ROBBINS BASIC PATHOLOGY UPDATED
SCRIPT 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● incidental lesions. Answer: findings at necropsy that are not the cause
of clinical illness or death
● agonal lesions. Answer: occur immediately before or during process of
dying
● example of agonal lesions. Answer: pulmonary edema, rupture of
blood vessels due to blood pressure fluctuations
● disease. Answer: cumulative abnormalities at the molecular, cellular,
and tissue level which lead to clinically apparent dysfunction
● etiology. Answer: cause of disease (why)
● pathogenesis. Answer: sequence of abnormalities that leads to disease
(how)
● morphologic changes. Answer: structural alterations in cells or tissues
that are often characteristic of disease or diagnostic of an etiology
, ● diagnosis. Answer: a concise statement or conclusion concerning the
nature, cause, or name of a disease
● differential diagnosis. Answer: list of diagnoses that could account for
the clinical signs or lesions
● clinical diagnosis. Answer: diagnosis based on data obtained from case
history, clinical signs, and physical examination
● morphologic diagnosis. Answer: diagnosis based on the predominant
structural lesion in the tissue
● etiologic diagnosis. Answer: definitive diagnosis that names the
specific cause of the disease
● disease diagnosis. Answer: specific diagnosis that states common
name of the disease
● cause of death. Answer: injury, disease, or combination that initiates a
train of physiological disturbances that results in fatal termination
● immediate cause of death. Answer: condition which caused the
individual to die at that time and place
SCRIPT 2026 PRACTICE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
● incidental lesions. Answer: findings at necropsy that are not the cause
of clinical illness or death
● agonal lesions. Answer: occur immediately before or during process of
dying
● example of agonal lesions. Answer: pulmonary edema, rupture of
blood vessels due to blood pressure fluctuations
● disease. Answer: cumulative abnormalities at the molecular, cellular,
and tissue level which lead to clinically apparent dysfunction
● etiology. Answer: cause of disease (why)
● pathogenesis. Answer: sequence of abnormalities that leads to disease
(how)
● morphologic changes. Answer: structural alterations in cells or tissues
that are often characteristic of disease or diagnostic of an etiology
, ● diagnosis. Answer: a concise statement or conclusion concerning the
nature, cause, or name of a disease
● differential diagnosis. Answer: list of diagnoses that could account for
the clinical signs or lesions
● clinical diagnosis. Answer: diagnosis based on data obtained from case
history, clinical signs, and physical examination
● morphologic diagnosis. Answer: diagnosis based on the predominant
structural lesion in the tissue
● etiologic diagnosis. Answer: definitive diagnosis that names the
specific cause of the disease
● disease diagnosis. Answer: specific diagnosis that states common
name of the disease
● cause of death. Answer: injury, disease, or combination that initiates a
train of physiological disturbances that results in fatal termination
● immediate cause of death. Answer: condition which caused the
individual to die at that time and place
