Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology
Chapters 1&2 Practice Questions
1. HIV is the main cause of:: AIDS
2. Transmission-based diseases can be transmitted by:: All of
the above
3. The body initial response to local injury is:: Inflammation
4. Signs are:: characteristics that can be observed or measured
5. The accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the
intercellular tissue
is:: Edema
6. The term used to describe the unknown cause of a disease
process is:: Idiopathic
7. The interference of blood supply depriving organ cells and
tissues of oxygen
and nutrients is known as:: Ischemia
8. As a result of this process, a localized area of necrosis
occurs within the
tissue or an organ, which is called:: Infarction
9. What results in the accumulation of blood trapped within
body tissue?: -
Hematoma
10. An abnormal proliferation of cells outside the normal cell
growth is known
as:: Neoplasia
11. If the genetic information contained in the nucleus of a
cell causes abnormalities,
it is considered:: A hereditary disease
12. A disease process contracted in the healthcare facility is
considered:: -
Nosocomial
13. Dysplasia is:: a loss of uniformity of individual cells
14. There are four overlapping responses ( blood flow,
migration of white cells,
, digestion of dead cells and tissue, and repair) that cause:
Inflammation
15. Extravascular fluid in the lungs is known as:: Pulmonary
Edema
16. An infarct can be cause by a thrombotic occlusion or
a(n):: Embolism
17. Hemorrhage implies that a(n) ___ has occurred: rupture of
a blood vessel
18. Failure of cell development causes: hypoplasia
19. Neoplasms that invade and destroy adjacent structures
and spread to
distant sites are:: Malignant Tumors
20. The study of diseases that can cause abnormalities in the
structure of
function of various organ systems is:: Pathology
21. A disease with an unknown cause is referred to as::
Idiopathic
22. An accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the
intercellular tissue
spaces or body cavities is:: Edema
23. A localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or
organ produced by
occlusion of the arterial supply or venous drainage:: An
Infarct
24. A blood vessel rupture that is trapped within body tissue
results in:: A
Hematoma
25. What is indicated by an increase in the size of the cells in
the tissue of
organ in response to the body's demand for increased
function:: Hypertrophy
26. These make up the 44 chromosomes that contain
thousands of genes with
the exception of the X or Y chromosome:: Autosomes
Chapters 1&2 Practice Questions
1. HIV is the main cause of:: AIDS
2. Transmission-based diseases can be transmitted by:: All of
the above
3. The body initial response to local injury is:: Inflammation
4. Signs are:: characteristics that can be observed or measured
5. The accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the
intercellular tissue
is:: Edema
6. The term used to describe the unknown cause of a disease
process is:: Idiopathic
7. The interference of blood supply depriving organ cells and
tissues of oxygen
and nutrients is known as:: Ischemia
8. As a result of this process, a localized area of necrosis
occurs within the
tissue or an organ, which is called:: Infarction
9. What results in the accumulation of blood trapped within
body tissue?: -
Hematoma
10. An abnormal proliferation of cells outside the normal cell
growth is known
as:: Neoplasia
11. If the genetic information contained in the nucleus of a
cell causes abnormalities,
it is considered:: A hereditary disease
12. A disease process contracted in the healthcare facility is
considered:: -
Nosocomial
13. Dysplasia is:: a loss of uniformity of individual cells
14. There are four overlapping responses ( blood flow,
migration of white cells,
, digestion of dead cells and tissue, and repair) that cause:
Inflammation
15. Extravascular fluid in the lungs is known as:: Pulmonary
Edema
16. An infarct can be cause by a thrombotic occlusion or
a(n):: Embolism
17. Hemorrhage implies that a(n) ___ has occurred: rupture of
a blood vessel
18. Failure of cell development causes: hypoplasia
19. Neoplasms that invade and destroy adjacent structures
and spread to
distant sites are:: Malignant Tumors
20. The study of diseases that can cause abnormalities in the
structure of
function of various organ systems is:: Pathology
21. A disease with an unknown cause is referred to as::
Idiopathic
22. An accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the
intercellular tissue
spaces or body cavities is:: Edema
23. A localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or
organ produced by
occlusion of the arterial supply or venous drainage:: An
Infarct
24. A blood vessel rupture that is trapped within body tissue
results in:: A
Hematoma
25. What is indicated by an increase in the size of the cells in
the tissue of
organ in response to the body's demand for increased
function:: Hypertrophy
26. These make up the 44 chromosomes that contain
thousands of genes with
the exception of the X or Y chromosome:: Autosomes
