Exam 1

Question 1

What pathways is blocked by anti-inflammatory drugs - NSAIDs?

Answer 1

Cyclo-oxygenase

Question 2

What type of inflammation is a physiological normal process?

Answer 2

Acute

Question 3

Infiltrate of what cells is most characteristic in chronic inflammation?

Answer 3

Lymphocytes

Question 4

Which is always an inflammatory fluid?

Answer 4

exudate

Question 5

A patient with cancer goes to Dr. and finds a 4cm mass palpated in the right breast which is fixed to chest wall, another 2 cm mass palpable in the axilla, and a chest x-ray shows 2 cm nodules in both lungs. What is the stage of this disease?

Answer 5

T3
N1
M1

Question 6

29 y/o promiscuous female with dysplastic, low grade cervical squamous without lymphatic nodular involvement. Which of the following is the correct course of treatment?

Answer 6

Surgical excision

Question 7

Which one of the following can infect host DNA and RNA resulting in cell mutation?

Answer 7

virus

Question 8

What processes are responsible for several normal cellular events including programmed cell destruction?

Answer 8

Apoptosis

Question 9

Increased fullness and size in breast size and lactation in pregnant lady indicates what?

Answer 9

hyperplasia and hypertrophy

Question 10

Unilateral renal agenesis indicates what?

Answer 10

aplasia

Question 11

Increase in size of an organ or tissue due to increase in the number of cells indicates what?

Answer 11

hyperplasia

Question 12

True or False

Chemotherapy interrupts the cell cycle.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False

Hyperplasia refers to increase in number of cells in an organ or tissue.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False

Transudate is edema fluid from increased vascular permeability as a result of inflammation.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

_______ is stored within the granules of platelets.

Answer 15

Histamine

Question 16

True or False

Monocytes are referred to as macrophages or histocytes

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What is proof of malignant tumor?

Answer 17

metastasis

Question 18

Which one is more common, acute inflammation or chronic inflammation?

Answer 18

Acute

Question 19

Does acute inflammation increase or decrease body temperature?

Answer 19

Increases

Question 20

True or False

Hypertrophy result of normal physiological or abnormal pathological conditions

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What is the most important feature of TNM classification?

Answer 21

M

Question 22

Is lymphoma a benign or malignant cancer?

Answer 22

malignant

Question 23

Is lipoma is a benign or malignant cancer?

Answer 23

benign

Question 24

Which one of the following tumors has a better prognosis?

a. T3 N0 M0
b. T1 N1 M0
c. T4 N0 M0
d. T1 N1 M1

Answer 24

A

Question 25

Which one of the following features belongs to benign cancer?

Answer 25

Good cellular differentiation

Question 26

Which one of the following inflammatory processes occurs first in acute inflammation?

Answer 26

Edema

Question 27

Where is the location of acute inflammation?

Answer 27

Venules and venular portion of the capillary loop

Question 28

Unidirectional margination of leukocytes is referred to as… (choose 2)

Answer 28

Chemotaxis and Margination

Question 29

What refers to the process by which leukocytes migrate to their target cell?

Answer 29

Diapedesis

Question 30

What is the most active WBC during first 24 hours of acute inflammation

Answer 30

Neutrophils

Question 31

Which one of the following characteristics does not describe benign cells

Answer 31

Poorly differentiated