2013 patho Flashcards

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1
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What’s the most common cause of cardiogenic shock?

a. Cardiomyopathy
b. Myocardial Infarction

A

b. Myocardial Infarction

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Which one of the following is responsible for pain

a. Prostaglandin
b. Histamine
c. Serotonin
d. Bradykinin
e. A and D

A

e. A and D

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3
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Which one of the following is a direct mutagen to our DNA

a. Chemotaxis
b. IL-6 cytokines
c. IL-1 cytokines
d. ROS

A

d. ROS

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4
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Which gene is affected in chronic myeloid leukemia

a. BRCA1 gene
b. BCR gene
c. BRCA2 gene

A

b. BCR gene

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5
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A heavy smoker was found to have his lung epithelia in a stratified squamous arrangement instead of columnar. Which of the following occurred

a. Metaplasia
b. Dysplasia
c. Anaplasia
d. Neoplasia

A

a. Metaplasia

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A patient was experiencing bone loss. Which is deficient

a. Vitamin a
b. Vitamin b
c. Vitamin c
d. Vitamin d

A

d. Vitamin d

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A baby was born underweight. The doctors kept him in an incubator with 50% of oxygen. The baby developed vision loss. This occurred due to what

a. Congenital disease
b. Iatrogenic disease
c. Vitamin deficiencies

A

b. Iatrogenic disease

too much oxygen in the blood may also lead to problems in the brain and eye

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A student was hyperventilating due to exams and was then rushed into the ER, his blood PH was 7.5. This is most likely due to what?

a. Respiratory alkalosis
b. Respiratory Acidosis
c. Metabolick alkalosis
d. Metabolic acidosis

A

a. Respiratory alkalosis

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9
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Which of the following binds to copper in ganglia?

a. Ceruloplasmin
b. Haptoglobin
c. Tannin

A

a. Ceruloplasmin

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10
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Which organ can regenerate

a. Bones
b. Kidney
c. Brain

A

b. Kidney

its regeneration is limited

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MI patient died and they found his heart to be necrotic. Which type of necrosis is that?

a. Caseating
b. Coagulative
c. Liquefactive

A

b. Coagulative

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12
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Which is present in LDL

a. B 100
b. B 48

A

a. B 100

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13
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Which one mostly dilates in inflammation?

a. Venules
b. Arterioles
c. Veins
d. Arteries

A

a. Venules

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14
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Which of the following is an example of a tumor cell suppressor defect?

a. familial adenomatous polyposis
b. retinoblastoma

A

b. retinoblastoma

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15
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Which has low sensitivity to radiation?

a. Bone marrow
b. Bone

A

b. Bone

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Which of the following is primary amyloidosis

a. Rheumatoid arthritis
b. Multiple myeloma
c. Familial Mediterranean fever

A

b. Multiple myeloma

17
Q

Which gene is involved in ovarian cancer

a. BRCA2 gene
b. ABL gene
c. RB gene

A

a. BRCA2 gene

18
Q

Fatty liver is characteristic of what

a. Hepatitis
b. Kwashiorkor
c. marasmus

A

b. Kwashiorkor

19
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What are Psammoma bodies?

A

a form of dystrophic calcification

20
Q

What is involved in cancer?

a. high telomerase activity
b. low telomerase activity

A

a. high telomerase activity

21
Q

What is the primary cause of hypertriglyceremia

a. Highly active Lipase enzyme
b. Lipase deficiency

A

b. Lipase deficiency

22
Q

What differentiates the growth of bone from that of tissues?

A

Callus formation

23
Q

They took a blood sample from a patient and kept it in the cupboard for a day before investigating it. The next day they found it to be hypokalemic. What could be the reason?

A

Delayed sample

24
Q

Someone was diagnosed with ascites. What does that mean?

A

Effusion in peritoneum

abnormal buildup of fluid

25
Q

What binds free hemoglobin?

a. Hemopexin
b. Haptoglobin

A

b. Haptoglobin

26
Q

Pleomorphic hyperchromatic under a microscope describes

a. metaplasia
b. dysplasia

A

b. dysplasia

27
Q

T1n0m1 (Tumor staging question)

a. Small tumor with no lymph node involvement and has metastasized to one site
b. Small tumor with no lymph node involvement and has not metastasized

A

a. Small tumor with no lymph node involvement and has metastasized to one site

28
Q

What is found in brown heart atrophy

A

Lipofuscin

29
Q

Which benign tumor is not capsulated?

a. Lipoma
b. Adenoma
c. Hemangioma

A

c. Hemangioma

birthmark that appears like a bright red nodule of extra blood vessels in the skin

30
Q

Give an example of granulation tissue (caseating granuloma?)

A

Tb (I have no idea what this means, feel free to tell me)