HUMAN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
1. 1 cause of death in the US - CORRECT-ANSWERS- heart disease
2. 2nd cause of death in the US - CORRECT-ANSWERS- cancer
3. 1 cause of death in the world - CORRECT-ANSWERS- heart disease
4. 2nd cause of death in the world - CORRECT-ANSWERS- stroke
5. disease - CORRECT-ANSWERS- impaired health as a result of injury
6. pathology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of changes in bodily structure and function
that occur as a result of disease
7. etiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- cause of disease
8. idiopathic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- unknown cause
9. iatrogenic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- disease due to medical treatment
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,10. nosocomial - CORRECT-ANSWERS- hospital acquired
11. lesion - CORRECT-ANSWERS- structural abnormality produced by injury
12. pathogenesis - CORRECT-ANSWERS- history and development
13. pathophysiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Functional changes associated with
disease
14. epidemiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of disease in populations
15. prevalence - CORRECT-ANSWERS- number of total cases
16. incidence - CORRECT-ANSWERS- number of new cases
17. morbidity - CORRECT-ANSWERS- degree of disability
18. causes of disease - CORRECT-ANSWERS- genetic, environmental, or multifactorial
19. age-dependent - CORRECT-ANSWERS- diseases that occur to some extent in all
individuals with time
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,20. age-related - CORRECT-ANSWERS- diseases that occur in the elderly but don't
happen to everyone
21. symptoms - CORRECT-ANSWERS- subjective
22. sign - CORRECT-ANSWERS- objective (measurable)
23. syndrome - CORRECT-ANSWERS- collection of clinical signs and symptoms
24. prognosis - CORRECT-ANSWERS- predicted course and outcome of a disease
25. multifactorial - CORRECT-ANSWERS- caused by both environmental and genetic
factors
26. remission - CORRECT-ANSWERS- signs and symptoms subside
27. exacerbation - CORRECT-ANSWERS- increase in the severity of signs/symptoms
28. relapse - CORRECT-ANSWERS- disease returns after its apparent cessation
29. complication - CORRECT-ANSWERS- abnormal state that develops in a person
already suffering from a disease
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, 30. acute - CORRECT-ANSWERS- sudden, rapid onset (less than 6 months)
31. chronic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- long term (more than 6 months)
32. frequency of acute illnesses ________ with age - CORRECT-ANSWERS- decreases
33. frequency of chronic illnesses _______ with age - CORRECT-ANSWERS- increases
34. gross examination - CORRECT-ANSWERS- autopsy
35. microscopic examination - CORRECT-ANSWERS- biopsy
36. clinical pathology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of the functional aspects of disease
by laboratory study
37. clinical pathology tests - CORRECT-ANSWERS- issue, blood, urine
38. diagnostic test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- establish presence of absence of disease
39. qualitative test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- positive or negative
40. quantitative test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- test results are numerical
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
1. 1 cause of death in the US - CORRECT-ANSWERS- heart disease
2. 2nd cause of death in the US - CORRECT-ANSWERS- cancer
3. 1 cause of death in the world - CORRECT-ANSWERS- heart disease
4. 2nd cause of death in the world - CORRECT-ANSWERS- stroke
5. disease - CORRECT-ANSWERS- impaired health as a result of injury
6. pathology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of changes in bodily structure and function
that occur as a result of disease
7. etiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- cause of disease
8. idiopathic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- unknown cause
9. iatrogenic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- disease due to medical treatment
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,10. nosocomial - CORRECT-ANSWERS- hospital acquired
11. lesion - CORRECT-ANSWERS- structural abnormality produced by injury
12. pathogenesis - CORRECT-ANSWERS- history and development
13. pathophysiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- Functional changes associated with
disease
14. epidemiology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of disease in populations
15. prevalence - CORRECT-ANSWERS- number of total cases
16. incidence - CORRECT-ANSWERS- number of new cases
17. morbidity - CORRECT-ANSWERS- degree of disability
18. causes of disease - CORRECT-ANSWERS- genetic, environmental, or multifactorial
19. age-dependent - CORRECT-ANSWERS- diseases that occur to some extent in all
individuals with time
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,20. age-related - CORRECT-ANSWERS- diseases that occur in the elderly but don't
happen to everyone
21. symptoms - CORRECT-ANSWERS- subjective
22. sign - CORRECT-ANSWERS- objective (measurable)
23. syndrome - CORRECT-ANSWERS- collection of clinical signs and symptoms
24. prognosis - CORRECT-ANSWERS- predicted course and outcome of a disease
25. multifactorial - CORRECT-ANSWERS- caused by both environmental and genetic
factors
26. remission - CORRECT-ANSWERS- signs and symptoms subside
27. exacerbation - CORRECT-ANSWERS- increase in the severity of signs/symptoms
28. relapse - CORRECT-ANSWERS- disease returns after its apparent cessation
29. complication - CORRECT-ANSWERS- abnormal state that develops in a person
already suffering from a disease
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, 30. acute - CORRECT-ANSWERS- sudden, rapid onset (less than 6 months)
31. chronic - CORRECT-ANSWERS- long term (more than 6 months)
32. frequency of acute illnesses ________ with age - CORRECT-ANSWERS- decreases
33. frequency of chronic illnesses _______ with age - CORRECT-ANSWERS- increases
34. gross examination - CORRECT-ANSWERS- autopsy
35. microscopic examination - CORRECT-ANSWERS- biopsy
36. clinical pathology - CORRECT-ANSWERS- study of the functional aspects of disease
by laboratory study
37. clinical pathology tests - CORRECT-ANSWERS- issue, blood, urine
38. diagnostic test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- establish presence of absence of disease
39. qualitative test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- positive or negative
40. quantitative test - CORRECT-ANSWERS- test results are numerical
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