Week 1 Review Pathology Quiz

What is the definition of Pathology?

• The study of psychological disorders

• The investigation of structural alterations in cells, tissues, and organs

• The study of treatment methods for diseases

• The identification of a disease

What does Pathogenesis refer to?

• The cure for a disease

• The study of disease distribution

• The pattern of tissue changes associated with the development of a disease

• The symptoms of a disease

What term describes diseases acquired in a hospital?

• Nosocomial infection

• Pathogenic infection

• Community-acquired infection

• Iatrogenic infection

Which term refers to the expected outcome of a disease?

• Prognosis

• Diagnosis

• Etiology

• Remission

What is the sudden appearance of signs and symptoms called?

• Chronic disease

• Acute disease

• Latent disease

• Complicated disease

Which of the following is a sign, not a symptom?

• Pain

• Nausea

• Fever

• Redness

What is the reversible replacement of one mature cell type by another less mature cell type called?

• Dysplasia

• Metaplasia

• Hypertrophy

• Hyperplasia

What is the increase in the size of cells and the size of the affected organ referred to as?

• Hyperplasia

• Atrophy

• Hypertrophy

• Dysplasia

Which of the following is NOT a cause of cellular injury?

• Hypoxia

• Free radicals

• Ischemia

• Hypertrophy

What term refers to the programmed cell death process?

• Necrosis

• Apoptosis

• Autophagy

• Cellular lysis