AAMI PATHOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔these organisms cause inflammation of the _______
- candida albicans
- herpes simplex l
- treponema pallidum
✔✔Chelitis - ✔✔inflammation of the lips.
✔✔Chelitis - ✔✔causes of _________
- mechanical injury such as chewing or peeling of the lips
- thermal injury: drinking hot coffee, eating hot pizza
- chemical reaction
- infection: cold sores, canker sores, herpes
✔✔Glosstis - ✔✔inflammation of the tongue
✔✔Glosstis - ✔✔causes of __________
- mechanical injury
- thermal injury
- chemical irritation
- vitamin deficiency - lack of vitamin B12
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔a periodontal disease of the gums involving inflammation and
infection that can result in the destruction of the gums.
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the gums
- characterized by swelling, redness, watery exudate, and bleeding
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔causes of ___________
- poor hygiene - buildup of bacterial plaque. In time, plaque mineralizes into a hard
deposit known as tartar.
- food impaction - it is more common in cases of uncontrolled diabetes; pregnancy (due
to hormonal changes)
✔✔Tonsillitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the tonsils
- commonly caused by bacterial or viral infection. Strep throat is a common cause
- frequently accompanies inflammation of other parts of the upper respiratory tract
- tonsils become swollen, narrowing the opening of the throat and causing pain and
difficulty in swallowing
- their surface may be covered by pus
- the availability of antibiotics have decreased the need for a tonsiliectomy.
✔✔Strep Throat - ✔✔what is the common cause of tonsillitis?
, ✔✔Tonsils - ✔✔these are masses of lymphoid tissue embedded in the mucous
membrane of the mouth, one on each side of the throat.
✔✔Pharyngitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the pharynx or throat that results in a sore throat
- most cases are caused by viruses; which include the common cold, flu, adenovirus,
mononucleosis, and HIV.
- Bacteria may also cause this. These include streptococcus, corynebacterium,
neisseria gonorrhea, and chlamydia pneumoniae
- may extend to the larynx
✔✔Larynx - ✔✔where may pharyngitis extend too?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Stomatitis is a disease of the ______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Chelitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Glossitis is a disease of the ________?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Gingivitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Tonsillitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Pharyngitis is a disease of the ________?
✔✔Esophagitis - ✔✔inflammation of the esophagus.
✔✔Reflux - ✔✔what is the most common type of esophagitis?
✔✔Heartburn - ✔✔what do we know reflux esophagitis as?
✔✔Heartburn - ✔✔this result from a regurgitation of stomach acid through the cardiac
sphincter which causes a chemical irritation of the mucosa lining of the esophagus.
✔✔Esophagus - ✔✔esophagitis is a disease of the _________?
✔✔Varices - ✔✔- are varicose veins of the esophagus or esophageal varices.
-esophageal varices is due to an obstruction of the hepatic venous return as a result of
cirrhosis of the liver.
- esophageal varices are a complication of cirrhosis
- the most serious danger of esophageal varices is that of hemorrhage - especially in
those who have clotting disorders.
✔✔Hemorrhage - ✔✔what is the most serious danger of esophageal varices.?
WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔these organisms cause inflammation of the _______
- candida albicans
- herpes simplex l
- treponema pallidum
✔✔Chelitis - ✔✔inflammation of the lips.
✔✔Chelitis - ✔✔causes of _________
- mechanical injury such as chewing or peeling of the lips
- thermal injury: drinking hot coffee, eating hot pizza
- chemical reaction
- infection: cold sores, canker sores, herpes
✔✔Glosstis - ✔✔inflammation of the tongue
✔✔Glosstis - ✔✔causes of __________
- mechanical injury
- thermal injury
- chemical irritation
- vitamin deficiency - lack of vitamin B12
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔a periodontal disease of the gums involving inflammation and
infection that can result in the destruction of the gums.
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the gums
- characterized by swelling, redness, watery exudate, and bleeding
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔causes of ___________
- poor hygiene - buildup of bacterial plaque. In time, plaque mineralizes into a hard
deposit known as tartar.
- food impaction - it is more common in cases of uncontrolled diabetes; pregnancy (due
to hormonal changes)
✔✔Tonsillitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the tonsils
- commonly caused by bacterial or viral infection. Strep throat is a common cause
- frequently accompanies inflammation of other parts of the upper respiratory tract
- tonsils become swollen, narrowing the opening of the throat and causing pain and
difficulty in swallowing
- their surface may be covered by pus
- the availability of antibiotics have decreased the need for a tonsiliectomy.
✔✔Strep Throat - ✔✔what is the common cause of tonsillitis?
, ✔✔Tonsils - ✔✔these are masses of lymphoid tissue embedded in the mucous
membrane of the mouth, one on each side of the throat.
✔✔Pharyngitis - ✔✔- inflammation of the pharynx or throat that results in a sore throat
- most cases are caused by viruses; which include the common cold, flu, adenovirus,
mononucleosis, and HIV.
- Bacteria may also cause this. These include streptococcus, corynebacterium,
neisseria gonorrhea, and chlamydia pneumoniae
- may extend to the larynx
✔✔Larynx - ✔✔where may pharyngitis extend too?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Stomatitis is a disease of the ______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Chelitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Glossitis is a disease of the ________?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Gingivitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Tonsillitis is a disease of the _______?
✔✔Mouth - ✔✔Pharyngitis is a disease of the ________?
✔✔Esophagitis - ✔✔inflammation of the esophagus.
✔✔Reflux - ✔✔what is the most common type of esophagitis?
✔✔Heartburn - ✔✔what do we know reflux esophagitis as?
✔✔Heartburn - ✔✔this result from a regurgitation of stomach acid through the cardiac
sphincter which causes a chemical irritation of the mucosa lining of the esophagus.
✔✔Esophagus - ✔✔esophagitis is a disease of the _________?
✔✔Varices - ✔✔- are varicose veins of the esophagus or esophageal varices.
-esophageal varices is due to an obstruction of the hepatic venous return as a result of
cirrhosis of the liver.
- esophageal varices are a complication of cirrhosis
- the most serious danger of esophageal varices is that of hemorrhage - especially in
those who have clotting disorders.
✔✔Hemorrhage - ✔✔what is the most serious danger of esophageal varices.?
