Key Terminology & Definitions - Pathology II

Question 1

Ranula

Answer 1

Cystic distention of salivary duct along the base of the tongue, lined by epithelium, contains thick mucus or serous fluid

Question 2

Sialocele

Answer 2

Salivary secretion accumulates in cavities not lined by epithelium, suspected to be due to trauma, under the tongue or elsewhere

Question 3

Sessile lesion

Answer 3

Premalignant flat, broad-based polyp

Question 4

Joilocytes

Answer 4

Big, swollen epithelial cells in keratinising layers (viral change associated with epithelium

Question 5

Pedunculated

Answer 5

Narrow stalk where starburst attaches down to rest of tissue around it

Question 6

Stroma

Answer 6

Connective tissue below surface of an organ

Question 7

Odontogenic epithelial stem cells

Answer 7

Cells involved in teeth development

Question 8

Palisade (histo)

Answer 8

A single layer of relatively long cells, arranged loosely perpendicular to a surface and parallel to each other

Question 9

Epulis

Answer 9

Tumour-like masses on the gingiva

Question 10

Hamartoma

Answer 10

Normal tissue you expect to be there but it is too big/there is too much

Question 11

Polyps

Answer 11

Tissue growths that look like stalks/small flat bumps

Question 12

Pars oesophagea

Answer 12

Top part of stomach

Question 13

Zymogen granules

Answer 13

Specialised storage organelles in exocrine pancreas