FUNERAL PATHOLOGY (1.3-2.1) EXAM ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

FUNERAL PATHOLOGY (1.3-2.1) EXAM ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 1. What is a cleft palate? - Answer -Congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the midline The deterioration of tissues with corresponding functional impairment as a result of disease or injury - Answer -Degeneration A congenital defect in which part of the vertebral column is absent or there is incomplete closure. - Answer -Spina Bifida Failure of tissue or an organ to develop normally - Answer -Aplasia Dry gangrene is also known as: - Answer -Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but not the veins are obstructed (e.g., ischemicnecrosis) A wasting; decrease in the size of an organ or tissue. - Answer -Atrophy The increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of its cells. - Answer -Hyperplasia What is polydactylism? - Answer -extra fingers or toesDescribe cellular swelling. - Answer -(cellular edema) is an acute reversible change resulting as a response to nonlethal injuries. Give an example of pathological atrophy - Answer -diminished blood supply or paralysis Give an example of pathological hypertrophy - Answer -occurs when cells have been damaged; e.g. myocardial infarction resulting in increase in size of heart cells to compensate Give an example of physiological atrophy - Answer -occurs as a result of age or sedentary lifestyle Give an example of endogenous pigmentation - Answer -local excess o