HOSA Pathophysiology Questions and Answers
Amniocentesis - ✅✅taking a fluid sample between the 15th and the 16th week of pregnancy to
diagnose congenital anomalies
Bicornate uterus - ✅✅a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
Neonate - ✅✅newborn baby
Dysplasia - ✅✅marked by abnormal adult cells
Muscular dystrophy - ✅✅progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal muscles
Dystrophy - ✅✅condition produced by faulty nutrition
Contractures - ✅✅immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or wasting of tissue or
muscle fibers
Electromyography - ✅✅an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the skeletal muscles
Meninges - ✅✅Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
Anecephalic - ✅✅No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
Foramen Ovale - ✅✅opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart
Acyanotic - ✅✅absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous membranes
Adenosarcoma - ✅✅a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,Ataxic - ✅✅uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central nervous system
Azoospermia - ✅✅an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
Dysplasia - ✅✅marked by abnormal adult cells
Electromyography - ✅✅an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal muscles
Meconium - ✅✅the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry consistency
Pylorus - ✅✅the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
Stenosis - ✅✅narrowing of an opening
Tachypnea - ✅✅rapid and shallow breathing
Trisomy - ✅✅one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
Anticholinesterase - ✅✅any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters
Autoimmune - ✅✅an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens or auto-antigens of
certain body cells
Candidiasis - ✅✅(moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial fungal
infection
Collagen - ✅✅A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great strength. Tissues with a lot
of collagen fibers are typically very strong, e.g. bone, tendons, ligaments, etc.
, Hematopoietic - ✅✅pertaining to the production and the development of blood cells or a substance
that stimulates their production
Hypogammaglobulinemia - ✅✅a below normal concentration of gamma globulin in the blood
associated with a decreased resistance to infection
Immunocompetent - ✅✅Immunodeficiency
Immunodeficiency - ✅✅the diminished ability of the immune system to react with appropriate
cellular immunity response
Immunoelectrophoresis - ✅✅technique used to separate and allow identification of complex proteins
Immunogen - ✅✅an antigen
Immunoglobulin - ✅✅protein that can act as an antibody
Immunosuppressive - ✅✅having the property of suppressing the bodys immune response to antigens
Keratoconjunctivitis - ✅✅dryness of the conjunctiva resulting from a decrease in lacrimal function
Lymph - ✅✅a mostly clear, colorless, transparent, alkaline fluid found within the lymphatic vessels;
formed in tissues throughout the body
Lymphadenopathy - ✅✅disease of the lymphnodes
Lymphocyte - ✅✅one of two types of (B Cells & T Cells) of leukocytes found in blood, lymph, and
lymphoid tissue
Amniocentesis - ✅✅taking a fluid sample between the 15th and the 16th week of pregnancy to
diagnose congenital anomalies
Bicornate uterus - ✅✅a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
Neonate - ✅✅newborn baby
Dysplasia - ✅✅marked by abnormal adult cells
Muscular dystrophy - ✅✅progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal muscles
Dystrophy - ✅✅condition produced by faulty nutrition
Contractures - ✅✅immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or wasting of tissue or
muscle fibers
Electromyography - ✅✅an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the skeletal muscles
Meninges - ✅✅Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
Anecephalic - ✅✅No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
Foramen Ovale - ✅✅opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart
Acyanotic - ✅✅absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous membranes
Adenosarcoma - ✅✅a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,Ataxic - ✅✅uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central nervous system
Azoospermia - ✅✅an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
Dysplasia - ✅✅marked by abnormal adult cells
Electromyography - ✅✅an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal muscles
Meconium - ✅✅the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry consistency
Pylorus - ✅✅the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
Stenosis - ✅✅narrowing of an opening
Tachypnea - ✅✅rapid and shallow breathing
Trisomy - ✅✅one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
Anticholinesterase - ✅✅any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters
Autoimmune - ✅✅an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens or auto-antigens of
certain body cells
Candidiasis - ✅✅(moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa due to superficial fungal
infection
Collagen - ✅✅A protein fiber with a unique triple-helix that gives it great strength. Tissues with a lot
of collagen fibers are typically very strong, e.g. bone, tendons, ligaments, etc.
, Hematopoietic - ✅✅pertaining to the production and the development of blood cells or a substance
that stimulates their production
Hypogammaglobulinemia - ✅✅a below normal concentration of gamma globulin in the blood
associated with a decreased resistance to infection
Immunocompetent - ✅✅Immunodeficiency
Immunodeficiency - ✅✅the diminished ability of the immune system to react with appropriate
cellular immunity response
Immunoelectrophoresis - ✅✅technique used to separate and allow identification of complex proteins
Immunogen - ✅✅an antigen
Immunoglobulin - ✅✅protein that can act as an antibody
Immunosuppressive - ✅✅having the property of suppressing the bodys immune response to antigens
Keratoconjunctivitis - ✅✅dryness of the conjunctiva resulting from a decrease in lacrimal function
Lymph - ✅✅a mostly clear, colorless, transparent, alkaline fluid found within the lymphatic vessels;
formed in tissues throughout the body
Lymphadenopathy - ✅✅disease of the lymphnodes
Lymphocyte - ✅✅one of two types of (B Cells & T Cells) of leukocytes found in blood, lymph, and
lymphoid tissue
