Definitions

Question 1

Endogenous pigment

Answer 1

pigments produced within the body

Question 2

Exogenous pigments

Answer 2

pigments formed externally and then taken into the body through various routes

Question 3

Hematogenous pigment

Answer 3

pigment derived from the blood

Question 4

Anthracotic pigment

Answer 4

an accumulation of carbon from inhaled industrial pollution, cigarette smoke, or coal dust. The pigment is seen most frequently in the lungs or lymph nodes from that area

Question 5

Endogenous pigment

Answer 5

Pigments produced within the body

Question 6

Mineral

Answer 6

metallic and non -metallic ions necessary for growth and other bodily functions

Question 7

Argentaffin

Answer 7

a reaction in which certain tissue components have the ability to bind or be impregnated with silver ions and then reduce the silver to its metallic form

Question 8

Argyrophilic

Answer 8

the ability to bind to or be impregnated with silver ions; however, a reducing agent is required to reduce the silver to its visible metallic form