General Pathology C Flashcards
Lysosomes may become quite prominent for a number of reasons. One is the need for removal of particles brought into the cell by the process called:
a.Autophagy
b.Heterophagy
c.Pinocytosis
d.Exocytosis
Heterophagy
Which of the following is a degenerative lesion?
a.Lipoma
b.Pneumonia
c.Nephrosis
d.Mastitis
Nephrosis
This is the most common and most important response to cellular injuries of all types including mechanical, anoxic, toxic, lipid peroxidation, viral, bacterial, and immune mechanisms.
a.Swelling
b.Inclusion bodies
c.Hyalinization
d.Calcification
Swelling
This is also called ballooning degeneration.
a.Cloudy swelling
b.Hydropic degeneration
c.Fatty degeneration
d.Hyaline droplet degeneration
Hydropic degeneration
The best-known location of fatty degeneration is the:
a.Heart
b.Brain
c.Liver
d.Kidneys
Liver
This is a term used to describe the change from normal to variable degrees of smooth eosinophilic appearance in the microscopic examination of tissue.
a.Hyalinized
b.Fibrinoid
c.Amyloid
d.Granulomatous
Hyalinized
Xanthomatosis which results from massive accumulation of lipids in macrophages is common in which species?
a.Avian
b.Mammalian
c.Reptilian
d.Amphibian
Avian
Calcium in tissues stains _____ with hemotoxylin- eosin.
a.blue
b.black
c.pink
d.green
Blue
The term calcinosis is used to describe extensive _____ calcification.
a.Dystrophic
b.Metastatic
c.Idiopathic
d.Pathologic
Metastatic
This refers to the condensation of the nuclear chromatin into a dark, round, homogenous mass smaller than a normal nucleus.
a.Karyolysis
b.Karyorrhexis
c.Pyknosis
d.Apoptosis
Pyknosis
The following are gross indications of necrosis except:
a.Softening of tissues
b.Definite demarcation between necrotic and viable tissue
c.Dark-colored tissues
d.Presence of a pattern of the lesion
Dark-colored tissues
This type of necrosis is manifested by loss of recognizable architecture.
a.Caseation
b.Coagulation
c.Liquefactive necrosis
d.Fat necrosis
Caseation
On a cut surface, there are hard white gritty lumps.
a.Fat necrosis
b.Liquefactive necrosis
c.Coagulation
d.Caseation
Fat necrosis
The types of gangrene are based on:
a.Color
b.Availability of fluid
c.Severity
d.Pattern
Availability of fluid
This refers to the gradual cooling of the body after death.
a.Rigor mortis
b.Algor mortis
c.Imbibation
d.Livor mortis
Algor mortis
Anthracosis occurs as a result of inhalation of:
a.Carbon compounds
b.Silica particles
c.Pollen grains
d.Asbestos fibers
Carbon compounds
This pigment is found as yellowish-brown granules in the cytoplasm of affected parenchymal cells.
a.Ceroid
b.Lipofuscin
c.Melanin
d.Hemosiderin
Lipofuscin
Iron stains ____ in Prussian blue stain.
a.red
b.brown
c.black
d.blue
Blue
Heart failure cells are actually:
a.Cardiomyocytes
b.Fibroblasts
c.Alveolar macrophages
d.Endothelial cells
Alveolar macrophages
This pigment is very common as ‘formalin pigment’ when unbuffered formalin is used for fixation.
a.Hematin
b.Hemosiderin
c.Bilirubin
d.Hemoglobin
Hematin