Anatomical Pathology Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
Pathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of disease
(includes study of the causes, origins and nature of diseases and
injuries, their effects on the body and their diagnosis and prevention in
man)
Anatomical pathology involves the study of tissue and which three
levels? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- macroscopic level
- microscopic level
- molecular level
Which two divisions make up anatomical pathology? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-- autopsy pathology
- surgical pathology (including histopathology and cytopathology)
Describe an approach to learning anatomical pathology. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-General pathology is first taught and this forms the
foundation on which systemic pathology can be built.
, What are the four steps to arriving at a diagnosis. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-- symptoms
- signs
- differential diagnoses
- laboratory investigation
List three of the roles that autopsy plays in modern medicine. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- contribution to medical knowledge of the
causes of morbidity and mortality
- quality assurance
- contribution to medical education
Cytopathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-uses the morphology of
individual cells to make a diagnosis
What is a FNA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fine needle aspiration - more
invasive procedure used to obtain a cell sample from lesions in many
internal organs.
Surgical pathology/Histopathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of
tissue, either an entire organ or a representative part of an organ, taken
from a living patient.
With Correct Answers
Pathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of disease
(includes study of the causes, origins and nature of diseases and
injuries, their effects on the body and their diagnosis and prevention in
man)
Anatomical pathology involves the study of tissue and which three
levels? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- macroscopic level
- microscopic level
- molecular level
Which two divisions make up anatomical pathology? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-- autopsy pathology
- surgical pathology (including histopathology and cytopathology)
Describe an approach to learning anatomical pathology. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-General pathology is first taught and this forms the
foundation on which systemic pathology can be built.
, What are the four steps to arriving at a diagnosis. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-- symptoms
- signs
- differential diagnoses
- laboratory investigation
List three of the roles that autopsy plays in modern medicine. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- contribution to medical knowledge of the
causes of morbidity and mortality
- quality assurance
- contribution to medical education
Cytopathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-uses the morphology of
individual cells to make a diagnosis
What is a FNA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fine needle aspiration - more
invasive procedure used to obtain a cell sample from lesions in many
internal organs.
Surgical pathology/Histopathology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Study of
tissue, either an entire organ or a representative part of an organ, taken
from a living patient.
