◉ hyperplasia. Answer: a controlled enlargement of a body organ or
part due to an increase in the number of its cells
◉ phlegmon. Answer: acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous
connective tissue
◉ hemorrhage. Answer: escape of blood from the vascular system
◉ plethora. Answer: more than the normal total volume of blood in
the body
