ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZZES
Question 1: After sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet seronegative for
months.
Question 2:
... [Show More] Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis?
Question 3: Which statement about vaccines is true?
Question 4: Cells in may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiviral drugs.
Question 5: Which statement is true about fungal infections?
Question 6: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide? Question 7: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of
Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?
Question 9: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?
Question 10: A person with type O blood is likely to have high titers of anti- antibodies.
Question 11: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n)
Question 12: In which primary immune deficiency is there a partial to complete absence of T-cell immunity?
Question 13: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
Question 14: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to Question 15: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)? Question 16: Stress-age syndrome results in decreased
Question 17: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and is not successful.
Question 18: Inherited mutations that predispose to cancer are almost invariably what kind of gene?
Question 19: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?
Question 20: Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively?
Question 21: Cells from a muscle tumor show a reduced ability to form new muscle and appear highly disorganized. This is an example of
Question 22: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?
Question 23: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?
Question 24: Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney?
Question 25: What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?
Question 1: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of
Question 2: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of Question 3: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia? Question 4: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting
Question 5: The underlying disorder of anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.
Question 6: Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
Question 7: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
Question 8: Which of the following is a description consistent with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)? [Show Less]