RADIOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY FOR
TECHNOLOGISTS COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Cor Pulmonale: Additive/Subtractive/Both/Neither.
Answer: Additive because of enlarged right ventricle and pulmonary
artery
◉ Aneurysmal bone cyst.
Answer: Solitary benign osteoplastic serum or blood filled lesion of
the bone.
◉ Virulence.
Answer: The ease with which an organism overcomes body defenses
◉ Sequalae.
Answer: Conditions resulting from a disease.
◉ Prevalence.
Answer: A statistical measure that refers to the number of cases of a
disease found in a given population.
,◉ Syndrome.
Answer: A group of signs and symptoms that occur together and
characterize a specific abnormal disturbance
◉ Traumatic.
Answer: Pertaining to the effects of a wound or injury, whether
physical or psychological
◉ Genetic Mapping.
Answer: A map assigning deoxyribonucleic (DNA) fragments to
chromosomes.
◉ Manifestation.
Answer: Observable changes resulting from cellular changes in the
disease process.
◉ Metaplasia.
Answer: Conversion of a specific type of tissue into a different kind
of tissue.
◉ Metastatic spread.
Answer: The spread of cancer cells.
,◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: Which of the following terms refers to abnormal changes in
mature cells?
◉ Hypertrophy.
Answer: Increase in number of cells and tissue resulting in an
increased organ size without the presence of a tumor.
◉ Iatrogenic.
Answer: Pertains to any adverse condition that occurs in a patient as
a result of medical treatment.
◉ Mortality rate.
Answer: Is the average number of deaths caused by a particular
disease in a population
◉ Autoantibodies.
Answer: Antibody acting against its own tissue or organism.
◉ Autoimmune Disorders.
Answer: Disease in which antibodies form against and injure the
patient's own tissues, in contrast to the normal process in which
antibodies form in response to foreign antigens.
, ◉ Benign Neoplasm.
Answer: A localized tumor of well-differentiated cells that does not
invade surrounding tissue or metastasize to distant areas within the
body.
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The form and structure of disease
◉ Idiopathic.
Answer: Having no identifiable causative factor.
◉ If 4000 cases of a given disease are found in a given population,
the _______ of the disease is defined.
Answer: Prevalence
◉ Degenerative.
Answer: Refers to deterioration of the body usually associated with
the aging process.
◉ Diagnosis.
Answer: The name of a disease an individual is believed to have.
TECHNOLOGISTS COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS
◉ Cor Pulmonale: Additive/Subtractive/Both/Neither.
Answer: Additive because of enlarged right ventricle and pulmonary
artery
◉ Aneurysmal bone cyst.
Answer: Solitary benign osteoplastic serum or blood filled lesion of
the bone.
◉ Virulence.
Answer: The ease with which an organism overcomes body defenses
◉ Sequalae.
Answer: Conditions resulting from a disease.
◉ Prevalence.
Answer: A statistical measure that refers to the number of cases of a
disease found in a given population.
,◉ Syndrome.
Answer: A group of signs and symptoms that occur together and
characterize a specific abnormal disturbance
◉ Traumatic.
Answer: Pertaining to the effects of a wound or injury, whether
physical or psychological
◉ Genetic Mapping.
Answer: A map assigning deoxyribonucleic (DNA) fragments to
chromosomes.
◉ Manifestation.
Answer: Observable changes resulting from cellular changes in the
disease process.
◉ Metaplasia.
Answer: Conversion of a specific type of tissue into a different kind
of tissue.
◉ Metastatic spread.
Answer: The spread of cancer cells.
,◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: Which of the following terms refers to abnormal changes in
mature cells?
◉ Hypertrophy.
Answer: Increase in number of cells and tissue resulting in an
increased organ size without the presence of a tumor.
◉ Iatrogenic.
Answer: Pertains to any adverse condition that occurs in a patient as
a result of medical treatment.
◉ Mortality rate.
Answer: Is the average number of deaths caused by a particular
disease in a population
◉ Autoantibodies.
Answer: Antibody acting against its own tissue or organism.
◉ Autoimmune Disorders.
Answer: Disease in which antibodies form against and injure the
patient's own tissues, in contrast to the normal process in which
antibodies form in response to foreign antigens.
, ◉ Benign Neoplasm.
Answer: A localized tumor of well-differentiated cells that does not
invade surrounding tissue or metastasize to distant areas within the
body.
◉ Morphology.
Answer: The form and structure of disease
◉ Idiopathic.
Answer: Having no identifiable causative factor.
◉ If 4000 cases of a given disease are found in a given population,
the _______ of the disease is defined.
Answer: Prevalence
◉ Degenerative.
Answer: Refers to deterioration of the body usually associated with
the aging process.
◉ Diagnosis.
Answer: The name of a disease an individual is believed to have.
