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WorksheetsDegeneration Pathology Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the most common and least damaging type of degeneration?
Fatty Degeneration
Amyloid Disease
Cloudy Swelling
Calcification
Which organ is most often involved in cloudy swelling?
Liver
Kidneys
Heart
Lungs
What is the main cause of fatty degeneration?
Alcoholism
Malnutrition
Burns
Shock
Which organ is most commonly affected by fatty degeneration?
Liver
Kidneys
Heart
Lungs
What is the characteristic appearance of a fatty liver?
Yellow, soft, and greasy
Swollen, opaque, and cloudy
Waxy and starch-like
Gray-white and cheese-like
What is the main substance that accumulates in amyloid disease?
Fat
Calcium salts
Uric acid crystals
Waxy, starch-like glycoprotein
Which organs can be involved in amyloid disease?
Kidney, liver, spleen, adrenal glands
Lungs, heart, brain, stomach
Skin, eyes, nails, bones
Muscles, joints, blood vessels, nerves
What is the process of a substance passing into a cell and being deposited within the substance of a cell, tissue, or organ called?
Degeneration
Pigmentation
Infiltration
Regeneration
What is the term for an increase in the amount or irregular distribution of pigments in the body?
Exogenous pigmentation
Endogenous pigmentation
Calcification
Gout
Which pigment is responsible for the brownish/black color in the skin?
Carotene
Melanin
Bilirubin
Carbon
What is the accumulation of calcium salts in tissues called?
Cloudy Swelling
Fatty Degeneration
Amyloid Disease
Calcification
What is the disease of uric acid metabolism called?
Gout
Necrosis
Atrophy
Hyperplasia
What is the term for the pathological death of cells, tissues, or organs?
Cloudy Swelling
Fatty Degeneration
Amyloid Disease
Necrosis
What is the decrease in a body part or organ that was previously of normal size called?
Atrophy
Hypertrophy
Regeneration
Hyperplasia
What is the replacement of tissue by the exact same type of tissue called?
Physiological regeneration
Pathological regeneration
Hyperplasia
Regeneration
