PATHOLOGY SECTION - NBCE Part I Board Review Questions with Complete verified Solutions Latest Updated 2025

PATHOLOGY SECTION - NBCE Part I Board Review Questions with Complete verified Solutions Latest Updated 2025 Metastatic calcification - Correct Answer Calcium infiltration into *normal tissue* (Hypervitaminosis D) Dystrophic calcification - Correct Answer Calcium infiltration into *abnormal tissue* (atherosclerosis, atheroma) Caseous degeneration - Correct Answer Degeneration associated with tuberculosis Enzymatic degeneration - Correct Answer Degeneration associated with the pancreas Fatty degeneration - Correct Answer This degeneration is seen in the liver (nutmeg liver)and heart (tabby cat heart). In blood vessels, it begins as a fatty dot -> fatty streak -> atheroma (fatty plaque) -> fibroatheroma (fibrous tissue, calcium) Liquifactive degeneration - Correct Answer This type of degeneration occurs in the CNS (brain melts, tertiary syphilis, leprosy) and skin (from an infection) Wallerian degeneraation - Correct Answer This type of degeneration affects peripheral nerves. Degeneration occurs from node of Ranvier to node of Ranvier. It causes the "dying back" phenomenon. Zenker's (Waxy) degeneration - Correct Answer This type of degeneration is most common in skeletal muscle, and muscle is replaced with hyaline