FUNERAL PATHOLOGY EVALUATION EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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.
✔✔Dermo - ✔✔Skin
✔✔Diagnosis - ✔✔Identification of a disease or syndrome; to recognize the nature of
disease.
✔✔Dilatation - ✔✔Dilation or expansion of an organ or vessel. The condition of the
heart being enlarged due to stretching as a result of disease.
✔✔Diplo - ✔✔Double; twin
✔✔Dorsi - ✔✔Back
✔✔Dry Gangrene - ✔✔Necrosis resulting from localized deprivation of arterial blood
supply; also known as Ischemic Necrosis. Condition that results when the body part that
dies had little blood and remains aseptic; the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.
✔✔Dysplasia - ✔✔Abnormal development of tissue.
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔Superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucous membrane (a
bruise) as a result of hemorrhage into the subcutaneous tissues. Bruising discoloration
of the skin caused by the extravasation (escape/leakage) of blood into the extravascular
tissues, generally attended by swelling.
✔✔Ecto - ✔✔Out; on the outside
✔✔Ectomy - ✔✔Excision
, ✔✔Ectopic Pregnancy - ✔✔Implantation of a fertilized ovum outside of the uterus.
✔✔Edema - ✔✔Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities.
✔✔Emaciation - ✔✔The state of being extremely lean; lacking the normal amount of
tissue; excessive weight loss or wasting away of the body (e.g. seen in the sunken
surfaces of the face).
✔✔Embolism - ✔✔The sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or any other
substance which was carried to the point of obstruction by the bloodstream.
✔✔Emia - ✔✔Blood
✔✔Empyema - ✔✔A collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural space.
✔✔En - ✔✔In; into
✔✔Endemic - ✔✔A disease that is continuously present in a given population/region but
has a low mortality.
✔✔Endo - ✔✔Within
✔✔Entero - ✔✔Intestine
✔✔Epi - ✔✔Over; after; or outer covering
✔✔Epidemic - ✔✔An infectious disease or condition that is currently in higher than
normal numbers in a given population. Appearance of an infectious disease or condition
that attacks many people at the same time in the same geographical area.
✔✔Epilepsy - ✔✔A chronic neurogenic disease marked by sudden alteration in
consciousness and frequently by convulsions.
✔✔Epistaxis - ✔✔Bleeding from the nose.
✔✔Erythro - ✔✔Red (blood cells)
✔✔Erythrocytosis - ✔✔An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells.
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔The study of the cause of death.
✔✔Exacerbation - ✔✔A sudden increase in the severity of a disease.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔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.
✔✔Dermo - ✔✔Skin
✔✔Diagnosis - ✔✔Identification of a disease or syndrome; to recognize the nature of
disease.
✔✔Dilatation - ✔✔Dilation or expansion of an organ or vessel. The condition of the
heart being enlarged due to stretching as a result of disease.
✔✔Diplo - ✔✔Double; twin
✔✔Dorsi - ✔✔Back
✔✔Dry Gangrene - ✔✔Necrosis resulting from localized deprivation of arterial blood
supply; also known as Ischemic Necrosis. Condition that results when the body part that
dies had little blood and remains aseptic; the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.
✔✔Dysplasia - ✔✔Abnormal development of tissue.
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔Superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucous membrane (a
bruise) as a result of hemorrhage into the subcutaneous tissues. Bruising discoloration
of the skin caused by the extravasation (escape/leakage) of blood into the extravascular
tissues, generally attended by swelling.
✔✔Ecto - ✔✔Out; on the outside
✔✔Ectomy - ✔✔Excision
, ✔✔Ectopic Pregnancy - ✔✔Implantation of a fertilized ovum outside of the uterus.
✔✔Edema - ✔✔Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities.
✔✔Emaciation - ✔✔The state of being extremely lean; lacking the normal amount of
tissue; excessive weight loss or wasting away of the body (e.g. seen in the sunken
surfaces of the face).
✔✔Embolism - ✔✔The sudden obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot or any other
substance which was carried to the point of obstruction by the bloodstream.
✔✔Emia - ✔✔Blood
✔✔Empyema - ✔✔A collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural space.
✔✔En - ✔✔In; into
✔✔Endemic - ✔✔A disease that is continuously present in a given population/region but
has a low mortality.
✔✔Endo - ✔✔Within
✔✔Entero - ✔✔Intestine
✔✔Epi - ✔✔Over; after; or outer covering
✔✔Epidemic - ✔✔An infectious disease or condition that is currently in higher than
normal numbers in a given population. Appearance of an infectious disease or condition
that attacks many people at the same time in the same geographical area.
✔✔Epilepsy - ✔✔A chronic neurogenic disease marked by sudden alteration in
consciousness and frequently by convulsions.
✔✔Epistaxis - ✔✔Bleeding from the nose.
✔✔Erythro - ✔✔Red (blood cells)
✔✔Erythrocytosis - ✔✔An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells.
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔The study of the cause of death.
✔✔Exacerbation - ✔✔A sudden increase in the severity of a disease.
