The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well established is referred to as:
Subclinical
True or
... [Show More] False: When the Cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic
True
Cancer grading is based on
Cell Differentiation
A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis but is not yet demonstrating signs of this disease. This stage of illness is called the ________
Latent Stage
Breast cancer in women who have the breast cancer gene
occurs at an earlier age
Metaplasia is:
the replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
Which is not normally secreted in response to stress?
Insulin
After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-lowering medication. This is an example of:
Tertiary Prevention
Extreme cold injures cells by all the following except
decreased blood viscosity
The effect of excessive cortisol production include
immune supression
A patient with metastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for surival. Which response is correct?
Lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis.
Liquefactive
Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in
Permanent damage and death
Of the statements below, the accurate statement regarding nutrition and cellular health is
Deficient cellular uptake by one cell type may contribute to excess nutrient delivery to other cell types.
Coagulative necrosis is caused by
interrupted blood supply
The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is
Dysplasia
The cellular response indicative of injury because of faulty metabolism is:
intracellular accumulations
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and are mediated by
norepinephrine
Indicators that an individual is experiencing high stress include all of the following except:
pupil constriction
After bronchoscopy and histologic examination of a suspected tumor, your patient is diagnosed with primary bronchial carcinoma. Thus, the tumor is:
malignant
The most common tumor-supressor gene defect identified in cancer cells is:
P53
True or False: In general, a cancer cell that is more tissue-specific differentiated is more likely to be aggressive
False
Apostosis is a process that results in cellular ___________
Death
A 17-year old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes meningitis. This is an example of:
Primary prevention
A disease that is native to a particular region is called
endemic
Allostasis is best defined as:
the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival and well-being
C.Q. was recently exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently developed a pharyngeal infection. His clinic examination reveals an oral temperature of 102.3F, skin rash, dysphagia, and reddened throat mucosa with multiple pustules. He complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint stiffness. A throat culture is positive for Streptococcus, and antibiotics have been prescribed. The etiology of C.Q.'s disease is:
Streptococcal infection
An increase in organ size and function due to increased workload is termed
hypertrophy
All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except
necrosis
Carbon monoxide injuries cells by
reducing oxygen levels on hemoglobin
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct response is which of the following?
It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread. [Show Less]