HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great strength.
Tissues with a lot of collagen fibers are typically very strong, e.g. bone, tendons,
ligaments, etc.
✔✔Hematopoietic - ✔✔pertaining to the production and the development of blood cells
or a substance that stimulates their production
✔✔Hypogammaglobulinemia - ✔✔a below normal concentration of gamma globulin in
the blood associated with a decreased resistance to infection
✔✔Immunocompetent - ✔✔Immunodeficiency
✔✔Immunodeficiency - ✔✔the diminished ability of the immune system to react with
appropriate cellular immunity response
✔✔Immunoelectrophoresis - ✔✔technique used to separate and allow identification of
complex proteins
✔✔Immunogen - ✔✔an antigen
✔✔Immunoglobulin - ✔✔protein that can act as an antibody
✔✔Immunosuppressive - ✔✔having the property of suppressing the bodys immune
response to antigens
✔✔Keratoconjunctivitis - ✔✔dryness of the conjunctiva resulting from a decrease in
lacrimal function
, ✔✔Lymph - ✔✔a mostly clear, colorless, transparent, alkaline fluid found within the
lymphatic vessels; formed in tissues throughout the body
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔disease of the lymphnodes
✔✔Lymphocyte - ✔✔one of two types of (B Cells & T Cells) of leukocytes found in
blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissue
✔✔Macrophage - ✔✔a monocyte bloodcell
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔cells that digest particles
✔✔Phagocytosis - ✔✔the process by which cells surround and digest certain particles
✔✔Acidosis - ✔✔pathologic disease resulting from an abnormal level of hydrogen ions
(decrease in pH)
✔✔Corticotropin - ✔✔hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
✔✔Epiphyseal - ✔✔the long end of a bone where bone growth occurs
✔✔Gonadotropin - ✔✔hormone that stimulates the testes and the ovaries to function
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔an increase in the normal blood glucose level
✔✔Hyperkalemia - ✔✔a greater than normal amount of calcium in the blood
✔✔Hypocalcemia - ✔✔low calcium levels in the blood
✔✔Hypothalamus - ✔✔portion of the diencephalon of the brain
✔✔Panhypopituitarism - ✔✔condition in which the entire pituitary gland ceases to
function and is not producing any pituitary hormones
✔✔Polydipsia - ✔✔excessive thirst
✔✔Polyphagia - ✔✔excessive eating (me)
✔✔Polyuria - ✔✔excreation of abnormally large amounts of urine
✔✔Pruritus - ✔✔itching
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Collagen - ✔✔A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great strength.
Tissues with a lot of collagen fibers are typically very strong, e.g. bone, tendons,
ligaments, etc.
✔✔Hematopoietic - ✔✔pertaining to the production and the development of blood cells
or a substance that stimulates their production
✔✔Hypogammaglobulinemia - ✔✔a below normal concentration of gamma globulin in
the blood associated with a decreased resistance to infection
✔✔Immunocompetent - ✔✔Immunodeficiency
✔✔Immunodeficiency - ✔✔the diminished ability of the immune system to react with
appropriate cellular immunity response
✔✔Immunoelectrophoresis - ✔✔technique used to separate and allow identification of
complex proteins
✔✔Immunogen - ✔✔an antigen
✔✔Immunoglobulin - ✔✔protein that can act as an antibody
✔✔Immunosuppressive - ✔✔having the property of suppressing the bodys immune
response to antigens
✔✔Keratoconjunctivitis - ✔✔dryness of the conjunctiva resulting from a decrease in
lacrimal function
, ✔✔Lymph - ✔✔a mostly clear, colorless, transparent, alkaline fluid found within the
lymphatic vessels; formed in tissues throughout the body
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔disease of the lymphnodes
✔✔Lymphocyte - ✔✔one of two types of (B Cells & T Cells) of leukocytes found in
blood, lymph, and lymphoid tissue
✔✔Macrophage - ✔✔a monocyte bloodcell
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔cells that digest particles
✔✔Phagocytosis - ✔✔the process by which cells surround and digest certain particles
✔✔Acidosis - ✔✔pathologic disease resulting from an abnormal level of hydrogen ions
(decrease in pH)
✔✔Corticotropin - ✔✔hormone secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
✔✔Epiphyseal - ✔✔the long end of a bone where bone growth occurs
✔✔Gonadotropin - ✔✔hormone that stimulates the testes and the ovaries to function
✔✔Hyperglycemia - ✔✔an increase in the normal blood glucose level
✔✔Hyperkalemia - ✔✔a greater than normal amount of calcium in the blood
✔✔Hypocalcemia - ✔✔low calcium levels in the blood
✔✔Hypothalamus - ✔✔portion of the diencephalon of the brain
✔✔Panhypopituitarism - ✔✔condition in which the entire pituitary gland ceases to
function and is not producing any pituitary hormones
✔✔Polydipsia - ✔✔excessive thirst
✔✔Polyphagia - ✔✔excessive eating (me)
✔✔Polyuria - ✔✔excreation of abnormally large amounts of urine
✔✔Pruritus - ✔✔itching
