PATH 1000 LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔resistance or adaptation stage - ✔✔requires continued mobilization of the body's
resources to cope and overcome challenge
✔✔exhaustion stage - ✔✔the third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened
resistance and possible deterioration. Marks onset of disease.
✔✔reactive response - ✔✔physiologic response derived from psychologic stressors
✔✔anticipatory response - ✔✔PTSD. Fear.
✔✔Cancer - ✔✔tumours in tissue
✔✔tumours - ✔✔abnormal proliferation of cells, either benign or malignant.
✔✔neoplasm - ✔✔new growth of tissue
✔✔carcinoma - ✔✔a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of
the internal organs.
✔✔adenocarcinoma - ✔✔a cancer that forms in mucous secreting glands in the body
✔✔sarcoma - ✔✔cancer of connective tissues (bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, and
hematopoietic tissues).
✔✔lymphoma - ✔✔cancer that begins in infection fighting cells called lymphocytes
, ✔✔Leukemia - ✔✔a cancer of the bodies blood-forming tissues including bone marrow
and the lymphatic system
✔✔benign tumor - ✔✔does not spread to surrounding healthy tissue or other parts of
the body
✔✔malignant tumor - ✔✔progressed and spreads
✔✔Oncogenes - ✔✔caner cells mutated and over expressed
✔✔Tumour suppressor genes - ✔✔regulate cell cycle. Inhibits proliferation resulting
from growth signals, stop cell division, and prevent mutations
✔✔Angiogenesis - ✔✔major component of wound healing, process of establishing new
blood vessels within the tissue undergoing repair
✔✔metastasis - ✔✔The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site
✔✔clinical manifestations of cancer - ✔✔pain, fatigue, anorexia, malabsorption, altered
heart and liver function, taste alterations, anemia, infection, hairless (alopecia), oral
ulcers, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
✔✔Treatment of cancer - ✔✔chemotherapy, radiation, surgery
✔✔Induction chemotherapy - ✔✔shrinkage or disappearance of tumours
✔✔adjuvant chemo - ✔✔Chemo in addition to surgical incision
✔✔neoadjuvant therapy - ✔✔given before surgery or radiation
✔✔ Pathology - ✔✔The study of changes in the body
✔✔Pathogenesis - ✔✔Development of a disease
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔Cause or set of causes related to disease
✔✔Idiopathic - ✔✔Disease arises spontaneously, cause is unknown
✔✔Iatrogenic - ✔✔Disease or illness caused by medical trea or examination
✔✔Epidemic - ✔✔Widespread occurrence of disease in a community at a particular
time
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔resistance or adaptation stage - ✔✔requires continued mobilization of the body's
resources to cope and overcome challenge
✔✔exhaustion stage - ✔✔the third stage of the GAS, characterized by weakened
resistance and possible deterioration. Marks onset of disease.
✔✔reactive response - ✔✔physiologic response derived from psychologic stressors
✔✔anticipatory response - ✔✔PTSD. Fear.
✔✔Cancer - ✔✔tumours in tissue
✔✔tumours - ✔✔abnormal proliferation of cells, either benign or malignant.
✔✔neoplasm - ✔✔new growth of tissue
✔✔carcinoma - ✔✔a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of
the internal organs.
✔✔adenocarcinoma - ✔✔a cancer that forms in mucous secreting glands in the body
✔✔sarcoma - ✔✔cancer of connective tissues (bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, and
hematopoietic tissues).
✔✔lymphoma - ✔✔cancer that begins in infection fighting cells called lymphocytes
, ✔✔Leukemia - ✔✔a cancer of the bodies blood-forming tissues including bone marrow
and the lymphatic system
✔✔benign tumor - ✔✔does not spread to surrounding healthy tissue or other parts of
the body
✔✔malignant tumor - ✔✔progressed and spreads
✔✔Oncogenes - ✔✔caner cells mutated and over expressed
✔✔Tumour suppressor genes - ✔✔regulate cell cycle. Inhibits proliferation resulting
from growth signals, stop cell division, and prevent mutations
✔✔Angiogenesis - ✔✔major component of wound healing, process of establishing new
blood vessels within the tissue undergoing repair
✔✔metastasis - ✔✔The spread of cancer cells beyond their original site
✔✔clinical manifestations of cancer - ✔✔pain, fatigue, anorexia, malabsorption, altered
heart and liver function, taste alterations, anemia, infection, hairless (alopecia), oral
ulcers, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
✔✔Treatment of cancer - ✔✔chemotherapy, radiation, surgery
✔✔Induction chemotherapy - ✔✔shrinkage or disappearance of tumours
✔✔adjuvant chemo - ✔✔Chemo in addition to surgical incision
✔✔neoadjuvant therapy - ✔✔given before surgery or radiation
✔✔ Pathology - ✔✔The study of changes in the body
✔✔Pathogenesis - ✔✔Development of a disease
✔✔Etiology - ✔✔Cause or set of causes related to disease
✔✔Idiopathic - ✔✔Disease arises spontaneously, cause is unknown
✔✔Iatrogenic - ✔✔Disease or illness caused by medical trea or examination
✔✔Epidemic - ✔✔Widespread occurrence of disease in a community at a particular
time
