TEST 1- PATHO MARYVILLE NURS 611
QUESTIONS & ACTUAL ANSWERS
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Atrophy - correct answer ✔✔physiologic atrophy of the thymus gland in childhood
Apoptosis - correct answer ✔✔programmed death such as inflammation
Necrosis - correct answer ✔✔cellular injury such as MI, hypoxia
Hypertrophy - correct answer ✔✔increase in cell size
Physiologic hypertrophy would be increase in myocardial cell size r/t endurance training
Pathologic hypertrophy would be secondary to disease such as HTN
Hyperplasia - correct answer ✔✔increase in number of cells
Compensatory hyperplasia would be the regeneration of liver cells when 70% of liver is
removed
Pathologic hyperplasia would be seen in the endometrium
Metaplasia - correct answer ✔✔Replacement of different cells (think metamorphosis)
Ex: normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells of the bronchial lining have been replaced by
stratified squamous epithelial cells
Dysplasia - correct answer ✔✔Not a form of cellular adaptation
QUESTIONS & ACTUAL ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT
Atrophy - correct answer ✔✔physiologic atrophy of the thymus gland in childhood
Apoptosis - correct answer ✔✔programmed death such as inflammation
Necrosis - correct answer ✔✔cellular injury such as MI, hypoxia
Hypertrophy - correct answer ✔✔increase in cell size
Physiologic hypertrophy would be increase in myocardial cell size r/t endurance training
Pathologic hypertrophy would be secondary to disease such as HTN
Hyperplasia - correct answer ✔✔increase in number of cells
Compensatory hyperplasia would be the regeneration of liver cells when 70% of liver is
removed
Pathologic hyperplasia would be seen in the endometrium
Metaplasia - correct answer ✔✔Replacement of different cells (think metamorphosis)
Ex: normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells of the bronchial lining have been replaced by
stratified squamous epithelial cells
Dysplasia - correct answer ✔✔Not a form of cellular adaptation
