With Solved Solutions.
What is the definition of disease? - Answer Any change in the structure and function of the body as a
result of injury to the tissue.
Pathology is the study of the tissues which have been removed from the body. - Answer False
Any disease which is obtained after birth. - Answer Acquired
Refers to the prediction of the probable outcome of a disease. - Answer Prognosis
A disease that results from a physician's treatment of a patient. - Answer iatrogenic
A branch of pathology that deals with general or broad disease processes such a necrosis - Answer
General pathology
A branch of pathology that studies disease processes affecting individual body areas or systems. -
Answer Special pathology
A branch of pathology that studies changes which occur in cell of the body at the microscopic level. -
Answer X Pathology
X Special pathology
X General pathology
X Gross pathology
Correct - None of the above
Two types of diseases are: - Answer Acute, Chronic
These are diseases that are characterized by fever. - Answer Febrile
, Match the terms with the definitions. - Answer ischemia - decreased blood flow to a part of body
Thrombosis - formation of blood clot within the heart or vessels
infarction - dying of a tissue due to lack of ocygen
hematoma - a swelling filled with blood
Embolism - an object floating through blood causing obstruction
edema - excessive accumulation of a fluid
Match the malformations to the terms - Answer aplasia - absence of body parts
etiology - refers to the study of the causes of disease
hernia - protrusion of an organ through the wall of the body cavity in which it is contained
pandemic - diseases that affect a large number of people
cyst - a sac-like structure, containing fluid or a semi-solid substance
When substances enter the body and accumulate in excessive amount, it is called. - Answer infiltration
This term describe the replacement of damaged tissue with identical tissue. - Answer regeneration
Which one of the following is characterized by cellular swelling, changes in nature of cellular proteins,
and the breakdown of cellular organelles in dead cells? - Answer necrosis
What is infection? - Answer inflammation caused by living organisms.
What are the common causes of inflammation? Choose all correct answers. - Answer living organisms
physical irritants
chemicals
immunological reactants
No - hypoxia