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Questions and CORRECT Answers
The science dealing with the study of disease. - CORRECT ANSWER - pathology
The laboratory study of body fluids and secretions. - CORRECT ANSWER - clinical
pathology
Which of the following are legitimate reasons for conducting autopsies? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 1. Confirm medical diagnosis
2. Advance medical knowledge and research
3. Assist in medico-legal cases
Which of the following prefixes means before? - CORRECT ANSWER - ante
Which of the following prefixes means low, under, beneath, down, or below normal? -
CORRECT ANSWER - hypo
The belief that every disease in the body begins at the cellular level. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Doctrine of Cellular Pathology
A disease which does not show recognizable lesions. - CORRECT ANSWER - functional
disease
Which of the following are signs of a disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. heat
2. redness
3. swelling
, A patient treated for an infection developing a severe allergic reaction to the antibiotics
administered would be an example of which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER -
iatrogenic disorder
Which of the following is a physiological barrier to infection? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
fever
2. inflamation
Which of the following are functions of inflammation? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
protection from foreign organisms
2. removal of dead and necrotic tissues
3. repair of tissue trauma
The scientific term for swelling: - CORRECT ANSWER - tumor
When Ernest returns home late after an evening of smoking cigars, drinking beer, and playing
poker with the boys, his wife clobbers him over the head with a frying pan, causing a bump to
form on his scalp. The bump on Earnest's head is an example of inflammation caused by: -
CORRECT ANSWER - physical irritants
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection. - CORRECT
ANSWER - pyrexia
A scar left by a healed wound. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. cicatrix
2. repair
Which of the following characterize benign neoplasms? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. grow
by expansion
2. non-migratory