Pathology for Funeral Services UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chronic - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease with a more or less slow onset and long
duration
Cleft palate - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along
the midline
Clinical pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of disease by means of body
secretions, excretions, and other body fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a
disease
Communicable - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease that may be transmitted directly or
indirectly from one individual to another
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER - Localized accumulation of pus
Acromegaly - CORRECT ANSWER - Hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification
has been completed
Allergies - CORRECT ANSWER - having a hypersensitivity to a substance that does not
normally cause a reaction
Amelia - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenital absence of one or more limbs
Anasarca - CORRECT ANSWER - Generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue
,Aneurysm - CORRECT ANSWER - A localized dilation of a blood vessel
Aplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally
Arteriosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Disease of the arteries resulting in thickening
and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls
Ascities - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulation of free serous fluid in the abdominal
cavity
Atherosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of arteriosclerosis marked by the
deposition of lipids in the inner layer of arterial walls
Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER - A wasting, decrease in size of an organ or tissue.
The partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body
Cachexia - CORRECT ANSWER - A general state of ill-health, associated with
emaciation
Carbuncle - CORRECT ANSWER - Several communicating boils of the skin and
subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently
seen in some forms of tuberculosis
Concussion - CORRECT ANSWER - The immediate and temporary disturbance of brain
function
Congenital - CORRECT ANSWER - Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter
, Congestion - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulation of an excess of blood or tissue fluid in
a body part
Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER - A bruise often accompanied with swelling
Cretinism - CORRECT ANSWER - Acongenital condition due to hypothyroidism
resulting in mental retardation
Cryptorchism - CORRECT ANSWER - (Cryptorchidism) - condition in which the descent
of a testis into the scrotum is arrested at some point in the normal path
Cyanosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane
due to lack of oxygen
Cyst - CORRECT ANSWER - A sac within or on the body surface containing air or fluid
Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - Disease due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance
Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - The deterioration of tissues with corresponding
functional impairment as a result of disease or injury
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss of moisture from body tissue which may
occur antemortem or postmortem
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - The term denoting the naming of the disease or
syndrome; to recognize the nature of a disease
Dilatation - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring
normally, artificially, or as a result of disease
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chronic - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease with a more or less slow onset and long
duration
Cleft palate - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along
the midline
Clinical pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of disease by means of body
secretions, excretions, and other body fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a
disease
Communicable - CORRECT ANSWER - A disease that may be transmitted directly or
indirectly from one individual to another
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER - Localized accumulation of pus
Acromegaly - CORRECT ANSWER - Hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification
has been completed
Allergies - CORRECT ANSWER - having a hypersensitivity to a substance that does not
normally cause a reaction
Amelia - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenital absence of one or more limbs
Anasarca - CORRECT ANSWER - Generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue
,Aneurysm - CORRECT ANSWER - A localized dilation of a blood vessel
Aplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally
Arteriosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Disease of the arteries resulting in thickening
and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls
Ascities - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulation of free serous fluid in the abdominal
cavity
Atherosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER - A form of arteriosclerosis marked by the
deposition of lipids in the inner layer of arterial walls
Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER - A wasting, decrease in size of an organ or tissue.
The partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body
Cachexia - CORRECT ANSWER - A general state of ill-health, associated with
emaciation
Carbuncle - CORRECT ANSWER - Several communicating boils of the skin and
subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue
Cavitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently
seen in some forms of tuberculosis
Concussion - CORRECT ANSWER - The immediate and temporary disturbance of brain
function
Congenital - CORRECT ANSWER - Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter
, Congestion - CORRECT ANSWER - Accumulation of an excess of blood or tissue fluid in
a body part
Contusion - CORRECT ANSWER - A bruise often accompanied with swelling
Cretinism - CORRECT ANSWER - Acongenital condition due to hypothyroidism
resulting in mental retardation
Cryptorchism - CORRECT ANSWER - (Cryptorchidism) - condition in which the descent
of a testis into the scrotum is arrested at some point in the normal path
Cyanosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane
due to lack of oxygen
Cyst - CORRECT ANSWER - A sac within or on the body surface containing air or fluid
Deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - Disease due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance
Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - The deterioration of tissues with corresponding
functional impairment as a result of disease or injury
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - Loss of moisture from body tissue which may
occur antemortem or postmortem
Diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - The term denoting the naming of the disease or
syndrome; to recognize the nature of a disease
Dilatation - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring
normally, artificially, or as a result of disease
