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NC PATHOLOGY EXAM FOR FUNERAL
DIRECTORS 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Pathology - correct answer- The study of structure and function
of the tissues of the body as a result of disease
General - correct answer- Branch of Pathology dealing with the
body as a whole, without regard to any particular organ or
system
Special - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals
with individual body organs or system
Clinical - correct answer- That branch of pathology dealing with
the various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are
used in making a diagnosis
Surgical - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals
with tissues that have been removed from a patient during
surgery
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Autopsy - correct answer- Removal and study of tissue from a
dead patient
predisposing - correct answer- conditions that make a body
more susceptible to disease without actually causing it
occupational - correct answer- coal dust deposited in the lungs
of minors would be an example of what disease
suppuration - correct answer- the formation of pus
furuncle - correct answer- the pathological term for a boil
adhesions - correct answer- a term that represents a common
complication of healing
regeneration - correct answer- the replacement of destroyed
tissue with the exact same kind of tissue
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hyperplasia - correct answer- a controlled enlargement of a
body organ or part due to an increase in the number of its cells
phlegmon - correct answer- acute diffuse inflammation of a
subcutaneous connective tissue
hemorrhage - correct answer- escape of blood from the
vascular system
plethora - correct answer- more than the normal total volume of
blood in the body
thrombus - correct answer- blood clot formed while living
ischemia - correct answer- decrease blood flow to a body part
embolus - correct answer- may consist of fragments of thrombi,
bacteria, tumor cells, and air
NC PATHOLOGY EXAM FOR FUNERAL
DIRECTORS 2025 UPDATED ACTUAL
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Pathology - correct answer- The study of structure and function
of the tissues of the body as a result of disease
General - correct answer- Branch of Pathology dealing with the
body as a whole, without regard to any particular organ or
system
Special - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals
with individual body organs or system
Clinical - correct answer- That branch of pathology dealing with
the various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are
used in making a diagnosis
Surgical - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals
with tissues that have been removed from a patient during
surgery
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Autopsy - correct answer- Removal and study of tissue from a
dead patient
predisposing - correct answer- conditions that make a body
more susceptible to disease without actually causing it
occupational - correct answer- coal dust deposited in the lungs
of minors would be an example of what disease
suppuration - correct answer- the formation of pus
furuncle - correct answer- the pathological term for a boil
adhesions - correct answer- a term that represents a common
complication of healing
regeneration - correct answer- the replacement of destroyed
tissue with the exact same kind of tissue
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hyperplasia - correct answer- a controlled enlargement of a
body organ or part due to an increase in the number of its cells
phlegmon - correct answer- acute diffuse inflammation of a
subcutaneous connective tissue
hemorrhage - correct answer- escape of blood from the
vascular system
plethora - correct answer- more than the normal total volume of
blood in the body
thrombus - correct answer- blood clot formed while living
ischemia - correct answer- decrease blood flow to a body part
embolus - correct answer- may consist of fragments of thrombi,
bacteria, tumor cells, and air
