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Prepare across the full BPS syllabus

Sharpen your pathology reasoning with expert-reviewed questions mapped to all 13 sections of the RCPA Basic Pathological Sciences syllabus, so revision stays focused on the exam in front of you.
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Every question includes a full referenced explanation, reviewed by topic experts, so you can highlight the details that matter and come back to them later.

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Multifactorial inheritance is the most common genetic aetiology of congenital malformations. This pattern involves the interaction of environmental influences with two or more genes of small effect. Common examples include cleft lip, cleft palate, and neural tube defects.

High-yield syllabus takeaways

Consolidate the mechanisms, definitions, and pathology principles that recur across the BPS syllabus.

Steatosis (fatty change) refers to abnormal accumulation of triglycerides within parenchymal cells, commonly seen in the liver, heart, muscle, and kidney.
Causes of steatosis include toxins, protein malnutrition, diabetes mellitus, obesity, anoxia, alcohol abuse, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Cholesterol accumulation in cells occurs in several pathologic processes including atherosclerosis, xanthomas, cholesterolosis, and Niemann-Pick disease type C.

Mock Exam

Know where you stand across the syllabus

Benchmark your preparation with a full-length Mock Exam blueprinted to all sections of the BPS curriculum.
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  • Detailed explanatory feedback, referenced and reviewed by experts
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Cohort comparisons

Compare your Mock Exam result with the wider cohort so you can see how your preparation is tracking.

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Performance breakdown

Review performance across BPS syllabus sections so you know where to focus your next revision block.

Performance Breakdown

  • 🫧 The cell as a unit of health and disease
  • 💥 Cell injury cell death and adaptations
  • 🔥 Inflammation and repair
  • 🩸 Haemodynamic disorders: thromboembolic disease and shock
  • 🧬 Genetic disorders
  • 🛡️ Diseases of the immune system

Complete explanations

Review every question with detailed explanatory feedback, references, and expert-reviewed pathology reasoning.

Failure of platelet adhesion to damaged endothelium
Vasculitis causing inflammation of blood vessels

The patient has petechiae (pinpoint haemorrhages 1-2 mm in size) due to severe thrombocytopenia. The pathophysiology involves failure of platelet adhesion to damaged endothelium. Normally, platelets rapidly seal minor defects in capillaries that occur from everyday minor trauma, particularly in skin and mucosal surfaces. With insufficient platelets, these minor capillary ruptures cannot be sealed, resulting in petechial haemorrhages.


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