1staidmicro151-200 Flashcards
- Which of the following is TRUE of coronary
artery disease?
A. Increased blood flow to myocardium.
B. Increased oxygen and nutrients to
myocardium.
C. Hypotension is a risk factor.
D. The classic symptom is angina.
E. Ischemia is a rare consequence of it.
D. The classic symptom is angina.
- Each of the following is seen in a patient with
a myocardial infarct EXCEPT
A. pain radiating to the right arm.
B. sweating.
C. ECG changes.
D. angina.
E. leakage of cardiac enzymes
A. pain radiating to the right arm.
- Which of the following definitions is correctly
matched to its form of angina?
A. Stable angina → intermittent chest pain
at rest
B. Prinzmetal angina → vasospasm
C. Prinzmetal angina → most common type
D. Unstable angina → most common type
E. Stable angina → precipitated by exertion
E. Stable angina → precipitated by exertion
A 70-year-old male patient presents for endodontic therapy. He mentions to you that he is a 30 packyear smoker since he was 20 years of age. While in your chair, he demonstrates labored breathing and when he coughs, it seems dry and nonproductive.
The patient shows you a note from his physician stating that he has an increased total lung capacity, increased residual volume, and decreased FEV1/
FVC.
- Which of the following diseases do you suspect
this patient has?
A. Chronic bronchitis
B. Asthma
C. Emphysema
D. Pneumonia
E. Tuberculosis
C. Emphysema
- Asthma is precipitated by each of the following
mechanism EXCEPT
A. increased sympathetic stimulation.
B. cox inhibitors.
C. direct bronchodilator release.
D. increased vagal stimulation.
E. type I hypersensitivity reaction.
A. increased sympathetic stimulation.
- The term “blue bloater” is given to patients
stricken with which of the following conditions?
A. Emphysema
B. Asthma
C. Chronic bronchitis
D. Pneumonia
E. Bronchiectasis
C. Chronic bronchitis
- Each of the following is a possible complication
of chronic bronchitis EXCEPT
A. peripheral edema.
B. chronic productive cough.
C. right ventricular overload.
D. noncaseating granulomas.
E. bronchogenic carcinoma.
D. noncaseating granulomas.
- Each of the following is a mechanism of airway
obstruction EXCEPT
A. increased elastic recoil.
B. increased mucous.
C. airway hyperreactivity.
D. increased elastic recoil.
E. none of the above.
D. increased elastic recoil.
- Which of the following is TRUELY matched with its definition?
A. Precipitation →ABO blood typing
B. Radioimmunoassay → detection of antigen
in histologic section
C. Immunofluorescence → detection of
serum antigen
D. Agglutination → antibody cross-linking
with soluble antigen
E. ELISA → substrate-activated enzyme
reaction labeling antigen-antibody
complex
E. ELISA → substrate-activated enzyme
reaction labeling antigen-antibody
complex
- Which of the following is TRUE of T cells?
A. TH-1 cells secrete IL-4 and -5.
B. CD8 lymphocytes respond to class II
MHC proteins.
C. Memory T cells do not respond to
reexposure.
D. TH-2 cells signal B cells to differentiate
into plasma cells.
E. CD4 lymphocytes are considered cytotoxic
lymphocytes
D. TH-2 cells signal B cells to differentiate
into plasma cells.
- Tissue regeneration occurs in each of the following
EXCEPT
A. liver.
B. cartilage.
C. skeletal muscle.
D. bone.
E. intestinal mucosa.
C. skeletal muscle.
- Which of the following is TRUE of histamine
function?
A. Causes vasodilation.
B. Causes bronchodilation.
C. It has no effect in type I hypersensitivity
reactions.
D. It is secreted by leukocytes.
E. It activates complement.
A. Causes vasodilation.
- Regarding inflammatory mediators, each of
the following is correctly matched up with its
precursor EXCEPT
A. serotonin → tryptophan.
B. complement protein → hepatocytes.
C. nitric oxide → histidine.
D. bradykinin → kininogen.
E. leukotrienes → arachidonic acid.
C. nitric oxide → histidine.
- TGF-β is secreted by each of the following
EXCEPT
A. monocytes.
B. fibroblasts.
C. T cells.
D. B cells.
E. macrophages
B. fibroblasts.
- Each of the following is part of the cellular
stage of acute inflammation EXCEPT
A. diapedesis.
B. margination.
C. chemotaxis.
D. vasodilation.
E. adhesion.
D. vasodilation.
- Which of the following is TRUE of subgingival
plaque?
A. It is located coronal to the gingival
margin.
B. It is not affected by diet and saliva.
C. It is predominately gram-positive facultative
cocci.
D. The calculus it forms is due to saliva.
E. It does not attach to gingival epithelial
sources.
B. It is not affected by diet and saliva.
- Which of the following is TRUE of bacteriophages?
A. There are three pathways of replication.
B. The lytic cycle includes a prophage.
C. The host cell is not destroyed in the lysogenic
cycle.
D. They are viruses.
E. DNA is incorporated into the host-cell
chromosome in the lytic cycle.
C. The host cell is not destroyed in the lysogenic
cycle.
- Which of the following cannot be prevented
with a vaccine?
A. Infectious mononucleosis
B. Primary varicella
C. Smallpox
D. Hepatitis B
E. Hepatocellular carcinoma
A. Infectious mononucleosis
- Each of the following is true of human
immunodeficiency virus EXCEPT
A. it contains only one strand of RNA.
B. gp120 mediates attachment to CD4.
C. gp41 mediates fusion to the host cell.
D. p24 and p7 combine to form the
nucleocapsid.
E. it contains reverse transcriptase
A. it contains only one strand of RNA.
- Which of the following is TRUE of
cephalosporins?
A. They inhibit protein synthesis.
B. They contain beta lactam rings.
C. They are bacteriostatic.
D. There is only one generation of the drug
available.
E. There is 90% cross-hypersensitivity with
penicillins
B. They contain beta lactam rings.