PATHOLOGY FOR FUNERAL DIRECTING EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Anasarca - correct answer dropsicle edema, generalized massive edema Ascites - correct answer edema of the abdominal cavity Hydrothorax - correct answer edema of the chest cavity Hydropericardium - correct answer edema around the heart Hydrocele - correct answer edema of the testicles Amelia - correct answer congenital absence of one or more limbs Infarction - correct answer necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying it Infection - correct answer the state or condition in which the body or a part of the body is invaded by a pathogenic agent, that under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects. Infiltration - correct answer the process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present. Inflammation - correct answer a tissue reaction to irritation, infection or injury marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain,and sometimes loss of function. Cardinal signs and symptoms of inflammation - correct answer Heat calor, redness rubor, swelling tumor, pain dolor, altered function Swelling - correct answer increased number of white blood cells, increased permeability of capillaries, allowing blood to move into tissue. Pain - correct answer pressure from increased blood supply to area Amyloid disease - correct