Cell Injury Quiz Questions

Question 1

Cells are able to adapt to changes in work demands or threats to survival by changing their size, number, and type. T/F

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Apoptic cell death and necrotic cell death are both pathologic forms of cell death that is unregulated and invariable injurious to the cell organism. T/F

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Prolonged exposure to cold increases blood viscosity and induces vasoconstriction. T/F

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Gas gangrene is a special type of gangrene that results from infection of devitalized tissues by one of several species of Clostridium bacteria. T/F

Answer 4

True

Question 5

All mechanisms of cell injury (hypoxia, mechanical forces, extremes of temperature, electrical injuries, etc.) lead to irreversible cellular damage with cell destruction or death. T/F

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Atrophy is the increase in the size of a tissue organ resulting from an increase in the size of the individual cells or in the number of cells. T/F

Answer 6

False- Hypertrophy

Question 7

Dystrophic calcification involves the abnormal tissue deposition of calcium salts, together with smaller amounts of iron, magnesium, and other minerals in dead or dying tissue. T/F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Apoptosis is the term utilized for programmed cell death or cell suicide. T/F

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Necrosis refers to cell death in an organ or tissue that is still part of a living person. T/F

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Metaplasia represents an irreversible change in which one adult cell type is replaced by another adult cell type. T/F

Answer 10

False

Question 11

What causes cell death during an MI?

Answer 11

Lack of oxygen initiates cell death, lactic acid then builds up

Question 12

What causes the chest pain associated with an MI?

Answer 12

acute blockages of one of the coronary arteries causing insufficient supply of oxygen to blood. Nerves