TEST BANK
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LU
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TEST BANK
, Eisenberg: Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A disease process caused by physicians or their treatment is this type of process.
a. Idiopathic
b. Iatrogenic
c. Neoplasia
SO
d. Community acquired
ANS: B
LU
The disease process caused by physicians and their treatment is iatrogenic.
REF: p. 3
TI
2. Basic reactions of the body to some form of injury is a:
a. Disease process
O
b. Pathology
c. Study of diseases
N
d. Idiopathic process
S
ANS: A
A disease is the pattern of the body’s response to some form of injury.
REF: p. 1
,3. What term is used to denote a disease in which the underlying cause is unknown?
a. Idiopathic
b. Antietiologic
c. Iatrogenic
d. Nosocomial
ANS: A
Idiopathic diseases are those with an unknown, or as of yet unidentified, cause.
SO
REF: p. 3
4. Alterations of cell growth, specifically an abnormal proliferation of cells is called:
a. Hyperplasia
LU
b. Dysplasia
c. Neoplasia
d. Aplasia
TI
ANS: C
O
Alterations in cell growth lead to the development of neoplasms (tumors).
N
REF: p. 7
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5. The initial response of body tissues to local injury is:
a. Infection
b. Ischemia
c. Edema
d. Inflammation
ANS: D
Inflammation is the initial response of body tissues to local injury.
, REF: p. 3
6. Heat and redness associated with inflammation is produced by:
a. Hyperemia
b. Scar tissue
c. Hyperplasia
d. Infarction
SO
ANS: A
This hyperemia produces the heat and redness associated with inflammation.
REF: p. 3
LU
7. In an injury, the destroyed tissue is replaced with:
a. Granulomatous inflammation
TI
b. Granulation tissue
c. Phagocytes
d. Pyogens
O
N
ANS: B
A fibrous scar replaces the area of destroyed tissue with granulation tissue. Granulation tissue refers
to a combination of young, developing capillaries and actively proliferating fibroblasts, which
S
produce connective tissue fibers (collagen) that replace the dead tissue.
REF: p. 4
8. Of the five clinical signs of acute inflammation, the medical term for swelling is:
a. Edema
b. Tumor
c. Calor
SO
LU
TI
O
N
S
TEST BANK
, Eisenberg: Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology, 7th Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A disease process caused by physicians or their treatment is this type of process.
a. Idiopathic
b. Iatrogenic
c. Neoplasia
SO
d. Community acquired
ANS: B
LU
The disease process caused by physicians and their treatment is iatrogenic.
REF: p. 3
TI
2. Basic reactions of the body to some form of injury is a:
a. Disease process
O
b. Pathology
c. Study of diseases
N
d. Idiopathic process
S
ANS: A
A disease is the pattern of the body’s response to some form of injury.
REF: p. 1
,3. What term is used to denote a disease in which the underlying cause is unknown?
a. Idiopathic
b. Antietiologic
c. Iatrogenic
d. Nosocomial
ANS: A
Idiopathic diseases are those with an unknown, or as of yet unidentified, cause.
SO
REF: p. 3
4. Alterations of cell growth, specifically an abnormal proliferation of cells is called:
a. Hyperplasia
LU
b. Dysplasia
c. Neoplasia
d. Aplasia
TI
ANS: C
O
Alterations in cell growth lead to the development of neoplasms (tumors).
N
REF: p. 7
S
5. The initial response of body tissues to local injury is:
a. Infection
b. Ischemia
c. Edema
d. Inflammation
ANS: D
Inflammation is the initial response of body tissues to local injury.
, REF: p. 3
6. Heat and redness associated with inflammation is produced by:
a. Hyperemia
b. Scar tissue
c. Hyperplasia
d. Infarction
SO
ANS: A
This hyperemia produces the heat and redness associated with inflammation.
REF: p. 3
LU
7. In an injury, the destroyed tissue is replaced with:
a. Granulomatous inflammation
TI
b. Granulation tissue
c. Phagocytes
d. Pyogens
O
N
ANS: B
A fibrous scar replaces the area of destroyed tissue with granulation tissue. Granulation tissue refers
to a combination of young, developing capillaries and actively proliferating fibroblasts, which
S
produce connective tissue fibers (collagen) that replace the dead tissue.
REF: p. 4
8. Of the five clinical signs of acute inflammation, the medical term for swelling is:
a. Edema
b. Tumor
c. Calor
