GNRS 582A - Pathophysiology Quiz 1 Exam NEW VERSION UPDATE 2025 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
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Atrophy - (answer)Decrease in cell size (organ or tissue)
Physiologic atrophy - (answer)Occurs with early development; ex. thymus involution
Pathologic atrophy - (answer)Results from changes in workload (disuse), pressure, blood supply,
nutrition, hormonal and nervous stimulation
Hypertrophy - (answer)Increase in cell size (tissue/organ) --> increases size of affected organ
Compensatory hypertrophy - (answer)Reversible change. Ex. Kidneys - when one is removed, the other
will adapt and will have an increase in size of organ and cells
Physiologic hypertrophy - (answer)Reversible change. Response to increased mechanical load/stress
Ex. cardiac and skeletal muscles of an athlete
Pathologic hypertrophy - (answer)Irreversible change. Associated with increased interstitial fibrosis and
abnormal cardiac functions
Ex. heart - may involve structural & functional manifestations secondary to: HTN, CAD, Valvular disease
(stressors)
Which of the following only occurs in non-dividing cells (e.g. myocardial fibers)?
,GNRS 582A - Pathophysiology Quiz 1 Exam NEW VERSION UPDATE 2025 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
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a. Hyperplasia
b. Hypertrophy
c. Atrophy
d. Pathologic Atrophy - (answer)b. Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia - (answer)Increase in cell number due to increase rate of cellular division
Which of the following can occur together in cells that can synthesize DNA?
A. Hyperplasia and Atrophy
B. Atrophy and Disuse
C. Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia
D. Pathologic Hypertrophy and Disuse - (answer)C. Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia
Metaplasia - (answer)Reversible replacement of one mature cell by another mature cell
Ex. Tissue damage and inflammation
Metaplasia - (answer)Not always a beneficial change due to possible harmful effects of the new mature
cells
Ex. Cigarette smoker and GERD
, GNRS 582A - Pathophysiology Quiz 1 Exam NEW VERSION UPDATE 2025 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
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Dysplasia - (answer)Abnormal changes in shape, size, organization, and nuclear features of mature cells.
Always pathologic and not an indication of cancer but can lead to one
Another term for dysplasia - (answer)Atypical hyperplasia
Which type of cell or organ change is always pathologic?
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. Metaplasia
E. None of the above - (answer)D. None of the above
Answer is Dysplasia
Which type of cell or organ change may be pathologic?
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. Metaplasia
E. Dysplasia - (answer)ALL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Atrophy - (answer)Decrease in cell size (organ or tissue)
Physiologic atrophy - (answer)Occurs with early development; ex. thymus involution
Pathologic atrophy - (answer)Results from changes in workload (disuse), pressure, blood supply,
nutrition, hormonal and nervous stimulation
Hypertrophy - (answer)Increase in cell size (tissue/organ) --> increases size of affected organ
Compensatory hypertrophy - (answer)Reversible change. Ex. Kidneys - when one is removed, the other
will adapt and will have an increase in size of organ and cells
Physiologic hypertrophy - (answer)Reversible change. Response to increased mechanical load/stress
Ex. cardiac and skeletal muscles of an athlete
Pathologic hypertrophy - (answer)Irreversible change. Associated with increased interstitial fibrosis and
abnormal cardiac functions
Ex. heart - may involve structural & functional manifestations secondary to: HTN, CAD, Valvular disease
(stressors)
Which of the following only occurs in non-dividing cells (e.g. myocardial fibers)?
,GNRS 582A - Pathophysiology Quiz 1 Exam NEW VERSION UPDATE 2025 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
a. Hyperplasia
b. Hypertrophy
c. Atrophy
d. Pathologic Atrophy - (answer)b. Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia - (answer)Increase in cell number due to increase rate of cellular division
Which of the following can occur together in cells that can synthesize DNA?
A. Hyperplasia and Atrophy
B. Atrophy and Disuse
C. Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia
D. Pathologic Hypertrophy and Disuse - (answer)C. Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia
Metaplasia - (answer)Reversible replacement of one mature cell by another mature cell
Ex. Tissue damage and inflammation
Metaplasia - (answer)Not always a beneficial change due to possible harmful effects of the new mature
cells
Ex. Cigarette smoker and GERD
, GNRS 582A - Pathophysiology Quiz 1 Exam NEW VERSION UPDATE 2025 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED
SUCCESS/GRADED A+!!!
Dysplasia - (answer)Abnormal changes in shape, size, organization, and nuclear features of mature cells.
Always pathologic and not an indication of cancer but can lead to one
Another term for dysplasia - (answer)Atypical hyperplasia
Which type of cell or organ change is always pathologic?
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. Metaplasia
E. None of the above - (answer)D. None of the above
Answer is Dysplasia
Which type of cell or organ change may be pathologic?
A. Atrophy
B. Hypertrophy
C. Hyperplasia
D. Metaplasia
E. Dysplasia - (answer)ALL
