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Fundamentals of Pathology: Disease, Health, and Historical Perspectives

Fundamentals Of Pathology: Disease, Health, And Historical Perspectives

Explore the fundamentals of cellular responses to stress, injury, and adaptation in this focused assessment. Key areas include understanding types of cell damage, mechanisms of injury, and adaptive cellular changes, essential for...

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 13 | Last updated: Aug 4, 2025

Sample Question 1
What does pathology refer to?

The study of ancient civilizations

The study of plant genetics

The scientific study of diseases, or structural and functional abnormalities axpressed as diseases of organs and systems

The study of weather patterns

Sample Question 2
What is the origin of the word 'pathology'?

English: Patho = surgical procedure.

Latin: Pathus = disease, illness.

Greek: Pathos = suffering, inspiring pity

French: Pathé = medical science.

Sample Question 3
What is a disease?

A type of plant

A form of exercise

A common cold

Dis-ease, a distrubance of the structre or function of the body giveing rise to ill health and illness causing pain and interference with ability to work, play and socialise