Chapter 19 - Metal Toxicology Flashcards
A property of metals of great toxicological significance is…
A. They all exhibit a U-shaped dose-response curve
B. They have no threshold for toxicity
C. They are less toxic as cations
D. They accumulate in the biosphere
D. They accumulate in the biosphere
A chemical property of elemental metals that makes them particularly troubling to biological systems is…
A. They are essentially non-biodegradable
B. They mostly convert to cations with +1 charge
C. They form insoluble salts
D. They form alloys
A. They are essentially non-biodegradable
All of the following are chemical ways that metals cause toxicity except…
A. Binding to sulfhydryl groups
B. Mimicry of essential metals
C. Acting as semiconductors and short-circuting nerve impulses
D. Acting as catalytic centers for redox reactors in the generation of ROS.
C. Acting as semiconductors and short-circuting nerve impulses
One drawback in using hair samples as a tissue to measure metal exposure is that…
A. Metals can be removed from hair by shampoo
B. Hair can be contaminated by external sources of metals
C. Workers who spend most of their day outside in cold weather will have less hair metal deposition compared to office workers
D. Older, graying hair has less reliable deposition rates than younger hair
B. Hair can be contaminated by external sources of metals
Many human metabolites of arsenic are…
A. Methylated
B. Sulfated
C. Glucuronidated
D. Acetylated
A. Methylated
A recent source of cadmium exposure is…
A. Batteries
B. Synthetic motor oil
C. Dental fillings
D. Crack cocaine
A. Batteries
The metal salt of lowest toxicological significance is…
A. Vanadium pentoxide
B. Titanium dioxide
C. Thallium sulfate
D. Uranyl chloride
B. Titanium dioxide
In occupationally exposed adult workers, OSHA standards require the maintenance of blood levels below…
A. 10 ug/dl
B. 20 ug/dl
C. 40 ug/dl
D. 80 ug/dl
C. 40 ug/dl
All of the following may result from lead toxicity to the kidney except…
A. Hypouricemia
B. Aminoaciduria
C. Glycosuria
D. Phosphaturia
A. Hypouricemia
Which of the following is least useful in a medical evaluation of a lead-exposed worker?
A. Blood pressure measurement
B. Blood lead level
C. Serum creatine phosphokinase
D. Microscopic urinalysis
C. Serum creatine phosphokinase
Alcohol intake may influence metal toxicity by all of the following except…
A. Altering diet
B. Induction of CYP450 2E1
C. Reduction of essential mineral intake
D. Altering hepatic iron deposition
B. Induction of CYP450 2E1
All of the following are adaptive responses to metal toxicity except…
A. Increased albumin synthesis
B. Lead-inclusion bodies
C. Overexpression of metallothionein
D. Metal-induced oxidative stress response
A. Increased albumin synthesis
Which of the following metal-medicinal use pairs is incorrect?
A. Platinum-cancer chemotherapy
B. Gold-arthritis
C. Aluminum-dementia
D. Lithium-mania
C. Aluminum-dementia
Environmental arsenic exposure occurs mainly through…
A. Industrial air pollution
B. Automobile exhaust
C. Cigarette smoke
D. Drinking water
D. Drinking water
A gas with a similar toxicologic effect to arsine is…
A. Chlorine
B. Ethane
C. Stibine
D. Ammonia
C. Stibine
The combination of nickel with carbon monoxide produces the respiratory tract toxicant…
A. Nickel carbonate
B. Phosgene
C. Stilbene
D. Nickel carbonyl
D. Nickel carbonyl
Fluorosis refers to symptoms secondary to excess fluoride intake in…
A. Liver and kidney
B. Heart and skeletal muscle
C. Teeth and bones
D. Central and peripheral nervous system
C. Teeth and bones
Acrodynia is a disease in children caused by exposure to…
A. Arsenic
B. Lead
C. Cadmium
D. Mercury
D. Mercury
Mercury is deposited in bodies of water and the atmosphere…
A. Through volcanic emissions
B. Through industrial emissions
C. Through rainwater
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Stainless steel welding exposes workers to all of the following except…
A. Chromium
B. Sulfur dioxide
C. Nickel
D. Manganese
B. Sulfur dioxide
Pigmentation of the skin and eyes is asso w/ prolonged exposure to…
A. Silver
B. Thallium
C. Germanium
D. Cesium
A. Silver
Selenium deficiency is asso w/ …
A. Seizures
B. Peripheral neuropathy
C. Cardiomyopathy
D. Renal failure
C. Cardiomyopathy
All of the following are asso w/ beryllium exposure except…
A. Lung cancer
B. Acute chemical pneumonitis
C. Chronic granulomatous disease
D. Peptic ulcer disease
D. Peptic ulcer disease
All of the following are true regarding mercury exposure except…
A. Sea mammals have higher levels than herbivorous fish
B. Drinking water is a significant source of exposure
C. Concentrations in marine life can be 80,000x higher than in surrounding water
D. Cooking fish does not lower the level of methylmercury.
B. Drinking water is a significant source of exposure
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Methylmercury does not cross the placenta
B. methylmercury is metabolized to mercuric ion by the placenta
C. Methylmercury is present in fetal brain at 50% of the conc. in the maternal blood
D. Methylmercury is present in the fetal brain at 5-7 times the conc. in maternal blood
D. Methylmercury is present in the fetal brain at 5-7 times the conc. in maternal blood
Which of the following metal-commercial product pairs is incorrect?
A. Ziconium-deoderants
B. Tungsten-detergents
C. Selenium-dandruff shampoos
D. Aluminum-antacids
B. Tungsten-detergents
A metal that substitutes for calcium in bone is…
A. Lithium
B. Cesium
C. Silver
D. Strontium
D. Strontium
Which of the following is considered a metalloid?
A. Beryllium
B. Bromine
C. Boron
D. Tungsten
C. Boron
Potassium deficiency can result from all of the following except…
A. Vomiting
B. Renal failure
C. Diarrhea
D. Diuretic use
B. Renal failure
All of the following are true regarding exposure of metallic sodium or potassium to air except…
A. Superoxides may form
B. Explosions can occur
C. Particles embedded in skin or eyes should be irrigated with large amts. of water
D. Dermal and ocular burns can lead to liquification necrosis
C. Particles embedded in skin or eyes should be irrigated with large amts. of water
Acute gastrointestinal symptoms with gastrointestinal hemorrhage followed by cardiovascular collapse, renal failure, jaundice and delayed peripheral neuropathy describes the acute toxicology of…
A. Mercury
B. Lead
C. Arsenic
D. Cadmium
C. Arsenic
Colicky abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, encephalopathy are asso w/ acute exposure to…
A. Inorganic mercury
B. Lead
C. Mercury vapor
D. Cadmium
B. Lead
All of the following are true of thallium except…
A. Toxicity may result from mimicking sodium ion
B. Prussian Blue is an antidote
C. It is one of the most toxic metals
D. Significant exposure can result in dermal, cardiac or neural toxicity
A. Toxicity may result from mimicking sodium ion
All of the following are true of the toxicity of tin except…
A. An outbreak of toxicity occurred in France during the 1950’s
B. Inorganic tin cmpds. can be relatively neurotoxic
C. Organic tin cmpds. can be very neurotoxic
D. Inorganic cmpds. are better absorbed than organic tin cmpds.
D. Inorganic cmpds. are better absorbed than organic tin cmpds.