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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 GALEN
COLLEGE NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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### Cellular and Tissue Changes
QUESTION: What is apoptosis?
Answer: apoptosis controlled cell suicide. And is a normal
physiologic process
QUESTION: What is atrophy?
Answer: atrophy decrease in cell size
QUESTION: What is caseous necrosis?
Answer: caseous necrosis It is caused by tb, and resembles
clumpy cheese
QUESTION: What is cellular aging?
Answer: cellular aging progressive decline in cellular function
and viability , cannot adapt to demands
QUESTION: What is coagulation necrosis?
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Answer: coagulation necrosis The most common form of
necrosis.
QUESTION: What does dry gangrene look like?
Answer: What does dry gangrene look like? blackened, dry,
wrinkled Generally occurs in extremities
QUESTION: What is dysplasia?
Answer: dysplasia Disordered cellular growth
QUESTION: What is fat necrosis?
Answer: fat necrosis Death of adipose tissue Usually the result
of trauma or pancreatitis Appears as a chalky white area of tissue
QUESTION: What is gas gangrene?
Answer: gas gangrene caused by infection with clostridium
bacteria - produces sulfide gas and gets trapped in tissue
QUESTION: What is hydropic swelling?
Answer: hydropic swelling cellular swelling due to
accumulation of water Occurs due to malfunction of the sodium potassium pump which increases sodium ions
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QUESTION: What is hyperplasia?
Answer: hyperplasia increase in number of cells
QUESTION: What is hypertrophy?
Answer: hypertrophy increase in cell size
QUESTION: What is intracellular accumulation?
Answer: intracellular accumulation Excess accumulations of
substances in cells
QUESTION: What is ischemia?
Answer: ischemia Tissue hypoxia is caused by this, it is an
interruption to blood flow to an area
QUESTION: What is liquefaction necrosis?
Answer: liquefaction necrosis dead cells liquefy because of
release of cell enzymes
QUESTION: What is metaplasia?
Answer: metaplasia Conversion of one cell to another
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QUESTION: What does wet gangrene look like?
Answer: What does wet gangrene look like? Found in internal
organs typically , appears cold and black , foul smelling and life threatening
### Disease Processes and Epidemiology
QUESTION: What is an acute phase or the manifestation of an
illness?
Answer: What is an acute phase/ the manifestation of an illness?
the disease reaches full intensity and s/s are at their greatest severity.
QUESTION: What is acute?
Answer: What is acute? Relatively severe manifestations but
only last hours , days or weeks
QUESTION: What are aggregate factors?
Answer: What are aggregate factors ? age, ethnic group, gender,
socioeconomic factors, lifestyles, geographic locations
QUESTION: What is allostasis?
Answer: allostasis Allo= adapting , the body is adapting to
maintain necessary survival and well being