Pathology Funeral Service Exam NC
Questions and Answers (NC
Pathology Exam for Funeral
Directors)
Pathology - -The study of structure and function of the tissues of the body as
a result of disease
- General - -Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
regard to any particular organ or system
- Special - -The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs
or system
- Clinical - -That branch of pathology dealing with the various laboratory
tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in making a diagnosis
- Surgical - -The division of pathology that deals with tissues that have been
removed from a patient during surgery
- Autopsy - -Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
- predisposing - -conditions that make a body more susceptible to disease
without actually causing it
- occupational - -coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors would be an
example of what disease
- suppuration - -the formation of pus
- furuncle - -the pathological term for a boil
- adhesions - -a term that represents a common complication of healing
- regeneration - -the replacement of destroyed tissue with the exact same
kind of tissue
- hyperplasia - -a controlled enlargement of a body organ or part due to an
increase in the number of its cells
- phlegmon - -acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous connective
tissue
, - hemorrhage - -escape of blood from the vascular system
- plethora - -more than the normal total volume of blood in the body
- thrombus - -blood clot formed while living
- ischemia - -decrease blood flow to a body part
- embolus - -may consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria, tumor cells, and
air
- circulatory shock - -A general term used to designate the state of collapse
that follows severe tissue injury
- infarct - -Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the blood supply
- endogenous - -bears a relationship to melanin
- actual cause - -exciting cause of disease
- race - -may be considered a predisposing factor of a disease
- pathological atrophy - -shrinkage of muscle following paralysis
- physiological atrophy - -shrinkage of the uterus after menopause
- pathological hypertrophy - -Enlargement of the heart to offset a valvular
defect
- physiological hypertophy - -enlargement of the breasts during lactation
- somatic death - -cessation of the vital activities of the body
- inflamation - -pathological condition that has a protective function
- fistula - -abnormal channel connecting two surfaces
- ulcer - -an area of necrosis in which dead cells are sloughed from a free
surface
- anasarca - -generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue
- passive hyperemia - -Accumulation of blood in a part due to venous
obstruction
Questions and Answers (NC
Pathology Exam for Funeral
Directors)
Pathology - -The study of structure and function of the tissues of the body as
a result of disease
- General - -Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without
regard to any particular organ or system
- Special - -The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs
or system
- Clinical - -That branch of pathology dealing with the various laboratory
tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in making a diagnosis
- Surgical - -The division of pathology that deals with tissues that have been
removed from a patient during surgery
- Autopsy - -Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
- predisposing - -conditions that make a body more susceptible to disease
without actually causing it
- occupational - -coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors would be an
example of what disease
- suppuration - -the formation of pus
- furuncle - -the pathological term for a boil
- adhesions - -a term that represents a common complication of healing
- regeneration - -the replacement of destroyed tissue with the exact same
kind of tissue
- hyperplasia - -a controlled enlargement of a body organ or part due to an
increase in the number of its cells
- phlegmon - -acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous connective
tissue
, - hemorrhage - -escape of blood from the vascular system
- plethora - -more than the normal total volume of blood in the body
- thrombus - -blood clot formed while living
- ischemia - -decrease blood flow to a body part
- embolus - -may consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria, tumor cells, and
air
- circulatory shock - -A general term used to designate the state of collapse
that follows severe tissue injury
- infarct - -Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the blood supply
- endogenous - -bears a relationship to melanin
- actual cause - -exciting cause of disease
- race - -may be considered a predisposing factor of a disease
- pathological atrophy - -shrinkage of muscle following paralysis
- physiological atrophy - -shrinkage of the uterus after menopause
- pathological hypertrophy - -Enlargement of the heart to offset a valvular
defect
- physiological hypertophy - -enlargement of the breasts during lactation
- somatic death - -cessation of the vital activities of the body
- inflamation - -pathological condition that has a protective function
- fistula - -abnormal channel connecting two surfaces
- ulcer - -an area of necrosis in which dead cells are sloughed from a free
surface
- anasarca - -generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue
- passive hyperemia - -Accumulation of blood in a part due to venous
obstruction
