AAMI PATHOLOGY 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Hematuria - ✔✔blood in the urine
✔✔Polycythemia - ✔✔opposite in meaning to anemia; a marked increase in red blood
cells, platelets, white blood cells, and overall blood volume
✔✔Leukemia - ✔✔malignant tumor of blood producing tissue in blood, cancer of the
blood
✔✔Erythropenia - ✔✔a decrease in the number of red blood cells
✔✔Phlebitis - ✔✔inflammation of a vein often seen in the deep veins of the legs
✔✔Infiltrative growth - ✔✔the type of growth that invades the surrounding tissue, as in a
malignant tumor
✔✔Expansive growth - ✔✔the type of growth that expands and compresses, as in a
benign tumor
✔✔Oncology - ✔✔the study of neoplasms and tumors
✔✔Hemophilia - ✔✔a hereditary blood disease characterized by an inability to clot
properly, generally affecting only males
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔the study of the cause of disease
✔✔Scoliosis - ✔✔the abnormal lateral curvature of the spinal column
✔✔Thrombocytopenia - ✔✔deficiency in the number of platelets or thrombocytes,
tendency to bruise
✔✔Strangulated hernia - ✔✔one in which the blood supply is cut off resulting in
gangrene and peritonitis
✔✔Waterhouse-Friderichesens - ✔✔disease of the adrenal glands most commonly
caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. The infection leads to massive
hemorrhage into one or both adrenal glands.
✔✔Diagnosis - ✔✔the determination of the nature and cause of disease
✔✔Pancarditis - ✔✔an inflammation of the structure of the heart
, ✔✔Encephalomyelitis - ✔✔an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Hemorrhage - ✔✔the escape of blood from the blood vascular system
✔✔What occurs in an asthma attack - ✔✔variable airflow obstruction, airway
hyperresponsiveness, chronic inflammation
✔✔Exciting cause of disease - ✔✔is an actual cause
✔✔Predisposing cause of disease - ✔✔makes a body more susceptible to disease
without actually causing it, such as race, age, environment, and gender
✔✔Exudate - ✔✔the thick liquid that collects around an infection site
✔✔Epidural hemorrhage - ✔✔bleeding between the skull and dura mater, associated
with trauma and skull fracture, usually arterial bleeding
✔✔Regeneration - ✔✔replacement of tissue by the same type of tissue
✔✔Prognosis - ✔✔the prediction of the probable outcome of disease
✔✔Hepatitis B - ✔✔this type of hepatitis is transmitted through the use of contaminated
needles; serum hepatitis
✔✔Hepatitis A - ✔✔this type of hepatitis is transmitted through contaminated food and
water; infectious hepatitis
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔fatty deposits develop on the intimal surfaces of the vessel
causing the lumen to narrow; rheumatic heart disease is caused by this
✔✔Infarct - ✔✔the area of necrotic tissue which occurs in a heart attack
✔✔Hematoma - ✔✔a swelling or mass of clotted blood caused by a ruptured blood
vessel and confined to an organ or space
✔✔Tabes dorsalis - ✔✔a degeneration of the posterior part of the spinal cord
✔✔Hyperplasia - ✔✔an increase in the size of a body part, due to an increase in the
number of cells
✔✔Lesion - ✔✔any recognizable change in the anatomy or structure of a tissue
✔✔Pathogenesis - ✔✔the manner in which a disease develops
ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Hematuria - ✔✔blood in the urine
✔✔Polycythemia - ✔✔opposite in meaning to anemia; a marked increase in red blood
cells, platelets, white blood cells, and overall blood volume
✔✔Leukemia - ✔✔malignant tumor of blood producing tissue in blood, cancer of the
blood
✔✔Erythropenia - ✔✔a decrease in the number of red blood cells
✔✔Phlebitis - ✔✔inflammation of a vein often seen in the deep veins of the legs
✔✔Infiltrative growth - ✔✔the type of growth that invades the surrounding tissue, as in a
malignant tumor
✔✔Expansive growth - ✔✔the type of growth that expands and compresses, as in a
benign tumor
✔✔Oncology - ✔✔the study of neoplasms and tumors
✔✔Hemophilia - ✔✔a hereditary blood disease characterized by an inability to clot
properly, generally affecting only males
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔the study of the cause of disease
✔✔Scoliosis - ✔✔the abnormal lateral curvature of the spinal column
✔✔Thrombocytopenia - ✔✔deficiency in the number of platelets or thrombocytes,
tendency to bruise
✔✔Strangulated hernia - ✔✔one in which the blood supply is cut off resulting in
gangrene and peritonitis
✔✔Waterhouse-Friderichesens - ✔✔disease of the adrenal glands most commonly
caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. The infection leads to massive
hemorrhage into one or both adrenal glands.
✔✔Diagnosis - ✔✔the determination of the nature and cause of disease
✔✔Pancarditis - ✔✔an inflammation of the structure of the heart
, ✔✔Encephalomyelitis - ✔✔an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Hemorrhage - ✔✔the escape of blood from the blood vascular system
✔✔What occurs in an asthma attack - ✔✔variable airflow obstruction, airway
hyperresponsiveness, chronic inflammation
✔✔Exciting cause of disease - ✔✔is an actual cause
✔✔Predisposing cause of disease - ✔✔makes a body more susceptible to disease
without actually causing it, such as race, age, environment, and gender
✔✔Exudate - ✔✔the thick liquid that collects around an infection site
✔✔Epidural hemorrhage - ✔✔bleeding between the skull and dura mater, associated
with trauma and skull fracture, usually arterial bleeding
✔✔Regeneration - ✔✔replacement of tissue by the same type of tissue
✔✔Prognosis - ✔✔the prediction of the probable outcome of disease
✔✔Hepatitis B - ✔✔this type of hepatitis is transmitted through the use of contaminated
needles; serum hepatitis
✔✔Hepatitis A - ✔✔this type of hepatitis is transmitted through contaminated food and
water; infectious hepatitis
✔✔Atherosclerosis - ✔✔fatty deposits develop on the intimal surfaces of the vessel
causing the lumen to narrow; rheumatic heart disease is caused by this
✔✔Infarct - ✔✔the area of necrotic tissue which occurs in a heart attack
✔✔Hematoma - ✔✔a swelling or mass of clotted blood caused by a ruptured blood
vessel and confined to an organ or space
✔✔Tabes dorsalis - ✔✔a degeneration of the posterior part of the spinal cord
✔✔Hyperplasia - ✔✔an increase in the size of a body part, due to an increase in the
number of cells
✔✔Lesion - ✔✔any recognizable change in the anatomy or structure of a tissue
✔✔Pathogenesis - ✔✔the manner in which a disease develops
