HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UPDATED SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Bicornate uterus.
Answer: a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
◉ Neonate.
Answer: newborn baby
◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
◉ Muscular dystrophy.
Answer: progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal
muscles
◉ Dystrophy.
Answer: condition produced by faulty nutrition
◉ Contractures.
Answer: immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or
wasting of tissue or muscle fibers
,◉ Electromyography.
Answer: an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the
skeletal muscles
◉ Meninges.
Answer: Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
◉ Anecephalic.
Answer: No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
◉ Foramen Ovale.
Answer: opening in the septum between the right and left atria of
the fetal heart
◉ Acyanotic.
Answer: absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous
membranes
◉ Adenosarcoma.
Answer: a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,◉ Ataxic.
Answer: uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central
nervous system
◉ Azoospermia.
Answer: an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
◉ Electromyography.
Answer: an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal
muscles
◉ Meconium.
Answer: the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry
consistency
◉ Pylorus.
Answer: the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
◉ Stenosis.
, Answer: narrowing of an opening
◉ Tachypnea.
Answer: rapid and shallow breathing
◉ Trisomy.
Answer: one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
◉ Anticholinesterase.
Answer: any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline
esters
◉ Autoimmune.
Answer: an immune response resulting in the presence of self-
antigens or auto-antigens of certain body cells
◉ Candidiasis.
Answer: (moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa
due to superficial fungal infection
◉ Collagen.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Bicornate uterus.
Answer: a uterus having two horns or horn-shaped branches
◉ Neonate.
Answer: newborn baby
◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
◉ Muscular dystrophy.
Answer: progressive degeneration and weakening of the skeletal
muscles
◉ Dystrophy.
Answer: condition produced by faulty nutrition
◉ Contractures.
Answer: immobility of muscles or a joint caused by shortening or
wasting of tissue or muscle fibers
,◉ Electromyography.
Answer: an electrodiagnostic assessment of the activity of the
skeletal muscles
◉ Meninges.
Answer: Covering around the brain and the spinal cord
◉ Anecephalic.
Answer: No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
◉ Foramen Ovale.
Answer: opening in the septum between the right and left atria of
the fetal heart
◉ Acyanotic.
Answer: absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous
membranes
◉ Adenosarcoma.
Answer: a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
,◉ Ataxic.
Answer: uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central
nervous system
◉ Azoospermia.
Answer: an absence of spermatozoa in the seaman
◉ Dysplasia.
Answer: marked by abnormal adult cells
◉ Electromyography.
Answer: an electrodiagnosis assessment of the activity of skeletal
muscles
◉ Meconium.
Answer: the first stool of a newborn, greenish black with a tarry
consistency
◉ Pylorus.
Answer: the narrow part of the stomach toward the duodenum
◉ Stenosis.
, Answer: narrowing of an opening
◉ Tachypnea.
Answer: rapid and shallow breathing
◉ Trisomy.
Answer: one or more than the normal number of chromosomes
◉ Anticholinesterase.
Answer: any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline
esters
◉ Autoimmune.
Answer: an immune response resulting in the presence of self-
antigens or auto-antigens of certain body cells
◉ Candidiasis.
Answer: (moniliasis) white, cheesy, curdlike patch on buccal mucosa
due to superficial fungal infection
◉ Collagen.
