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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY HOSA TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2026.
Pathology - correct answer- the study of disease
Pathophysiology - correct answer- study of the physiology of
disease
Syndrome - correct answer- a concurrence of symptoms that
appear in a disease state or morbid process
Disease - correct answer- absence of balance of the
homeostatic state that normally exists in the body
Hypertrophy - correct answer- increased size of cell or organ
unrelated to tumor
Atrophy - correct answer- wasting of tissues, organ or the entire
body
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Dysplasia - correct answer- tissue with cells of varying size and
shape
Hyperplasia - correct answer- increase number of cells
Metaplasia - correct answer- one mature cell replaced by
different mature cell
Lesion - correct answer- circumscribed (definite area)
pathologic change in the tissues
Ischemia - correct answer- local anemia due to mechanical
obstruction of vessel
Infarction - correct answer- area of necrosis (dead tissue)
resulting from local arrest or sudden insufficiency of arterial or
venous blood.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY HOSA TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 2026.
Pathology - correct answer- the study of disease
Pathophysiology - correct answer- study of the physiology of
disease
Syndrome - correct answer- a concurrence of symptoms that
appear in a disease state or morbid process
Disease - correct answer- absence of balance of the
homeostatic state that normally exists in the body
Hypertrophy - correct answer- increased size of cell or organ
unrelated to tumor
Atrophy - correct answer- wasting of tissues, organ or the entire
body
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Dysplasia - correct answer- tissue with cells of varying size and
shape
Hyperplasia - correct answer- increase number of cells
Metaplasia - correct answer- one mature cell replaced by
different mature cell
Lesion - correct answer- circumscribed (definite area)
pathologic change in the tissues
Ischemia - correct answer- local anemia due to mechanical
obstruction of vessel
Infarction - correct answer- area of necrosis (dead tissue)
resulting from local arrest or sudden insufficiency of arterial or
venous blood.
