ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - gradual deterioration of normal cells and body
functions
Celluar Senescence - CORRECT ANSWER - Alterations in the cells ability to replicate
and repair
Osmotic Pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - Pressure that develops when two solutions of
different concentrations are seperated by semipermeable membrane
Hypertonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell in fluid shrinks
Hypotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell in fluid swells
Celluar Swelling - CORRECT ANSWER - Cell loses color and distends. Reversible when
embalmed.
Fatty Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - Occurence in liver mostly by alchol
comsuption.
Amyloid Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - Waxy, translucent, complex protein that
resembles starch. Example is Alzheimer disease.
Intracelluar Degeneration - CORRECT ANSWER - Degeneration takes place within the
cell; celluar swelling, fatty degeneration, amyloid degeneration