UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the third stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism.
Answer: Exhaustion
◉ Define cellular adaptation.
Answer: Cells adapting to changes in the internal environment
◉ What is a decrease in cell size?.
Answer: Atrophy
◉ What is an increase in cell size?.
Answer: Hypertrophy
◉ What is an increase in the number of cells?.
Answer: Hyperplasia
◉ What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?.
Answer: Metaplasia
, ◉ What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?.
Answer: Dysplasia
◉ What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?.
Answer: Anaplasia
◉ What are causes of cellular injury?.
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances
◉ What is apoptosis?.
Answer: Programmed cell death
◉ What is necrosis?.
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person
◉ What is neoplasia?.
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What is the third stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism.
Answer: Exhaustion
◉ Define cellular adaptation.
Answer: Cells adapting to changes in the internal environment
◉ What is a decrease in cell size?.
Answer: Atrophy
◉ What is an increase in cell size?.
Answer: Hypertrophy
◉ What is an increase in the number of cells?.
Answer: Hyperplasia
◉ What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?.
Answer: Metaplasia
, ◉ What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?.
Answer: Dysplasia
◉ What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?.
Answer: Anaplasia
◉ What are causes of cellular injury?.
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances
◉ What is apoptosis?.
Answer: Programmed cell death
◉ What is necrosis?.
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person
◉ What is neoplasia?.
