Pathology Basic Terminologies Quiz
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What is the term used to describe the initiating cause of a disease?

  • Pathogenesis
  • Symptoms
  • Eponymous disease
  • Aetiology (correct)

    • According to Virchow, why are individuals sick?

  • Due to symptoms
  • Their cells are sick (correct)
  • Because of lesions
  • As a result of complications

    • Which term refers to the sequence of molecular, biochemical, and cellular events leading to the development of a disease?

  • Syndrome
  • Lesion
  • Prognosis
  • Pathogenesis (correct)

    • What does 'pathological manifestation' refer to?

    <p>Gross or macroscopic changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the basic terminologies of pathology?

    <p>Morality and mortality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes a feature that can be recognized with the naked eye in pathology?

    <p>Gross or macroscopic changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes a disease or lesion named after a person or a place?

    <p>Eponym</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term refers to the anticipated course of a disease in terms of cure, remission, or fate of the patient?

    <p>Prognosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do you call a characteristic change in tissues and cells produced by disease in an individual or experimental animal?

    <p>Lesions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term represents an aggregate of signs and symptoms or combination of lesions without which the disease is not diagnosed?

    <p>Syndromes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Philadelphia chromosome - t(9:22) in CML' is an example of what term?

    <p>Medical eponym</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Wegeners granulomatosis' is also known by which other name?

    <p>Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between primary and secondary diseases?

    <p>Primary diseases represent complications of another disease, while secondary diseases do not.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes morbidity from mortality?

    <p>Morbidity is the sum of effects of a disease on a patient, while mortality is the end result of death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of remission and relapse, what does remission refer to?

    <p>The process of conversion of active disease to quiescence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can acute diseases be characterized compared to chronic diseases?

    <p>Acute diseases are commonly fatal, while chronic diseases may follow an acute condition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What sets benign neoplasms apart from malignant neoplasms?

    <p>Benign neoplasms are rarely fatal, while malignant neoplasms are commonly fatal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of symptoms and signs, what typically characterizes symptoms?

    <p>Symptoms are the functional implications of a lesion felt by the patient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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