Master Pathology Subspecialties: 75 Flashcards from Frozen Sections to Telepathology
Learn pathology subspecialties with 75 real flashcards: anatomical vs clinical pathology, histopathology, renal and pulmonary biopsies, molecular tools.
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Pathology is the only medical specialty where the patient is a glass slide. Learning it means learning two things at once: who does the examining, and with what technique. The Pathology: Organ System Pathology deck (code NE5872, 75 cards) is built exactly along that axis — subspecialty by subspecialty, from dermatopathology to phytopathology, with the diagnostic procedure attached to each organ.
Study this deck: Pathology: Organ System Pathology
1 / 10Anatomical pathology
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The map before the details
Every card fits into one of three layers. Layer one: the two divisions of practice — anatomical pathology (diagnosis from gross, microscopic, immunologic and molecular examination of tissue) and clinical pathology (diagnosis from laboratory analysis of blood, urine and fluids). Practising both together is general pathology. Layer two: the organ subspecialties. Layer three: the technique each one uses to get tissue out of the patient. Learn the layers in that order and the 75 cards collapse into a single tree.
Core cards to anchor first
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| Two main divisions of medical pathology practice | Anatomical pathology and clinical pathology |
| Surgical pathology | Gross and microscopic examination of surgical specimens and biopsies to diagnose disease and guide treatment |
| Histopathology | Microscopic examination of tissue sections processed and stained on glass slides |
| Formalin | A fixative that stabilizes tissue and prevents decay after removal from the body |
| Frozen section | A rapid technique for examining tissue during surgery to give an immediate diagnosis |
| Forensic pathology | Determining cause of death by post-mortem examination, often in criminal investigations |
| Hematopathology | The study of diseases of blood cells and the hematopoietic system |
| Glomerulus | The filtering unit of the kidney, a capillary tuft where blood filtration begins |
| In situ hybridization | Labeled DNA or RNA probes used to detect specific sequences in tissue sections or cells |
| Telepathology | Technology enabling remote pathology consultation between pathologists |
The full vocabulary you will pick up
Autopsy, dermatopathology, skin biopsy, epidermal nerve fiber density testing, neuropathology, pulmonary pathology, bronchoscopic transbronchial biopsy, renal pathology, percutaneous renal biopsy, interstitium, nephrologist, bone marrow biopsy, erythroblast, erythroleukemia, multinucleated cells, chromatin, cytocentrifugation, molecular pathology, qPCR, DNA sequencing, molecular pathological epidemiology, oral and maxillofacial pathology, odontogenic lesions, geographic tongue, gastric polyp, gross examination, gross pathology, electron microscopy, micrograph, melanoma, integumentary system, cardiac amyloidosis, arteriovenous malformation, coronal section, polycystic kidney disease, miliary tuberculosis, pleura, coroner, medical examiner, toxicology, infiltrate, CT-guided biopsy, interventional radiology, video-assisted thoracic surgery, stereotactic surgery, endoscopy, ultrasound, radiology, pathology informatics, digital pathology, LIMS, veterinary pathology, phytopathology, tobacco mosaic virus, zoonotic disease and psychopathology.
Two techniques that work on this deck
Pair every organ with its sampling procedure. Kidney goes with percutaneous renal biopsy, lung with bronchoscopic transbronchial biopsy, blood with bone marrow biopsy, skin with punch biopsy and ENFD testing, brain with stereotactic surgery. Reviewing organ and procedure as a pair halves the number of facts you actually have to hold, and it mirrors how the material is used clinically.
Watch the -pathology suffix trap. The deck deliberately includes phytopathology (plant disease), veterinary pathology and psychopathology alongside the medical subspecialties. Sort those three into their own pile early, or they will contaminate your recall of neuropathology and hematopathology on exam day.
For every instrument card — formalin, electron microscopy, cytocentrifugation — answer "what would I miss without it?" Exams rarely ask what a technique is; they ask what it reveals.
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