AAMI GEN 311 INTRO TO PATHOLOGY COMP REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026

AAMI GEN 311 INTRO TO PATHOLOGY COMP REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 degeneration - Answer -regressive tissue change characterized by swelling of cells and chemical changes within the cells cytoplasm changes due to degeneration leads to - Answer -the appearance w/in the cell of substances normally absent or normally present in very small to undetectable amounts form of degeneration cloudy swelling - Answer -most common and least damaging type of degeneration cloudy swelling is seen in most - Answer -infections burn malnutrition shock cloudy swelling involves organs - Answer -liver kidneys cloudy swelling does not often effect the - Answer -heartwith cloudy swelling the - Answer -cells appear swollen opaque cloudy fatty degeneration or steatosis - Answer -abnormal accumulation of fat or lipid w/in the cell most common organ affected by fatty degeneration or steatosis - Answer -liver alcoholism is the most common form of - Answer -etiology (cause of fatty degeneration/steatosis) other common causes for fatty degeneration or steatosis - Answer - starvation heavy metal poisoning chronic passive congestion prolonged fevers anoxia (lack of sufficient oxygen for normal function) anoxia - Answer -lack of sufficient oxygen for normal function grossly fatty liver is - Answer -yellow soft greasy with a fatty liver the microscope shows - Answer -individual cells with the normally pink cytoplasm all buy cleared out by fat giving the cells and empty appearancefatty degeneration or steatosis change is potentially - Answer -reversible but may progress to scarring and cirrhosis if the source of damage is not addressed amyloid disease - Answer -waxy starch like amyloid disease is a disease - Answer -which a waxy starch like glycoprotein accumulates in tissues and organs impairing their function amyloid is formed - Answer -in the body and deposited in various organs deposition of waxy starch like substance can be - Answer -wide spread depending on the specific disease process and in