NC Pathology
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+<RECENT VERSION>
1. Pathology - ANSWER The study of structure and function of the
tissues of the body as a result of disease
2. General - ANSWER Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a
whole, without regard to any particular organ or system
3. Special - ANSWER The division of pathology that deals with
individual body organs or system
4. Clinical - ANSWER That branch of pathology dealing with the
various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in making
a diagnosis
5. Surgical - ANSWER The division of pathology that deals with tissues
that have been removed from a patient during surgery
6. Autopsy - ANSWER Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
,7. Predisposing - ANSWER conditions that make a body more
susceptible to disease without actually causing it
8. Occupational - ANSWER coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors
would be an example of what disease
9. Suppuration - ANSWER the formation of pus
10.Furuncle - ANSWER the pathological term for a boil
11.Adhesions - ANSWER a term that represents a common complication
of healing
12.Regeneration - ANSWER the replacement of destroyed tissue with the
exact same kind of tissue
13.Hyperplasia - ANSWER a controlled enlargement of a body organ or
part due to an increase in the number of its cells
14.Phlegmon - ANSWER acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous
connective tissue
15.Hemorrhage - ANSWER escape of blood from the vascular system
16.Plethora - ANSWER more than the normal total volume of blood in
the body
17.Thrombus - ANSWER blood clot formed while living
,18.Ischemia - ANSWER decrease blood flow to a body part
19.Embolus - ANSWER may consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria,
tumor cells, and air
20.Circulatory shock - ANSWER A general term used to designate the
state of collapse that follows severe tissue injury
21.Infarct - ANSWER Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the
blood supply
22.Endogenous - ANSWER bears a relationship to melanin
23.Actual cause - ANSWER exciting cause of disease
24.Race - ANSWER may be considered a predisposing factor of a
disease
25.Pathological atrophy - ANSWER shrinkage of muscle following
paralysis
26.Physiological atrophy - ANSWER shrinkage of the uterus after
menopause
27.Pathological hypertrophy - ANSWER Enlargement of the heart to
offset a valvular defect
, 28.Physiological hypertophy - ANSWER enlargement of the breasts
during lactation
29.Abscess - ANSWER localized collection of pus
30.Vesicle - ANSWER blister-like structure that contains a serious fluid
31.Hemoptysis - ANSWER blood in the sputum
32.Epistaxis - ANSWER term for nosebleed
33.Hypertrophy - ANSWER increase in the size of the cells of an organ
34.Inflammation - ANSWER reaction of tissue irritant
35.Lesion - ANSWER any structural change that occurs in a disease
36.Lung - ANSWER organ mainly involved in pneumoconiosis
37.Necrosis - ANSWER death of tissue
38.Regeneration - ANSWER replacement of destroyed tissue by the same
kind of cells
39.Heart & veins - ANSWER location(s) of thrombi
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED
A+<RECENT VERSION>
1. Pathology - ANSWER The study of structure and function of the
tissues of the body as a result of disease
2. General - ANSWER Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a
whole, without regard to any particular organ or system
3. Special - ANSWER The division of pathology that deals with
individual body organs or system
4. Clinical - ANSWER That branch of pathology dealing with the
various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in making
a diagnosis
5. Surgical - ANSWER The division of pathology that deals with tissues
that have been removed from a patient during surgery
6. Autopsy - ANSWER Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient
,7. Predisposing - ANSWER conditions that make a body more
susceptible to disease without actually causing it
8. Occupational - ANSWER coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors
would be an example of what disease
9. Suppuration - ANSWER the formation of pus
10.Furuncle - ANSWER the pathological term for a boil
11.Adhesions - ANSWER a term that represents a common complication
of healing
12.Regeneration - ANSWER the replacement of destroyed tissue with the
exact same kind of tissue
13.Hyperplasia - ANSWER a controlled enlargement of a body organ or
part due to an increase in the number of its cells
14.Phlegmon - ANSWER acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous
connective tissue
15.Hemorrhage - ANSWER escape of blood from the vascular system
16.Plethora - ANSWER more than the normal total volume of blood in
the body
17.Thrombus - ANSWER blood clot formed while living
,18.Ischemia - ANSWER decrease blood flow to a body part
19.Embolus - ANSWER may consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria,
tumor cells, and air
20.Circulatory shock - ANSWER A general term used to designate the
state of collapse that follows severe tissue injury
21.Infarct - ANSWER Necrotic area of tissue following cessation of the
blood supply
22.Endogenous - ANSWER bears a relationship to melanin
23.Actual cause - ANSWER exciting cause of disease
24.Race - ANSWER may be considered a predisposing factor of a
disease
25.Pathological atrophy - ANSWER shrinkage of muscle following
paralysis
26.Physiological atrophy - ANSWER shrinkage of the uterus after
menopause
27.Pathological hypertrophy - ANSWER Enlargement of the heart to
offset a valvular defect
, 28.Physiological hypertophy - ANSWER enlargement of the breasts
during lactation
29.Abscess - ANSWER localized collection of pus
30.Vesicle - ANSWER blister-like structure that contains a serious fluid
31.Hemoptysis - ANSWER blood in the sputum
32.Epistaxis - ANSWER term for nosebleed
33.Hypertrophy - ANSWER increase in the size of the cells of an organ
34.Inflammation - ANSWER reaction of tissue irritant
35.Lesion - ANSWER any structural change that occurs in a disease
36.Lung - ANSWER organ mainly involved in pneumoconiosis
37.Necrosis - ANSWER death of tissue
38.Regeneration - ANSWER replacement of destroyed tissue by the same
kind of cells
39.Heart & veins - ANSWER location(s) of thrombi
