ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of suffering
pathogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER - mechanism that results in manifestations of
signs/symptoms
etiology - CORRECT ANSWER - underlying causes of disease
pathological anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER - AKA morbid anatomy, study of structural
changes in the body caused by disease
gross pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of changes in the structure of the body
that are readily seen with the unaided eye
microscopic pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - AKA histopathology, study of
microscopic changes that cells/tissues/organs undergo as a result of disease
surgical pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of tissue specimens that have been
excised
clinical pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of disease by means of body
secretions/excretions and other body fluids in diagnosis
physiological pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of changes in body function due
to disease
,medicolegal pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of general processes of disease to
ascertain cause/manner of death, AKA forensic pathology
general pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of general processes of disease such as
inflammation, degeneration, necrosis, cellular death, and repair without reference to particular
organs
special pathology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of the specific features of disease in
relation to particular organs or organ systems
lesion - CORRECT ANSWER - circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue
cause of death - CORRECT ANSWER - injury/disease that results in death
manner of death - CORRECT ANSWER - explains how the cause of death came about:
natural, homicide, etc.
cide - CORRECT ANSWER - killing, destroying
cranio - CORRECT ANSWER - cranium
cryo - CORRECT ANSWER - cold
cyto - CORRECT ANSWER - cell
dermo - CORRECT ANSWER - skin
dia - CORRECT ANSWER - through, during, across
, diplo - CORRECT ANSWER - double, twofold
dorsi - CORRECT ANSWER - the back
ecto - CORRECT ANSWER - outer, outside
ectomy - CORRECT ANSWER - surgical operation, excision
emia - CORRECT ANSWER - blood condition
en - CORRECT ANSWER - within, in
endo - CORRECT ANSWER - inside, within
entero - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to the intestine
epi - CORRECT ANSWER - before, upon, on, outside
erthyro - CORRECT ANSWER - red color
exo - CORRECT ANSWER - outside of another
gastro - CORRECT ANSWER - stomach
gen - CORRECT ANSWER - born in, from, certain kind
genito - CORRECT ANSWER - genital, reproduction