FUNERAL PATHOLOGY CORE EXAM SET 2025 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Autopsy - ✔✔Post-Mortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to
determine the cause of death and/or existence of pathological condition(s); also known
as Necropsy or Post-Mortem Examination.
✔✔bi - ✔✔two; double; twice
✔✔bili - ✔✔Bile
✔✔bio - ✔✔Life
✔✔Cachexia - ✔✔A general state of ill health associated with emaciation.
✔✔Carbuncle - ✔✔Circumscribed inflammation (communicating boils) of the skin and
deeper (subcutaneous) tissues, with the production and discharge of pus and dead
tissue, that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms (e.g. fever
and leukocytosis); may result from the joining of two or more furuncles.
✔✔cardio - ✔✔heart
✔✔Cavitation - ✔✔The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue. Formation of cavities
within a tuberculous lung as a result of the necrotic material within a tubercle being
sloughed off into an adjacent bronchiole; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis.
✔✔cele - ✔✔Tumor; swelling; hernia
✔✔cephalo - ✔✔head
✔✔chole - ✔✔bile or gall; gall bladder
✔✔chondro - ✔✔cartilage
✔✔Chronic Disease - ✔✔A disease with a slow onset and long duration.
✔✔cide - ✔✔to kill or destroy
✔✔Cleft Palate - ✔✔A congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the midline; a
congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth, forming a communicating passageway
between the mouth and nasal cavity; may be accompanied by a cleft (hare) lip.
, ✔✔Clinical Pathology - ✔✔That field of pathology that uses clinical analysis and other
laboratory procedures (study of body fluids and secretions) in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease.
✔✔Complication - ✔✔An unfavorable condition arising during the course of disease.
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔Disturbance of brain function, often immediate and temporary, as a
result of trauma such as a blow to the head.
✔✔Congenital - ✔✔Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter.
✔✔Congestion - ✔✔The accumulation of an excess amount of blood or tissue fluid in a
body part.
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔A bruise (ecchymosis), often accompanied by swelling.
✔✔cranio - ✔✔skull
✔✔Cretinism - ✔✔Congenital condition due to hypothyroidism in children, resulting in
developmental disabilities (mental and physical retardation, including dwarfism).
✔✔cryo - ✔✔cold
✔✔Cryptorchism (Cryptorchidism) - ✔✔Failure of the testes to properly descend into the
scrotum.
✔✔Cyanosis - ✔✔A bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane resulting from
poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔An abnormal, pouch/sac-like structure with a definite wall containing air,
fluid, pus, or other material.
✔✔cyto - ✔✔cell
✔✔Deficiency - ✔✔A condition due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance.
✔✔Degeneration - ✔✔The deterioration of body cells/tissues with corresponding
functional impairment as a result of disease or injury.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔Loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem
(e.g. febrile disease, diarrhea, or emesis) or postmortem (e.g. injection of embalming
solution or through absorption by the air); the removal of water from a substance; also
known as Desiccation.
WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Autopsy - ✔✔Post-Mortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to
determine the cause of death and/or existence of pathological condition(s); also known
as Necropsy or Post-Mortem Examination.
✔✔bi - ✔✔two; double; twice
✔✔bili - ✔✔Bile
✔✔bio - ✔✔Life
✔✔Cachexia - ✔✔A general state of ill health associated with emaciation.
✔✔Carbuncle - ✔✔Circumscribed inflammation (communicating boils) of the skin and
deeper (subcutaneous) tissues, with the production and discharge of pus and dead
tissue, that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms (e.g. fever
and leukocytosis); may result from the joining of two or more furuncles.
✔✔cardio - ✔✔heart
✔✔Cavitation - ✔✔The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue. Formation of cavities
within a tuberculous lung as a result of the necrotic material within a tubercle being
sloughed off into an adjacent bronchiole; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis.
✔✔cele - ✔✔Tumor; swelling; hernia
✔✔cephalo - ✔✔head
✔✔chole - ✔✔bile or gall; gall bladder
✔✔chondro - ✔✔cartilage
✔✔Chronic Disease - ✔✔A disease with a slow onset and long duration.
✔✔cide - ✔✔to kill or destroy
✔✔Cleft Palate - ✔✔A congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the midline; a
congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth, forming a communicating passageway
between the mouth and nasal cavity; may be accompanied by a cleft (hare) lip.
, ✔✔Clinical Pathology - ✔✔That field of pathology that uses clinical analysis and other
laboratory procedures (study of body fluids and secretions) in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease.
✔✔Complication - ✔✔An unfavorable condition arising during the course of disease.
✔✔Concussion - ✔✔Disturbance of brain function, often immediate and temporary, as a
result of trauma such as a blow to the head.
✔✔Congenital - ✔✔Existing at the time of birth or shortly thereafter.
✔✔Congestion - ✔✔The accumulation of an excess amount of blood or tissue fluid in a
body part.
✔✔Contusion - ✔✔A bruise (ecchymosis), often accompanied by swelling.
✔✔cranio - ✔✔skull
✔✔Cretinism - ✔✔Congenital condition due to hypothyroidism in children, resulting in
developmental disabilities (mental and physical retardation, including dwarfism).
✔✔cryo - ✔✔cold
✔✔Cryptorchism (Cryptorchidism) - ✔✔Failure of the testes to properly descend into the
scrotum.
✔✔Cyanosis - ✔✔A bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane resulting from
poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔An abnormal, pouch/sac-like structure with a definite wall containing air,
fluid, pus, or other material.
✔✔cyto - ✔✔cell
✔✔Deficiency - ✔✔A condition due to lack of dietary or metabolic substance.
✔✔Degeneration - ✔✔The deterioration of body cells/tissues with corresponding
functional impairment as a result of disease or injury.
✔✔Dehydration - ✔✔Loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem
(e.g. febrile disease, diarrhea, or emesis) or postmortem (e.g. injection of embalming
solution or through absorption by the air); the removal of water from a substance; also
known as Desiccation.
