Exam 1: Questions from Lab 1

Question 1

True or False: a description can include medical terminology

Answer 1

False.

A description needs to use simple words, as if describing to someone who has no medical background

Question 2

What are examples of things that can cause red color?

Answer 2

necrosis
hemorrhage
congestion (deep red)

Question 3

What are examples of things that can cause black color?

Answer 3

necrosis (black red)
pseudomelanosis
melanin

Question 4

What is the most common tumor in dogs that could cause small black masses on the brain?

Answer 4

metastasis of hermangiosarcoma

Question 5

What is the most common tumor in cats that could cause small black masses on the brain?

Answer 5

metastasis of pulmonary carcinoma

Question 6

What species of animals have melanosis in the meninges of their brain?

Answer 6

sheep, goats and cattle

Question 7

Is there melanin in the brain normally?

Answer 7

NO

Question 8

What are examples of things that can cause white or tan abnormalities?

Answer 8

White blood cells
Ischemia/ischemic necrosis
fibrin/fibrosis
Fat/lipid
calcification/mineralization

Question 9

What’s the difference between diffusely and diffuse? when would you use each?

Answer 9

Diffusely is when it affects part of the structure (multifocal to coalescing)

diffuse is when it affects the entire structure

Question 10

What is White Muscle Disease caused by? What animals is it prevalent in? What happens as a result of this disease?

Answer 10

caused by selenium/vitamin E deficiency
primarily in sheep
The lack of antioxidants causes the tissue to undergo necrosis (mineralization) to try to protect itself from oxidation