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NBCE Boards Part 1 – Pathology UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Types of Degeneration - Correct Answer- 1. Calcification 2. Caseous 3. Cloudy swelling 4. Coagulation 5. Enzymatic 6. Fatty 7. Liquefaction 8. Wallerian 9. Zenker's Metastatic calcification is calcification of ...

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NBCE Boards Part 1 – Pathology
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers

Types of Degeneration - Correct Answer- 1. Calcification
2. Caseous
3. Cloudy swelling
4. Coagulation
5. Enzymatic
6. Fatty
7. Liquefaction
8. Wallerian
9. Zenker's


Metastatic calcification is calcification of _________. - Correct Answer- Normal tissue
(Hypervitaminosis D, Estrogen therapy)


Dystrophic calcification is calcification of ___________. - Correct Answer-
Abnormal/damaged tissues
(Atherosclerosis/atheroma, damage to T. Media)


caseous degeneration is characteristic of ______. - Correct Answer- Tuberculosis


Cloudy Swelling - Correct Answer- Albuminous
Membrane injured = affects ionic transfer


Coagulation degeneration is characteristic in _______. - Correct Answer- MI infarction


Enzymatic degeneration is common in _______. - Correct Answer- Pancreas

,(Pancreatic enzymes begin self-digesting)


Fatty degeneration occurs in the ________ & _________. - Correct Answer- Liver
Heart


Fatty degeneration of liver - Correct Answer- Nutmeg liver


Fatty degeneration of heart - Correct Answer- Tabby Cat heart


Fatty streak causes an ___________, then further a __________. - Correct Answer- Atheroma
Fibroatheroma (fibrous tissue, Ca+)


Liquefactive necrosis occurs in _______ & ________. - Correct Answer- brain (brain melts -
tertiary syphilis & leprosy - bacterial infections)
Skin (if from infection)


Wallerian degeneration occurs when _____________. - Correct Answer- A Peripheral nerve
is cut or crushed & degenerates to the next node of ranvier "dying back"


Zenker's (Waxy) degeneration - Correct Answer- Hyaline cartilage replaces muscle
*most common in skeletal mm


Nuclear fading - Correct Answer- Karyolysis


Nuclear fragmentation - Correct Answer- Karyorrhexis


Nuclear condensation/shrinkage - Correct Answer- Pyknosis


Absence of an organ (usually a paired one) - Correct Answer- Agenesis


Small remnants of organ present (lack of development) - Correct Answer- Aplasia

,Organ smaller & defective - Correct Answer- Hypoplasia


Decrease in size, most often in mm - Correct Answer- Atrophy


Increase in size, as in mm with exercise - Correct Answer- Hypertrophy


Increase in number of cells (pregnant uterus, goiter) - Correct Answer- Hyperplasia


Changes from one cell type to another, just as the pseudostratified ciliated columnar
epithelium changes to stratified squamous in a smoker's lungs. - Correct Answer- Metaplasia


Change in size, shape or fx of a cell, often a sign of precancerous cells, but is the last stage
that can revert back to normal - Correct Answer- Dysplasia


Complete disorganization of a cell, like a cancerous cell. - Correct Answer- Anaplasia


Type I collagen examples - Correct Answer- Bone
Muscle
Tendons
LIgaments


Type 2 collagen examples - Correct Answer- Nucleus pulposus of disc


Type 3 collagen examples - Correct Answer- Reticular collagen
Spleen & Lymph nodes
Early wound healing


Type 4 collagen examples - Correct Answer- Basement membrane


Pneumoconoisis - Correct Answer- Inhalation & deposition of dust particles of lungs

, Silicosis causes - Correct Answer- Sand
Rock
Glass
(Rocky Quarry dz)


Asbestosis causes - Correct Answer- Asbestos
Leads to mesothelioma


Siderosis causes - Correct Answer- Iron dust


Byssinosis causes - Correct Answer- Cotton dust
(Brown lung)


Anthracosis causes - Correct Answer- Miner's lung
Black lung dz
Caplan's syndrome = RA + anthracosis


Histomycosis/Histoplasmosis - Correct Answer- Endemic fungus
Ohio/Mississippi Valley Fever


Coccidiomycosis - Correct Answer- Endemic fungus in Southwestern deserts
San Joaquin Valley


Blastomycosis - Correct Answer- Endemic fungus on Eastern seaboard


Asthma sputum analysis yields __________ or __________. - Correct Answer- Curschmann's
spirals
Charcot Leyden crystals

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