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HOSA Pathophysiology Exam 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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HOSA Pathophysiology Exam 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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HOSA PathophysiologyAbrasion - ANS - A skin wound caused by scraping
Acidosis - ANS - pathologic disease resulting from an abnormal level of hydrogen ions
(decrease in pH)
Acyanotic - ANS - absence of a bluish appearance of the skin and mucous membranes
Adenocarcinoma - ANS - a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
Adenosarcoma - ANS - a cancerous gland like tumor such as wilms' tumor
Affect - ANS - Appearance of observable emotions
Agglutination - ANS - the clumping of antigens with antibodies or of the red blood cells from one
type of blood with the red blood cells of another type
Aggregation - ANS - the coming together of entities such as platelets, blood cells, or diseases
Amblyopia - ANS - reduced vision in an eye without a detectable organic lesion
Amenorrhea - ANS - Absence of menstruation
Amniocentesis - ANS - taking a fluid sample between the 15th and the 16th week of pregnancy
to diagnose congenital anomalies
Amyloid - ANS - a waxy, starchlike protein that tends to build up in tissues and organs in certain
pathologic conditions
Analgesic or Analgesia - ANS - relief of pain
Anastomosis - ANS - the surgical or pathologic connection between two vessels or tubular
structures
Anecephalic - ANS - No cranial vault and little cerebral tissue
Angioplasty - ANS - repair of a narrowed blood vessel through surgery or other angiographic
procedures
Anhedonia - ANS - An inability to experience pleasure
, Anosmia - ANS - impatient or loss of smell
Anthracosis - ANS - A lung disease caused by inhalation of coal dust. It is also called
coal-miner's lung or black lung.
Anticholinesterase - ANS - any enzyme that counteracts in the presence of choline esters
Antiemetic - ANS - a medication that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
Antipyretic - ANS - a drug or treatment that reduces or relieves fever
Antiseptic - ANS - a substance that inhibits the growth of microorganisms
Aphasia - ANS - a nerve defect that results in loss of speech
Aphonia - ANS - inability to produce normal speech sounds or loss of voice
Aphthous ulcers - ANS - recurrent painful canker sores in the mouth
Arteriosclerosis - ANS - Hardening of the arteries
Asbestosis - ANS - Respiratory disease brough or by inhaling abbestos fibers
Ascites - ANS - abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of serous fluid
Aspiration - ANS - drawing in or out by suction
Asystole - ANS - the absence of contractions of the heart; cardiac standstill
Ataxic - ANS - uncoordinated gait associated with pathology of the central nervous system
Atherosclerosis - ANS - A condition in which an artery wall hardens and thickens due to plaque
buildup.
Aura - ANS - a sensation or phenomenon that signals the onset of an epileptic seizure or a
migraine
Autism - ANS - A disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication,
social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind.
Autoimmune - ANS - an immune response resulting in the presence of self-antigens or
auto-antigens of certain body cells
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