FSE 2160 Funeral Pathology Exam |214 Q’s
and A’s
pathology - -study of suffering
- pathogenesis - -mechanism that results in manifestations of
signs/symptoms
- etiology - -underlying causes of disease
- pathological anatomy - -AKA morbid anatomy, study of structural changes
in the body caused by disease
- gross pathology - -study of changes in the structure of the body that are
readily seen with the unaided eye
- microscopic pathology - -AKA histopathology, study of microscopic
changes that cells/tissues/organs undergo as a result of disease
- surgical pathology - -study of tissue specimens that have been excised
- clinical pathology - -study of disease by means of body
secretions/excretions and other body fluids in diagnosis
- physiological pathology - -study of changes in body function due to
disease
- medicolegal pathology - -study of general processes of disease to
ascertain cause/manner of death, AKA forensic pathology
- general pathology - -study of general processes of disease such as
inflammation, degeneration, necrosis, cellular death, and repair without
reference to particular organs
- special pathology - -study of the specific features of disease in relation to
particular organs or organ systems
- lesion - -circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue
- cause of death - -injury/disease that results in death
- manner of death - -explains how the cause of death came about: natural,
homicide, etc.
- a - -denotes absence of
, - ab - -away from
- acro - -extremity, topmost
- ad - -toward, in the direction of
- adeno - -gland
- adipo - -fat/fatty tissue
- agra - -attack/seizure
- algia - -pain
- ambi - -both of two or positioned on both sides
- an - -not, without
- ana - -back, again, up
- angio - -blood vessel
- ante - -positioned in front of another
- arterio - -artery
- arthro - -joints
- bi - -twice, double
- bili - -bile
- bio - -life
- cardio - -heart
- cele - -pouching, hernia
- cephalo - -head
- chole - -bile
- chondro - -cartilage
- cide - -killing, destroying
and A’s
pathology - -study of suffering
- pathogenesis - -mechanism that results in manifestations of
signs/symptoms
- etiology - -underlying causes of disease
- pathological anatomy - -AKA morbid anatomy, study of structural changes
in the body caused by disease
- gross pathology - -study of changes in the structure of the body that are
readily seen with the unaided eye
- microscopic pathology - -AKA histopathology, study of microscopic
changes that cells/tissues/organs undergo as a result of disease
- surgical pathology - -study of tissue specimens that have been excised
- clinical pathology - -study of disease by means of body
secretions/excretions and other body fluids in diagnosis
- physiological pathology - -study of changes in body function due to
disease
- medicolegal pathology - -study of general processes of disease to
ascertain cause/manner of death, AKA forensic pathology
- general pathology - -study of general processes of disease such as
inflammation, degeneration, necrosis, cellular death, and repair without
reference to particular organs
- special pathology - -study of the specific features of disease in relation to
particular organs or organ systems
- lesion - -circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue
- cause of death - -injury/disease that results in death
- manner of death - -explains how the cause of death came about: natural,
homicide, etc.
- a - -denotes absence of
, - ab - -away from
- acro - -extremity, topmost
- ad - -toward, in the direction of
- adeno - -gland
- adipo - -fat/fatty tissue
- agra - -attack/seizure
- algia - -pain
- ambi - -both of two or positioned on both sides
- an - -not, without
- ana - -back, again, up
- angio - -blood vessel
- ante - -positioned in front of another
- arterio - -artery
- arthro - -joints
- bi - -twice, double
- bili - -bile
- bio - -life
- cardio - -heart
- cele - -pouching, hernia
- cephalo - -head
- chole - -bile
- chondro - -cartilage
- cide - -killing, destroying
