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NURS231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MODULE 3
PRACTICE SOLUTION 2026 VIEW AHEAD
TESTED SET

◉ Homeostasis Definition. Answer: The maintenance of a constant
internal environment


◉ Pathophysiology Definition. Answer: The study of response to
injury in order to regain homeostasis


◉ Atrophy Definition. Answer: decrease in cell size


◉ Hypertrophy Definition. Answer: increase in cell size


◉ Hyperplasia Definition. Answer: increase in cell number


◉ Metaplasia Definition. Answer: reversible replacement of cell type
for another word


◉ Dysplasia Definition. Answer: "atypical hyperplasia," abnormal
growth of cells

, ◉ Cellular Characteristics of Hypoplasia. Answer: an organ with a
reduced number of cells


◉ Cellular Characteristics of Aplasia. Answer: An organ with a
reduced number of cells until it is zero


◉ Cellular Characteristics of Agenesis. Answer: Failure of an organ
to develop


◉ Definition of Neoplasm. Answer: "new growth" or tumor


◉ What makes a neoplasm benign or malignant?. Answer: Benign:
no pain, rarely lethal, can be excised, slow growth, expansive,
localized (ends in -oma suffix)
Malignant: painful, often lethal, excision ineffective, rapid growth,
invasive, metastatic (often ends in -sarcoma or -carcinoma suffix)


◉ Inflammation Definition (acute & chronic). Answer: The beneficial
& defensive response of living tissues to all forms of injury


◉ Examples of Inflammatory Conditions. Answer: Dermatitis,
tendonitis, ringworm, bronchitis
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