WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY D236 TEST PAPER EXAMS
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Amenorrhea - ✔✔Absence of menstruation
✔✔Autoinoculation - ✔✔refers to spreading a microorganism by contact with a lesion on
one's own body
✔✔Chancre - ✔✔a type of skin lesion usually associated with primary syphilis
✔✔Colporrhaphy - ✔✔suture of the vagina
✔✔Curettage - ✔✔the removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or
other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface
✔✔Dysmenorrhea - ✔✔Painful menstruation
✔✔Dyspareunia - ✔✔pain or discomfort in the pelvis or vagina during or after sexual
intercourse
✔✔Dysuria - ✔✔painful or difficult urination
✔✔Genitourinary - ✔✔referring to the genital and urinary systems of the body
✔✔Hysterosalpingography - ✔✔radiographic images of the uterus and fallopian tubes
✔✔Laparoscopy - ✔✔a surgical procedure to examine the abdomen using an
endoscope called a laparoscope
✔✔Leiomyoma - ✔✔SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR
✔✔Menorrhagia - ✔✔painful menstration
✔✔Metrorrhagia - ✔✔irregular menstration
✔✔Orchitis - ✔✔inflammation of the testes
✔✔Pessary - ✔✔an object placed in the vagina to support the uterus
✔✔Prolapse - ✔✔the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
✔✔Prostatectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the prostate
, ✔✔Psychosexual - ✔✔refers to the relationship between the psychological and
emotional aspects of sex
✔✔Salpingo - ✔✔oophorectomy-the surgical removal of a fallopian tube and an ovary
✔✔Septicemia - ✔✔a disease in which pathogenic microorganisms or toxins are
present in the blood
✔✔Ultrasonography - ✔✔imaging deep structures of the body using high-frequency
sound waves
✔✔Urethritis - ✔✔inflammation of the urethra
✔✔Varicocele - ✔✔a condition in which the veins in the scrotum near the testicles are
swollen and enlarged
✔✔Aphasia - ✔✔a nerve defect that results in loss of speech
✔✔Aura - ✔✔a sensation or phenomenon that signals the onset of an epileptic seizure
or a migraine
✔✔Autonomic - ✔✔refers to the autonomic nervous system that has two divisions (i.e.,
sympathetic and para sympathetic)
✔✔Cephalalgia - ✔✔pain in the head, headache
✔✔Chorea - ✔✔the ceaseless occurrence of involuntary muscular movements of the
limbs or the facial muscles
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔A loss of function, either partial or complete, as resulting from a
blow or fall (for instance) is termed a:
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔An injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to
rupture allowing blood to seep into the tissues Ex. Bruise
✔✔Contrecoup - ✔✔Mechanism of injury in which the brain rebounds off the other side
of the skull after an initial impact
✔✔Crainiotomy - ✔✔incision into the skull, usually to relieve pressure, to remove a
lesion, or to control bleeding
✔✔Demyelination - ✔✔loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve
✔✔Diplopia - ✔✔double vision
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Amenorrhea - ✔✔Absence of menstruation
✔✔Autoinoculation - ✔✔refers to spreading a microorganism by contact with a lesion on
one's own body
✔✔Chancre - ✔✔a type of skin lesion usually associated with primary syphilis
✔✔Colporrhaphy - ✔✔suture of the vagina
✔✔Curettage - ✔✔the removal of growths or other material from the wall of a cavity or
other material from the wall of a cavity or other surface
✔✔Dysmenorrhea - ✔✔Painful menstruation
✔✔Dyspareunia - ✔✔pain or discomfort in the pelvis or vagina during or after sexual
intercourse
✔✔Dysuria - ✔✔painful or difficult urination
✔✔Genitourinary - ✔✔referring to the genital and urinary systems of the body
✔✔Hysterosalpingography - ✔✔radiographic images of the uterus and fallopian tubes
✔✔Laparoscopy - ✔✔a surgical procedure to examine the abdomen using an
endoscope called a laparoscope
✔✔Leiomyoma - ✔✔SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR
✔✔Menorrhagia - ✔✔painful menstration
✔✔Metrorrhagia - ✔✔irregular menstration
✔✔Orchitis - ✔✔inflammation of the testes
✔✔Pessary - ✔✔an object placed in the vagina to support the uterus
✔✔Prolapse - ✔✔the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
✔✔Prostatectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the prostate
, ✔✔Psychosexual - ✔✔refers to the relationship between the psychological and
emotional aspects of sex
✔✔Salpingo - ✔✔oophorectomy-the surgical removal of a fallopian tube and an ovary
✔✔Septicemia - ✔✔a disease in which pathogenic microorganisms or toxins are
present in the blood
✔✔Ultrasonography - ✔✔imaging deep structures of the body using high-frequency
sound waves
✔✔Urethritis - ✔✔inflammation of the urethra
✔✔Varicocele - ✔✔a condition in which the veins in the scrotum near the testicles are
swollen and enlarged
✔✔Aphasia - ✔✔a nerve defect that results in loss of speech
✔✔Aura - ✔✔a sensation or phenomenon that signals the onset of an epileptic seizure
or a migraine
✔✔Autonomic - ✔✔refers to the autonomic nervous system that has two divisions (i.e.,
sympathetic and para sympathetic)
✔✔Cephalalgia - ✔✔pain in the head, headache
✔✔Chorea - ✔✔the ceaseless occurrence of involuntary muscular movements of the
limbs or the facial muscles
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔A loss of function, either partial or complete, as resulting from a
blow or fall (for instance) is termed a:
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔An injury to the tissues under the skin that causes blood vessels to
rupture allowing blood to seep into the tissues Ex. Bruise
✔✔Contrecoup - ✔✔Mechanism of injury in which the brain rebounds off the other side
of the skull after an initial impact
✔✔Crainiotomy - ✔✔incision into the skull, usually to relieve pressure, to remove a
lesion, or to control bleeding
✔✔Demyelination - ✔✔loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve
✔✔Diplopia - ✔✔double vision
