INTRODUCTION TO PATHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
mutations - Answer-What are alterations in the DNA structure that may become
permanent hereditary changes?
neoplasia - Answer-What is any new and abnormal growth, especially when the growth
is uncontrolled and progressive?
nosocomial - Answer-Incidences of infections being developed at the acute care facility
are considered what type of infections?
oncology - Answer-What is the study of neoplasms?
permeable membrane - Answer-What describes a membrane that allows fluids to pass
through?
pyogenic bacteria - Answer-What is bacteria that lead to the production of a thick,
yellow fluid called pus?
recessive - Answer-What type of genes manifest themselves only when the person is
homozygous for the trait?
sarcomas - Answer-What are highly malignant tumors arising from connective tissues?
signs - Answer-What are the measurable or objective manifestations of the disease
process?
staging - Answer-What is the determination of the amount of spread of a neoplasms,
necessary to select appropriate therapy and to predict the future course of a disease?
symptoms - Answer-What are the experiences the patient feels and describes, or the
subjective manifestations that are not measurable or observable?
toxoid - Answer-What is a chemically altered toxin?
undifferentiated - Answer-What is a synonym for anaplastic?
vaccine - Answer-What is a low dose of dead or deactivated bacteria or virus?
pathology - Answer-What is the study of diseases that can cause abnormalities in the
structure of function of various organ systems?
, disease - Answer-What is the pattern of the body's response to some form of injury that
causes a deviation from or variation of normal conditions?
neoplasia - Answer-What is another name for a tumor?
hereditary, trauma, infectious organisms, vascular processes, or metabolic processes -
Answer-What are the 5 causes of disease?
rubor, calor, tumor, dolor, and loss of function - Answer-What are the 5 clinical signs of
inflammation?
rubor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as redness?
calor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as heat?
tumor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as swelling?
dolor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as pain?
right - Answer-Which side of the heart is deoxygenated blood?
left - Answer-Which side of the heart is oxygenated blood?
arteries - Answer-Which blood vessels carry blood to the heart?
veins - Answer-Which blood vessels carry blood from the heart?
filling defect - Answer-What is a clot or anything that prevents contrast from flowing to
that area of a blood vessel?
death - Answer-When cells and tissues are deprived of nutrients, what occurs?
atherosclerosis, thrombotic occlusion, and embolic occlusion - Answer-What are the 3
main causes of ischemia?
atherosclerosis - Answer-What is defined as the hardening of an artery?
thrombotic - Answer-A ____ occlusion is a FIXED blockage.
embolic - Answer-A ____ occlusion is a MOVING blockage.
necrosis - Answer-What is another word for the death of an organ or tissue?
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - Answer-What is the medical term for open heart
surgery?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
mutations - Answer-What are alterations in the DNA structure that may become
permanent hereditary changes?
neoplasia - Answer-What is any new and abnormal growth, especially when the growth
is uncontrolled and progressive?
nosocomial - Answer-Incidences of infections being developed at the acute care facility
are considered what type of infections?
oncology - Answer-What is the study of neoplasms?
permeable membrane - Answer-What describes a membrane that allows fluids to pass
through?
pyogenic bacteria - Answer-What is bacteria that lead to the production of a thick,
yellow fluid called pus?
recessive - Answer-What type of genes manifest themselves only when the person is
homozygous for the trait?
sarcomas - Answer-What are highly malignant tumors arising from connective tissues?
signs - Answer-What are the measurable or objective manifestations of the disease
process?
staging - Answer-What is the determination of the amount of spread of a neoplasms,
necessary to select appropriate therapy and to predict the future course of a disease?
symptoms - Answer-What are the experiences the patient feels and describes, or the
subjective manifestations that are not measurable or observable?
toxoid - Answer-What is a chemically altered toxin?
undifferentiated - Answer-What is a synonym for anaplastic?
vaccine - Answer-What is a low dose of dead or deactivated bacteria or virus?
pathology - Answer-What is the study of diseases that can cause abnormalities in the
structure of function of various organ systems?
, disease - Answer-What is the pattern of the body's response to some form of injury that
causes a deviation from or variation of normal conditions?
neoplasia - Answer-What is another name for a tumor?
hereditary, trauma, infectious organisms, vascular processes, or metabolic processes -
Answer-What are the 5 causes of disease?
rubor, calor, tumor, dolor, and loss of function - Answer-What are the 5 clinical signs of
inflammation?
rubor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as redness?
calor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as heat?
tumor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as swelling?
dolor - Answer-What clinical sign of inflammations is defined as pain?
right - Answer-Which side of the heart is deoxygenated blood?
left - Answer-Which side of the heart is oxygenated blood?
arteries - Answer-Which blood vessels carry blood to the heart?
veins - Answer-Which blood vessels carry blood from the heart?
filling defect - Answer-What is a clot or anything that prevents contrast from flowing to
that area of a blood vessel?
death - Answer-When cells and tissues are deprived of nutrients, what occurs?
atherosclerosis, thrombotic occlusion, and embolic occlusion - Answer-What are the 3
main causes of ischemia?
atherosclerosis - Answer-What is defined as the hardening of an artery?
thrombotic - Answer-A ____ occlusion is a FIXED blockage.
embolic - Answer-A ____ occlusion is a MOVING blockage.
necrosis - Answer-What is another word for the death of an organ or tissue?
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - Answer-What is the medical term for open heart
surgery?
