formative 1- pathology Flashcards
What is the name of the main effector cell in acute inflammation?
neutrophil polymorph
What is the name of the cells that produce collagen in fibrous scarring?
fibroblasts
Which of the following is an example of acute inflammation?
a) Glandular fever
b) Leprosy
c) Appendicitis
d) Tuberculosis
c) Appendicitis
In which one of the following does granulomatous inflammation occur?
a) Crohn’s disease
b) Acute appendicitis
c) Infectious mononucleosis
d) Lobar pneumonia
a) Crohn’s disease
Which one of the following is a chronic inflammatory process from its start?
a) Appendicitis
b) Cholecystitis
c) Infectious mononucleosis
d) Lobar pneumonia
c) Infectious mononucleosis
Which one of the following is an example of hyperplasia?
a) Bodybuilder’s biceps
b) Enlarged left ventricle
c) Benign prostate enlargement
d) Wasting of quadriceps after immobilisation
c) Benign prostate enlargement
Which one of the following is not an example of apoptosis?
a) Loss of cells from tips of duodenal villi
b) Loss of cells during embryogenesis
c) Renal infarction
d) Graft versus host disease
c) Renal infarction
Which one of the following is an example of atrophy?
a) Biceps of a body builder
b) Uterus in pregnancy
c) Brain in dementia
d) Prostate in older age
c) Brain in dementia
What is the pattern of differentiation of metaplastic cells lining of the bronchi of cigarette smokers?
Ciliated columnar epithelium to squamous- metaplasia
Which one of the following is an example of necrosis?
a) Loss of cells from duodenal tips
b) Loss of individual cells in graft versus host disease
c) Loss of individual cells during development
d) Renal infarction
d) Renal infarction
What process is defined by the formation of a solid mass of blood constituents within an intact vascular system during life?
Thrombosis
Name a drug that inhibits platelet aggregation?
Aspirin
