AAMI Pathology for Embalmers - LU1 exam with correct answers.

AAMI Pathology for Embalmers - LU1 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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Stomatitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inflammation of the mouth
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(oral or buccal cavity) which may involve the cheeks, gums,
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tongue, roof and floor of the mouth
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Etiologies (causes) of Stomatitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Mechanical trauma - chewing or peeling |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




2. Extreme temperature - drinking beverages that are
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|\ too hot; eating hot pizza can burn the roof of the
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|\ mouth
3. Chemical injury - exposure to heavy metals such as
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|\ mercury
4. Infections from pathogens: common cold;
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|\ gonorrhea, measles, leukema, AIDS etc. |\ |\ |\ |\




Candida albicans - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fungus that causes
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THRUSH


Herpes Simplex I - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Viral infection seen
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with cold sores and fever blisters
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Treponema pallidum - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The causative |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


agent of syphilis, can lead to inflammatory lesions, referred to as
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,mucous patches, in mouth during the secondary stage of the
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disease.


Chelitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inflammation of the lips
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Etiologies (causes) of Chelitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Mechanical injury such as chewing or peeling of lips
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2. Thermal injury: drinking hot coffee, eating hot
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|\ pizza
3. Chemical irritation
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4. Infection: cold sores, canker sores, herpes
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Glossitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inflammation of Tounge
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Etiologies (causes) of Glossitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Mechanical injury |\




2. Thermal injury
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3. Chemical irritation
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4. Vitamin deficiency - lack of Vitamin B12
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Gingivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Inflammation of gums
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2. Characterized by swelling, redness, watery exudate
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|\ and bleeding
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, Etiologies (causes) of Gingivitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Poor
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hygiene - build up of bacterial plaque
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2. Food impaction
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(Maybe an early sign of systematic disorder with lowered
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resistance, eg. herpes simplex, diabetes) |\ |\ |\ |\




Tonsillitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Inflammation of the tonsils
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2. Common form of infection usually caused by
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|\ streptococcal organisms |\




3. Frequently accompanies inflammation of other parts
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|\ of upper respiratory tract
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4. Tonsils become swollen, narrowing the opening of
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|\ the throat and causing great pain and diffulty in
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|\ swallowing
5. Their surface may be covered with pus the
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|\ availability of antibiotics has decreased the need for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




|\ tonsillectomy


Pharyngitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Inflammation of the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


pharynx or throat |\ |\




2. It may: be a primary infection such as strep throat or dipheria
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3. It may be a complication of rhinitis (inflammation of the nose);
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sinusitis (inflammation of the para nasal sinuses); or influenza
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4. May extend to the larynx
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