RT Chapter 1 Comprehensive
Radiographic Pathology test 1
Microcirculation at the injury site results in what 2 correct answers heat and redness
Abscess correct answers Encapsulated collection of pus
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome correct answers Impairment of cellular
immunity
Active immunity correct answers A person forms antibodies to counter an antigen in the
form of a vaccine or a toxoid
Anaphylactic correct answers Reactions are characterized by hypotension and vascular
collapse (shock) with uticaria (hives), bronchiolar spasm, and laryngeal edema.
Anaplastic correct answers Without form
Antibodies correct answers Body's counteraction to control antigens
Antigens correct answers Body's ability to recognize foreign substances
Asymptomatic correct answers A patient showing no evidence of diseases
Atrophy correct answers Diminished size due to wasting away
Autosomes correct answers All chromosomes except gender
Benign correct answers Tumors that closely resemble their cells of origin in structure
and function and remain localized
Bacteremia correct answers Bacteria spread through the circulatory system
Cancers correct answers Collectively malignant tumors
Carcinomas correct answers Malignant neoplasm of epithelial cell origins
Community acquired correct answers Infected by exposure in the public domain
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affecting the patient
Dominant correct answers Genes that always produce an effect
, Dysplasia correct answers Disordered growth or faulty development of various tissues
or body parts. Loss of uniformity of the cells (pre-malignant change).
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities.
Epidemiology correct answers A study of determinants that is compiled for a specific
disease in a given population upon determining the type of neoplastic involvement
Etiology correct answers The study of disease causes (not a synonym for cause)
Grading correct answers Assessment of malignant tumor to determine the degree of
aggressiveness or malignancy
Granulation Tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
actively proliferating fibroblasts producing connective tissue fibers.
Hematogenous spread correct answers Travels by means of the bloodstream
Hematoma correct answers Hemorrhage trapped in body tissues
Hemorrhage correct answers Rupture of a blood vessel
Hereditary Disease correct answers Transmitted to offspring through genes
Hyperplasia correct answers Abnormal increase in the number of cells and organ size
Iatrogenic correct answers Resulting from the activity of diagnosis or treatment by
medical personnel
Idiopathic correct answers Having an unknown cause for underlying disease
Immune correct answers Reaction of the body provides a powerful defense against
invading organisms
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
produced by occlusion of either its arterial supply or its venous drainage
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of a body tissue to local injury; caused by
blunt or penetrating trauma, infectious organisms, and irritating chemical substances.
Ischemia correct answers Lack of blood supply in an organ or tissue
Lymphatic spread correct answers The major metastatic route of carcinomas,
especially those of the lung and breast
Radiographic Pathology test 1
Microcirculation at the injury site results in what 2 correct answers heat and redness
Abscess correct answers Encapsulated collection of pus
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome correct answers Impairment of cellular
immunity
Active immunity correct answers A person forms antibodies to counter an antigen in the
form of a vaccine or a toxoid
Anaphylactic correct answers Reactions are characterized by hypotension and vascular
collapse (shock) with uticaria (hives), bronchiolar spasm, and laryngeal edema.
Anaplastic correct answers Without form
Antibodies correct answers Body's counteraction to control antigens
Antigens correct answers Body's ability to recognize foreign substances
Asymptomatic correct answers A patient showing no evidence of diseases
Atrophy correct answers Diminished size due to wasting away
Autosomes correct answers All chromosomes except gender
Benign correct answers Tumors that closely resemble their cells of origin in structure
and function and remain localized
Bacteremia correct answers Bacteria spread through the circulatory system
Cancers correct answers Collectively malignant tumors
Carcinomas correct answers Malignant neoplasm of epithelial cell origins
Community acquired correct answers Infected by exposure in the public domain
Diagnosis correct answers The precise disease process affecting the patient
Dominant correct answers Genes that always produce an effect
, Dysplasia correct answers Disordered growth or faulty development of various tissues
or body parts. Loss of uniformity of the cells (pre-malignant change).
Edema correct answers Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular
tissue spaces or body cavities.
Epidemiology correct answers A study of determinants that is compiled for a specific
disease in a given population upon determining the type of neoplastic involvement
Etiology correct answers The study of disease causes (not a synonym for cause)
Grading correct answers Assessment of malignant tumor to determine the degree of
aggressiveness or malignancy
Granulation Tissue correct answers Combination of young developing capillaries and
actively proliferating fibroblasts producing connective tissue fibers.
Hematogenous spread correct answers Travels by means of the bloodstream
Hematoma correct answers Hemorrhage trapped in body tissues
Hemorrhage correct answers Rupture of a blood vessel
Hereditary Disease correct answers Transmitted to offspring through genes
Hyperplasia correct answers Abnormal increase in the number of cells and organ size
Iatrogenic correct answers Resulting from the activity of diagnosis or treatment by
medical personnel
Idiopathic correct answers Having an unknown cause for underlying disease
Immune correct answers Reaction of the body provides a powerful defense against
invading organisms
Infarct correct answers Localized area of ischemic necrosis within a tissue or organ
produced by occlusion of either its arterial supply or its venous drainage
Inflammation correct answers Initial response of a body tissue to local injury; caused by
blunt or penetrating trauma, infectious organisms, and irritating chemical substances.
Ischemia correct answers Lack of blood supply in an organ or tissue
Lymphatic spread correct answers The major metastatic route of carcinomas,
especially those of the lung and breast
