Intro to path LU 1 - 4 Quizs # 3

any recognizable change in anatomy or structure of the tissues that can be caused by disease

• Lesion

• Tumor

• Cyst

• Inflammation

What is a yellow discoloration of the skin that one would get from eating large amounts of carotene containing food?

• Carotenemia

• Jaundice

• Cholestasis

• Xanthosis

a reduction or a decrease in the arterial blood flow or blood supply to a given part of the body.

• ischemia

• hyperemia

• anemia

• thrombosis

several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissues

• carbuncle

• abscess

• furuncle

• cellulitis

a hypersensitive immune response to a foreign substance

• allergy

• infection

• autoimmune disorder

• intolerance

a disease in which there is no known cause

• Idiopathic

• Genetic

• Acquired

• Infectious

The process of pus formation is called

• suppuration

• inflammation

• necrosis

• exudation

If a thrombus is only partially occluded or blocked, it is called a

 

• parietal thrombus

• complete thrombus

• venous thrombus

• arterial thrombus

the study of the cause or causation of a disease

• pathology

• etiology

• symptomatology

• diagnosis

an area of pus surrounded by inflammatory tissue, a localized accumulation of pus

• abscess

• cyst

• tumor

• lesion