PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Define homeostasis
Answer: The purposeful maintenance of a stable internal environment.
●● What are the aspects of the disease process?
Answer: Definition, Etiology, Pathogenesis, Morphologic changes,
Clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, Clinical course, Prognosis
●● Define stress
Answer: A state manifested by symptoms that arise from the coordinated
activation of the neuroendocrine and immune systems
●● Factors that affect adaptation to stress
Answer: *Age
*Health Status
*Psychosocial Resources
*Availability of adaptive responses and ability of the body to select the
most appropriate response
,●● What is the first stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Alarm
●● What is the second stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Resistance
●● What is the third stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Exhaustion
●● Define cellular adaptation
Answer: Cells adapting to changes in the internal environment
●● What is a decrease in cell size?
Answer: Atrophy
●● What is an increase in cell size?
Answer: Hypertrophy
●● What is an increase in the number of cells?
Answer: Hyperplasia
●● What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?
, Answer: Metaplasia
●● What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?
Answer: Dysplasia
●● What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?
Answer: Anaplasia
●● What are causes of cellular injury?
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances
●● What is apoptosis?
Answer: Programmed cell death
●● What is necrosis?
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person