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HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (2025/ 2026)
QS & AS|GRADE A|100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Electrodesiccation - ANS ✓Tissue is destroyed by burning with an electric spark.
Erythema - ANS ✓redness or inflammation of the skin produced by capillary
congestion
Exudate - ANS ✓fluid, cells, or cellular debris that have oozed into the tissue
because of injury or swelling
Exudative - ANS ✓fluid, cells, or cellular debris that have oozed into the tissue
because of injury or swelling
Fissure - ANS ✓a crack or groove on a surface
Keratolytic - ANS ✓substance that causes shedding of the skin
Keratosis - ANS ✓a skin lesion where there is overgrowth and thickening of a
cornifield epithelium
Nevus - ANS ✓(mole) circumscribed skin lesion due to excess melanocytes
Papule - ANS ✓a circular area on the skin that is reddened and elevated
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Plaques - ANS ✓mounds of fat, mixed with minerals, that build up along artery
walls in atherosclerosis.
Sebaceous - ANS ✓Oil glands of the skin.
Vesicle - ANS ✓a small, blister like elevation of the skin containing clear fluid
Vesicular - ANS ✓Breath sounds: found over most of lung tissue. Found over lung
periphery. Low pitched, soft breezy sound.
Wheal - ANS ✓a smooth, round, elevated area of the skin with red edges and a
white centre, usually accompanied by itching; hives
Avulsion - ANS ✓separation of a body part by tearing
Bursae - ANS ✓A closed sac lined with a synovial membrane and filled with fluid,
usually found in areas subject to friction, such as where a tendon passes over a
bone.
Calcitonin - ANS ✓A hormone produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland that
decreases serum calcium levels. It targets the bones (stimulates osteoblasts), the
kidneys (reduces calcium reabsorption), and the small intestine (decreases
calcium absorption).
Crepitation - ANS ✓dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing
together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction
Fascia - ANS ✓a fiberous membrane that covers, separates, and supports the
muscles
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Haematopoiesis - ANS ✓pertaining to the production and development of blood
cells or a substance that stimulates their production
Meniscus - ANS ✓Fibrocartilage pad located between articular surfaces; acts as a
shock absorber, and stabilizes the joint
Metatarsophalangeal - ANS ✓pertaining to the metatarsus and phalanges of the
toes
Ossification - ANS ✓the development of bone
Osteogenesis - ANS ✓the formation of bone tissue
Synovial - ANS ✓pertaining to a lubrication fluid around a joint, bursa, and
tendon sheath
Tenorrhaphy - ANS ✓suturing of a tendon
Adenocarcinoma - ANS ✓a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
Anastomosis - ANS ✓the surgical or pathologic connection between two vessels
or tubular structures
Antiemetic - ANS ✓a medication that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
Aphthous ulcers - ANS ✓recurrent painful canker sores in the mouth
Ascites - ANS ✓abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of serous fluid
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HOSA
HOSA PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (2025/ 2026)
QS & AS|GRADE A|100% CORRECT
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Electrodesiccation - ANS ✓Tissue is destroyed by burning with an electric spark.
Erythema - ANS ✓redness or inflammation of the skin produced by capillary
congestion
Exudate - ANS ✓fluid, cells, or cellular debris that have oozed into the tissue
because of injury or swelling
Exudative - ANS ✓fluid, cells, or cellular debris that have oozed into the tissue
because of injury or swelling
Fissure - ANS ✓a crack or groove on a surface
Keratolytic - ANS ✓substance that causes shedding of the skin
Keratosis - ANS ✓a skin lesion where there is overgrowth and thickening of a
cornifield epithelium
Nevus - ANS ✓(mole) circumscribed skin lesion due to excess melanocytes
Papule - ANS ✓a circular area on the skin that is reddened and elevated
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Plaques - ANS ✓mounds of fat, mixed with minerals, that build up along artery
walls in atherosclerosis.
Sebaceous - ANS ✓Oil glands of the skin.
Vesicle - ANS ✓a small, blister like elevation of the skin containing clear fluid
Vesicular - ANS ✓Breath sounds: found over most of lung tissue. Found over lung
periphery. Low pitched, soft breezy sound.
Wheal - ANS ✓a smooth, round, elevated area of the skin with red edges and a
white centre, usually accompanied by itching; hives
Avulsion - ANS ✓separation of a body part by tearing
Bursae - ANS ✓A closed sac lined with a synovial membrane and filled with fluid,
usually found in areas subject to friction, such as where a tendon passes over a
bone.
Calcitonin - ANS ✓A hormone produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland that
decreases serum calcium levels. It targets the bones (stimulates osteoblasts), the
kidneys (reduces calcium reabsorption), and the small intestine (decreases
calcium absorption).
Crepitation - ANS ✓dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing
together, indicating a fracture or joint destruction
Fascia - ANS ✓a fiberous membrane that covers, separates, and supports the
muscles
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Haematopoiesis - ANS ✓pertaining to the production and development of blood
cells or a substance that stimulates their production
Meniscus - ANS ✓Fibrocartilage pad located between articular surfaces; acts as a
shock absorber, and stabilizes the joint
Metatarsophalangeal - ANS ✓pertaining to the metatarsus and phalanges of the
toes
Ossification - ANS ✓the development of bone
Osteogenesis - ANS ✓the formation of bone tissue
Synovial - ANS ✓pertaining to a lubrication fluid around a joint, bursa, and
tendon sheath
Tenorrhaphy - ANS ✓suturing of a tendon
Adenocarcinoma - ANS ✓a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
Anastomosis - ANS ✓the surgical or pathologic connection between two vessels
or tubular structures
Antiemetic - ANS ✓a medication that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
Aphthous ulcers - ANS ✓recurrent painful canker sores in the mouth
Ascites - ANS ✓abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of serous fluid
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