FUNERAL PATHOLOGY MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE (FSE2160) EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED / VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE

Study of *structural* changes in the body caused by disease - ANS Pathological Anatomy (a.k.a. Morbid Anatomy) Study of *functional* changes in the body caused by disease - ANS Physiological Pathology Study of changes in the structure of the body as a result of disease that are readily seen with the naked eye - ANS Gross pathology Study of microscopic changes that cells, tissues and organs undergo as a result of disease - ANS Microscopic pathology (a.k.a. histopathology/cellular pathology/histology) Study of tissue specimens excised surgically in an operation - ANS Surgical Pathology Study of disease performed in a laboratory by means of examining body fluids, secretions, and excretions - ANS Clinical pathology Study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of death, as related to a criminal investigation - ANS Medico-legal Pathology (Forensic Pathology) Deals with the study of general processes of disease such as inflammation, degeneration, necrosis or cellular death, repair, etc., without reference to particular organs or organ systems. - ANS General pathology Deals with the specific features of disease in relation to particular organs or organ systems. - ANS Special pathology The importance of autopsy as a tool in the advancement of medical science to: - ANS -Confirm medical diagnosis -Advance medical knowledge and research -Assist in medico-legal cases Belief that every disease in the body begins at the cellular level - ANS The Doctrine of Cellular Pathology (Virchow) A disease which has no recognizable change in anatomy - ANS Functional disease A disease which creates any structural/anatomical change for the normal human body - ANS Organic disease A circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue; an injury or wound - ANS Lesion Denotes the identification of a disease or syndrome; to recognize the nature of a disease - ANS Diagnosis Prediction of the outcome of a disease - ANS Prognosis *Subjective* indications of the presence of disease (felt/experienced only by the patient - i.e., headache) - ANS Symptoms *Objective* indications of the presence of disease (can be observed by other people - i.e., swelling) - ANS Signs Increase in severity of a disease - ANS Exacerbation A cessation of the symptoms of disease - ANS Remission Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter - ANS Congenital A disease, condition or abnormality that is not hereditary or innate - ANS Acquired Reappearance of symptoms after a period of remission - ANS Recurrent Of unknown cause - ANS Idiopathic A disease with rapid onset and short duration - ANS Acute A disease with a slow onset and long duration - ANS Chronic A condition due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance - ANS Deficiency Genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to offspring - ANS Hereditary Number of cases of disease present in a specified population at a given time - ANS Prevalence A disease that is continuously present in a given population - ANS Endemic Higher than normal appearance of an infectious disease/condition in a given population - ANS Epidemic Pandemic - ANS Widespread epidemic, possibly worldwide