HOSA Pathophysiology questions & answers 2023

HOSA Pathophysiology questions & answers 2023 Amniocentesis - correct answer taking a fluid sample between the 15th and the 16th week of pregnancy to diagnose congenital anomalies Bicornate uterus - correct answer a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches Neonate - correct answer newborn baby Dysplasia - correct answer marked by abnormal adult cells Muscular dystrophy - correct answer progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal muscles Dystrophy - correct answer condition produced by faulty nutrition Contractures - correct answer immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or wasting of tissue or muscle fibers Electromyography - correct answer an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the skeletal muscles Meninges - correct answer Covering around the brain and the spinal cord Anecephalic - correct answer No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue Foramen Ovale - correct answer opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart Acyanotic - correct answer absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous membranes Adenosarcoma - correct answer a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor Ataxic - correct answer uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central nervous system Azoospermia - correct answer an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman Dysplasia - correct answer marked by abnormal adult cells Electromyography - correct answer an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal muscles Meconium - correct answer the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry consistency Pylorus - correct answer the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum Stenosis - correct answer narrowing of an opening Tachypnea - correct answer rapid and shallow breathing Trisomy - correct answer one or more than the normal number of chromosomes Anticholinesterase - correct answer any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters Autoimmune - correct answer an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens or auto-antigens of certain body cells Candidiasis - correct answer (moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial fungal infection