NC PATHOLOGY EXAM FOR FUNERAL

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NC PATHOLOGY EXAM FOR FUNERAL

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EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

Pathology - correct answer- The study of structure and function of the tissues of the body as a result of disease

General - correct answer- Branch of Pathology dealing with the body as a whole, without regard to any particular organ or system

Special - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals with individual body organs or system

Clinical - correct answer- That branch of pathology dealing with the various laboratory tests on body fluids and tissues that are used in making a diagnosis

Surgical - correct answer- The division of pathology that deals with tissues that have been removed from a patient during surgery

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Autopsy - correct answer- Removal and study of tissue from a dead patient

predisposing - correct answer- conditions that make a body more susceptible to disease without actually causing it

occupational - correct answer- coal dust deposited in the lungs of minors would be an example of what disease

suppuration - correct answer- the formation of pus

furuncle - correct answer- the pathological term for a boil

adhesions - correct answer- a term that represents a common complication of healing

regeneration - correct answer- the replacement of destroyed tissue with the exact same kind of tissue

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hyperplasia - correct answer- a controlled enlargement of a body organ or part due to an increase in the number of its cells

phlegmon - correct answer- acute diffuse inflammation of a subcutaneous connective tissue

hemorrhage - correct answer- escape of blood from the vascular system

plethora - correct answer- more than the normal total volume of blood in the body

thrombus - correct answer- blood clot formed while living

ischemia - correct answer- decrease blood flow to a body part

embolus - correct answer- may consist of fragments of thrombi, bacteria, tumor cells, and air

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