PATHOLOGY EXAM | QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST
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What type of degeneration is this?
→calcium infiltration into normal tissue
→hypervitaminosis D
Correct Answer: calcification, metastatic
What type of degeneration is this?
→calcium infiltration into abnormal/damage tissues
→ atherosclerosis or atheroma
→damage to tunica intima
Correct Answer: calcification, dystrophic
What type of degeneration is this?
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,→TB
Correct Answer: caseous
What type of degeneration is this?
→albuminous
→membrane injured which affects ionic transfer
Correct Answer: cloudy swelling
What type of degeneration is this?
→infarction (MI) heart to blood vessels; thickening/stasis
Correct Answer: coagulation
What type of degeneration is this?
→pancreas
Correct Answer: enzymatic
What type of degeneration is this?
2
,→in liver aka nutmeg liver
→in heart aka tabby cat heart
STEPS:
fatty dot→fatty streak→atheroma (fatty plague)→fibroatheroma (fibrous tissue, calcium)
Correct Answer: fatty
What type of degeneration is this?
→ calcification
→ raised lesions
Correct Answer: plague
What type of degeneration is this?
→ CNS
ex brain melts, tertiary syphilis, leprosy
→ SKIN if from infection)
Correct Answer: liquefaction
What type of degeneration is this?
→peripheral nerves
3
, → degenerates to the next Node of Ranvier
Correct Answer: Wallerian
What type of degeneration is this?
→hyaline
→ most common in skeletal muscle
→muscle replaced with hyaline
Correct Answer: Zenker's (waxy)
What type of degeneration is this?
→shrink
→nuclear condensation of the chromatin
→followed by karyorrhexis
Correct Answer: pyknosis
What type of degeneration is this?
→destructive fragmentation of the nucleus
Correct Answer: karyorrhexis
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