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Antracosis is seen mainly in the lung which may be gray or mottled in colour. The bronchial nodes may be black, particularly the medullary regions where particles are held in the sinusoidal macrophages
True
Haemorrhage is?
The escape of blood from the vascular compartment
Passive congestion causes the blood accumulation in dilated capillaries and venules, and the tissue appears blue because of the poorly oxygenated blood; such dark area is descried as melanotic
True
Eosinophils are usually prominent in certain stages of reactions to pyogenic bacterial infections
False
!Mostly Neutrophils!
In atrophic rhinitis, grossly, there is atrophy of the turbinate and sometimes other bones of the nasal area and sinuses, as well as irregular hypertrophy of some areas as a secondary response
True
Aquired atelectasis occurs in several ways: Compression atelectasis, Atrophic atelectasis, Congestive atelectasis, Hypostatic atelectasis
False
!Compression,obstruction, congestive, hypostatic!
Small accumulations of air, which can be several milllimeters in diameter, are called bullae, or bullous emphysema
False
!Large accumulation of air and several centimeters in diameter!
Two anatomical forms of myocardial hypertrophy are recognised: eccentric and atrophic
False
!Eccentric and concentric!
The nutritional deficiencies - myopathies- are principally those of zinc and vitamin D
False
!Selenium, Vitamin E!
Mineralization of endocardium occurs alone with vitamin D toxicosis and as a result of intoxication by carcinogenic plants that contain vitamin D analouges
True