AAMI PATHOLOGY FOR EMBALMERS
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL CERTIFICATION
ASSESSMENT 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
WITH PRECISE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥Mouth. Answer: where does digestion begin?
⩥Chewing. Answer: what is the mechanical breakdown of food?
⩥Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines.
Answer: what are the organs of the digestive tract?
⩥Teeth, Tongue, Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas. Answer: what are the
accessory organs of the digestive tract?
⩥Stomach. Answer: where does the digestion of large proteins begin?
⩥Regurgitation. Answer: what does the cardiac sphincter prevent?
⩥Cardiac Sphincter. Answer: what prevents regurgitation?
,⩥Pyloric. Answer: what is the name of the sphincter that food passes
through the stomach to the small intestines?
⩥Chyme. Answer: what is food called once it is in the small intestines?
⩥Peristalsis. Answer: chyme is propelled along its course by rhythmical
smooth muscle contraction called?
⩥Small Intestines. Answer: where does the greatest amount of digestion
take place?
⩥Liver. Answer: what produces bile?
⩥Bile. Answer: what is an emulsifying agent.
⩥Emulsifier. Answer: a substance that reduces large fat droplets into
much smaller fat droplets.
⩥Bile. Answer: this enables the lipase enzyme to digest fat into small
absorbable units.
⩥Villi. Answer: what are finger-like projections that increases the
absorption area for digestion?
, ⩥Stomatitis. Answer: inflammation of the mouth (oral or buccal cavity)
which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue, roof and floor of the
mouth.
⩥Stomatitis. Answer: causes of __________:
- mechanical trauma - chewing or peeling
- extreme temperature - drinking beverages that are too hot; eating hot
pizza can burn the roof of your mouth
- chemical injury - exposure to heavy metals such as mercury
- infections from pathogens: common cold; gonorrhea; measles;
leukemia; AIDS
⩥Candida Albicans. Answer: fungus that causes thrush.
⩥Herpes Simplex l. Answer: viral infections seen with cold sores and
fever blisters.
⩥Treponema Pallidum. Answer: the causative agent of syphilis, can lead
to inflammatory lesions, refered to as mucous patches, in the mouth
during the secondary stage of the disease.
⩥Mouth. Answer: these organisms cause inflammation of the _______
- candida albicans
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL CERTIFICATION
ASSESSMENT 2026 DETAILED QUESTIONS
WITH PRECISE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥Mouth. Answer: where does digestion begin?
⩥Chewing. Answer: what is the mechanical breakdown of food?
⩥Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestines, Large Intestines.
Answer: what are the organs of the digestive tract?
⩥Teeth, Tongue, Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas. Answer: what are the
accessory organs of the digestive tract?
⩥Stomach. Answer: where does the digestion of large proteins begin?
⩥Regurgitation. Answer: what does the cardiac sphincter prevent?
⩥Cardiac Sphincter. Answer: what prevents regurgitation?
,⩥Pyloric. Answer: what is the name of the sphincter that food passes
through the stomach to the small intestines?
⩥Chyme. Answer: what is food called once it is in the small intestines?
⩥Peristalsis. Answer: chyme is propelled along its course by rhythmical
smooth muscle contraction called?
⩥Small Intestines. Answer: where does the greatest amount of digestion
take place?
⩥Liver. Answer: what produces bile?
⩥Bile. Answer: what is an emulsifying agent.
⩥Emulsifier. Answer: a substance that reduces large fat droplets into
much smaller fat droplets.
⩥Bile. Answer: this enables the lipase enzyme to digest fat into small
absorbable units.
⩥Villi. Answer: what are finger-like projections that increases the
absorption area for digestion?
, ⩥Stomatitis. Answer: inflammation of the mouth (oral or buccal cavity)
which may involve the cheeks, gums, tongue, roof and floor of the
mouth.
⩥Stomatitis. Answer: causes of __________:
- mechanical trauma - chewing or peeling
- extreme temperature - drinking beverages that are too hot; eating hot
pizza can burn the roof of your mouth
- chemical injury - exposure to heavy metals such as mercury
- infections from pathogens: common cold; gonorrhea; measles;
leukemia; AIDS
⩥Candida Albicans. Answer: fungus that causes thrush.
⩥Herpes Simplex l. Answer: viral infections seen with cold sores and
fever blisters.
⩥Treponema Pallidum. Answer: the causative agent of syphilis, can lead
to inflammatory lesions, refered to as mucous patches, in the mouth
during the secondary stage of the disease.
⩥Mouth. Answer: these organisms cause inflammation of the _______
- candida albicans
