ARRT Pathology Review
Signs correct answers Measurable or objective manifestations of the disease process
Symptoms correct answers Experience the patient feels and describes
Iatrogenic correct answers Caused by physicians and their treatment
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affect the patient
Etiology correct answers Underlying cause of disease
Idiopathic correct answers Unknown cause of disease
Prognosis correct answers Describes the expected patient outcome
Syndrome correct answers Condition characterized by a group of sings, symptoms,
and disease process
Nosocomial correct answers Development of infections at the acute care facility
Community acquired correct answers Infections that develop outside of a health care
facility
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of body tissues to local injury
Granulation tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
proliferating fibroblasts
Pyogenic correct answers Production of pus
Bacteremia correct answers Potential involvement of other organs and tissues in the
body by organisms invading blood vessels
Permeable correct answers Allows fluid/cells to pass from one tissue to another tissue
or location
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities
Anasarca correct answers Generalized edema that occurs with pronounced swelling
with subcutaneous tissues throughout the body
,Elephantiasis correct answers Localized lymphatic obstruction resulting in localized
edema
Ischemia correct answers Interference with blood supply to an organ or part of an
organ
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
Hemorrhage correct answers Implies rupture of blood vessel
Hematoma correct answers Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
Atrophy correct answers Reduction in number or size of cells in an organ or tissue with
corresponding decrease in function
Hypertrophy correct answers Increase in size of the cells of a tissue or organ in
response to a demand for increased function
Hyperplasia correct answers Increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ
Dysplasia correct answers Loss of uniformity of individual cells and their architectural
orientation
Neoplasia correct answers Ungovernable abnormal proliferation of cells
Oncology correct answers Study of neoplasms (tumors)
Benign correct answers Growth that closely resembles the cells of origin in structure
and function
Malignant correct answers Neoplastic growth that invades and destroys adjacent
structures
Metastasize correct answers Malignant neoplasms that travel to distant sites
Carcinoma correct answers Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cells origin
Anaplastic correct answers Undifferentiated cell growth without form
Sarcoma correct answers Highly malignant tumor originating from connective tissue
Lymphatic spread correct answers Major route by which carcinoma metastasizes
Hematogenous spread correct answers Malignant tumors that have invaded the
circulatory system and travel as neoplastic emboli
,Grading correct answers Assessment of aggressiveness or degree of malignancy
Staging correct answers 1. Extensive ness of tumor at the primary site
2. Presence or absence of metastases to lymph nodes and distant organs
Epidemiology correct answers Study of determinate of disease events in given
population
Morbidity correct answers Rate that an illness or abnormality occurs
Mortality correct answers Reflects the number of deaths by disease per population
Hereditary process correct answers Genetic information contained in the nucleus of
each cell passed to the next generation
Autosomes correct answers 44 chromosomes other than X and Y
Dominant gene correct answers Always produces effect
Recessive gene correct answers Manifests when a person is homozygous for the trait
Mutation correct answers Alteration in the DNA structures that may become permanent
hereditary change
Toxoid correct answers Chemically altered toxins
Antigens correct answers Foreign substance that evokes an immune response
Antibodies correct answers Immunoglobulins responding to the antigens to make them
harmless
Immune correct answers Protected against antigens
Active immunity correct answers Forming antibodies to counteract an antigen by way
vaccine or toxoid
Vaccine correct answers Contact with dead or deactivated microorganisms to form
antibodies
Signs correct answers Measurable or objective manifestations of the disease process
Symptoms correct answers Experience the patient feels and describes
Iatrogenic correct answers Caused by physicians and their treatment
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affect the patient
, Etiology correct answers Underlying cause of disease
Idiopathic correct answers Unknown cause of disease
Prognosis correct answers Describes the expected patient outcome
Syndrome correct answers Condition characterized by a group of sings, symptoms,
and disease process
Nosocomial correct answers Development of infections at the acute care facility
Community acquired correct answers Infections that develop outside of a health care
facility
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of body tissues to local injury
Granulation tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
proliferating fibroblasts
Pyogenic correct answers Production of pus
Bacteremia correct answers Potential involvement of other organs and tissues in the
body by organisms invading blood vessels
Permeable correct answers Allows fluid/cells to pass from one tissue to another tissue
or location
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities
Anasarca correct answers Generalized edema that occurs with pronounced swelling
with subcutaneous tissues throughout the body
Elephantiasis correct answers Localized lymphatic obstruction resulting in localized
edema
Ischemia correct answers Interference with blood supply to an organ or part of an
organ
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
Hemorrhage correct answers Implies rupture of blood vessel
Hematoma correct answers Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
Signs correct answers Measurable or objective manifestations of the disease process
Symptoms correct answers Experience the patient feels and describes
Iatrogenic correct answers Caused by physicians and their treatment
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affect the patient
Etiology correct answers Underlying cause of disease
Idiopathic correct answers Unknown cause of disease
Prognosis correct answers Describes the expected patient outcome
Syndrome correct answers Condition characterized by a group of sings, symptoms,
and disease process
Nosocomial correct answers Development of infections at the acute care facility
Community acquired correct answers Infections that develop outside of a health care
facility
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of body tissues to local injury
Granulation tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
proliferating fibroblasts
Pyogenic correct answers Production of pus
Bacteremia correct answers Potential involvement of other organs and tissues in the
body by organisms invading blood vessels
Permeable correct answers Allows fluid/cells to pass from one tissue to another tissue
or location
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities
Anasarca correct answers Generalized edema that occurs with pronounced swelling
with subcutaneous tissues throughout the body
,Elephantiasis correct answers Localized lymphatic obstruction resulting in localized
edema
Ischemia correct answers Interference with blood supply to an organ or part of an
organ
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
Hemorrhage correct answers Implies rupture of blood vessel
Hematoma correct answers Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
Atrophy correct answers Reduction in number or size of cells in an organ or tissue with
corresponding decrease in function
Hypertrophy correct answers Increase in size of the cells of a tissue or organ in
response to a demand for increased function
Hyperplasia correct answers Increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ
Dysplasia correct answers Loss of uniformity of individual cells and their architectural
orientation
Neoplasia correct answers Ungovernable abnormal proliferation of cells
Oncology correct answers Study of neoplasms (tumors)
Benign correct answers Growth that closely resembles the cells of origin in structure
and function
Malignant correct answers Neoplastic growth that invades and destroys adjacent
structures
Metastasize correct answers Malignant neoplasms that travel to distant sites
Carcinoma correct answers Malignant neoplasms of epithelial cells origin
Anaplastic correct answers Undifferentiated cell growth without form
Sarcoma correct answers Highly malignant tumor originating from connective tissue
Lymphatic spread correct answers Major route by which carcinoma metastasizes
Hematogenous spread correct answers Malignant tumors that have invaded the
circulatory system and travel as neoplastic emboli
,Grading correct answers Assessment of aggressiveness or degree of malignancy
Staging correct answers 1. Extensive ness of tumor at the primary site
2. Presence or absence of metastases to lymph nodes and distant organs
Epidemiology correct answers Study of determinate of disease events in given
population
Morbidity correct answers Rate that an illness or abnormality occurs
Mortality correct answers Reflects the number of deaths by disease per population
Hereditary process correct answers Genetic information contained in the nucleus of
each cell passed to the next generation
Autosomes correct answers 44 chromosomes other than X and Y
Dominant gene correct answers Always produces effect
Recessive gene correct answers Manifests when a person is homozygous for the trait
Mutation correct answers Alteration in the DNA structures that may become permanent
hereditary change
Toxoid correct answers Chemically altered toxins
Antigens correct answers Foreign substance that evokes an immune response
Antibodies correct answers Immunoglobulins responding to the antigens to make them
harmless
Immune correct answers Protected against antigens
Active immunity correct answers Forming antibodies to counteract an antigen by way
vaccine or toxoid
Vaccine correct answers Contact with dead or deactivated microorganisms to form
antibodies
Signs correct answers Measurable or objective manifestations of the disease process
Symptoms correct answers Experience the patient feels and describes
Iatrogenic correct answers Caused by physicians and their treatment
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affect the patient
, Etiology correct answers Underlying cause of disease
Idiopathic correct answers Unknown cause of disease
Prognosis correct answers Describes the expected patient outcome
Syndrome correct answers Condition characterized by a group of sings, symptoms,
and disease process
Nosocomial correct answers Development of infections at the acute care facility
Community acquired correct answers Infections that develop outside of a health care
facility
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of body tissues to local injury
Granulation tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
proliferating fibroblasts
Pyogenic correct answers Production of pus
Bacteremia correct answers Potential involvement of other organs and tissues in the
body by organisms invading blood vessels
Permeable correct answers Allows fluid/cells to pass from one tissue to another tissue
or location
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities
Anasarca correct answers Generalized edema that occurs with pronounced swelling
with subcutaneous tissues throughout the body
Elephantiasis correct answers Localized lymphatic obstruction resulting in localized
edema
Ischemia correct answers Interference with blood supply to an organ or part of an
organ
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
Hemorrhage correct answers Implies rupture of blood vessel
Hematoma correct answers Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue
