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Pathology
Mid-Term Review
Question | Answer |
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What term is used to denote the measurement or objective of a disease? | Signs |
What do you call a disease in which the underlying cause is unknown? | Idiopathic |
What is not a sign of inflamation? | Bruising |
What is the first thing that occurs in the inflammatory response process? | Migration of white blood cells to the area |
What is granuloma? | A localized area of chronic inflammation, often with central necrosis |
Atherosclorosis thrombotic or embolic are causes of? | Ischemia |
Name the two most common clinical forms of infarction. | Pulmonary & Myocardial |
Which term denotes the largest type of subcutaneous hematoma? | Ecchymosis |
Which occurs in response to an increase demand in the function of an organ or tissue particularly in those that don't reproduce. | Hypertrophy |
What are the two types of neoplasms? | Malignant & Benign |
Of the 5 clinical signs of acute inflammation, the medical term for swelling is? | Tumor |
In pyogenic infection the body responds by producing a thick yellow fluid called____. | Pus |
Define: Infarction | A localized area of ischemic necrosis withi the tissue or organ produced by a vascular occlusion |
Which is NOT a disorder of the spine? | Rotator Cuff Tear |
Which disease manifests in a radiographic image with a generalized increase in bone density? | Osteoporosis |
Which disease manifest itself on images with a characteristic bamboo spine? | Ankylosing Spondylitis |
Which syndrome primarily occurs in young adults after certain venerial or GI infections? | Reiter's Syndrome |
Osteomalacia may be caused by a deficiency in? | Vitamin C |
Name a malignant skeletal neoplasm. | Multiple Myeloma |
Which is NOT a type of fracture? | Ewing's |
Which benign skeletal neoplasm, presents itself on an image as having a tumor that runs parallel to the long bone pointing away from the nearest joint. | Osteochondroma |
Which fracture has an associated opening wound in the skin? | Compound |
Which type of bone malignancy is associated with pre-existing bone disease, particularly Paget's disease. | Osteogenicsarcoma |
Name & Identify all types of fractures. | 1. Incomplete - Minor horizontal break on one side (not all the way through) 2. Transverse - Horizontal jagged break all the way through 3. Oblique - Angled side by side fracture all the way through 4. Spiral - Angled fracture all the way through not a |