PATH 222 EXAM 2025 | ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
Which of the following are common sites of metastasis in cancer?
a) liver
b) kidney
c) heart
d) lungs
e) brain ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------liver & lungs
What causes alopecia/hair loss in cancer? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------Damage of the epithelial cells
What causes enlarged prostate gland in BPH ---------CORRECT ANSWER-
----------------- hyperplasia of prostatic tissue, nodules around the urethra
What causes dribbling in BPH? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
compression of the urethra
What causes frequency or urinating in BPH? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------- incomplete emptying of bladder
What is Cerebral Palsy? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
changes in brain tissue or neural damage of the cortical motor tracts
- damage is non progressive
- before, during, after birth
,What is the etiology of cerebral palsy? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------- hypoxia & ischemia are the major causes of brain damage
- placental complications/ difficulty delivery
- vascular occlusion
- hemorrhage - bleeding
- aspiration/ respiratory impairment in the premature infant
- high bilirubin levels (Rh incompatibility); kernicterus (brain damage cause
by bilirubin)
- metabolic abnormalities (hypoglycaemia in mother/child)
What is the Moro Reflex? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
spreading out of the arms (adduction)
- crying
- reaction from something loud or abrupt
Briefly explain the pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus Erythrmatosus (SLE)
---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------ immune system produces self
antigen antibodies
- autoantibodies attack self antigens
- immune complexes deposit anywhere in the body
- immune complexes = inflammation, vasculitis
- necrosis = tissue destruction
What type of fracture results from a weakness in the bone structure due to
a tumour or osteoporosis?
a) Pathologic
b) Colles'
c) Depressed
d) Impacted
e) Stress ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a) Pathologic
, Fibroblasts lay down collagen fibers to come to the area of fracture. True or
False ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True - Fibroblasts
What will create cartilage in the second stage of bone healing?
a) fibroblasts
b) phagocytes
c) osteoblasts
d) chondroblasts ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) chondroblasts
what stage of bone healing occurs when phagocytes, fibroblasts, and
chondroblasts come into play?
a) Hematoma Formation
b) Granulation Tissue
c) Procallus
d) Bony Callus
e) Remodelling ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b) Granulation
Tissue
In this stage of bone healing, there is osteoblastic & osteoclastic activity &
excess bones removed. What stage is this?
a) Hematoma Formation
b) Granulation Tissue
c) Procallus
d) Bony callus
e) Remodelling ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e) Remodelling
What is a compartment syndrome as a complication of a fracture? Select
all that applies.
a) swelling of muscles
b) overriding of the bone pieces
c) edema increasing after trauma and casting
CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | NEWEST EXAM
Which of the following are common sites of metastasis in cancer?
a) liver
b) kidney
c) heart
d) lungs
e) brain ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------liver & lungs
What causes alopecia/hair loss in cancer? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----
------------Damage of the epithelial cells
What causes enlarged prostate gland in BPH ---------CORRECT ANSWER-
----------------- hyperplasia of prostatic tissue, nodules around the urethra
What causes dribbling in BPH? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
compression of the urethra
What causes frequency or urinating in BPH? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------- incomplete emptying of bladder
What is Cerebral Palsy? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
changes in brain tissue or neural damage of the cortical motor tracts
- damage is non progressive
- before, during, after birth
,What is the etiology of cerebral palsy? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------- hypoxia & ischemia are the major causes of brain damage
- placental complications/ difficulty delivery
- vascular occlusion
- hemorrhage - bleeding
- aspiration/ respiratory impairment in the premature infant
- high bilirubin levels (Rh incompatibility); kernicterus (brain damage cause
by bilirubin)
- metabolic abnormalities (hypoglycaemia in mother/child)
What is the Moro Reflex? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
spreading out of the arms (adduction)
- crying
- reaction from something loud or abrupt
Briefly explain the pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus Erythrmatosus (SLE)
---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------ immune system produces self
antigen antibodies
- autoantibodies attack self antigens
- immune complexes deposit anywhere in the body
- immune complexes = inflammation, vasculitis
- necrosis = tissue destruction
What type of fracture results from a weakness in the bone structure due to
a tumour or osteoporosis?
a) Pathologic
b) Colles'
c) Depressed
d) Impacted
e) Stress ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a) Pathologic
, Fibroblasts lay down collagen fibers to come to the area of fracture. True or
False ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True - Fibroblasts
What will create cartilage in the second stage of bone healing?
a) fibroblasts
b) phagocytes
c) osteoblasts
d) chondroblasts ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------d) chondroblasts
what stage of bone healing occurs when phagocytes, fibroblasts, and
chondroblasts come into play?
a) Hematoma Formation
b) Granulation Tissue
c) Procallus
d) Bony Callus
e) Remodelling ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------b) Granulation
Tissue
In this stage of bone healing, there is osteoblastic & osteoclastic activity &
excess bones removed. What stage is this?
a) Hematoma Formation
b) Granulation Tissue
c) Procallus
d) Bony callus
e) Remodelling ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------e) Remodelling
What is a compartment syndrome as a complication of a fracture? Select
all that applies.
a) swelling of muscles
b) overriding of the bone pieces
c) edema increasing after trauma and casting
