INFLAMMATION

Question 1

The enzyme that directly metabolize arachidonic acid?

Answer 1

Lipooxygenase

Question 2

Intravascular force driving fluid out of the vasculature

Answer 2

Hydrostatic pressure

Question 3

Excess fluid in body cavities?

Answer 3

Effusion

Question 4

The enzyme target for non-steroid antiinflammatory drugs?

Answer 4

Cyclooxygenase

Question 5

Activator of macrophages derived from the outer cell membrane of gram-negative bacteria

Answer 5

Lipopolysaccharide

Question 6

Cell types that bind IgE molecules?

Answer 6

Mast cells and basophils

Question 7

Edema fluid with low protein contents

Answer 7

Transudate

Question 8

Activators of the alternative complement pathway?

Answer 8

Endotoxins

Question 9

Complement components of the membrane attack complex (MAC)?

Answer 9

C5b-9

Question 10

Not a phase of the acute inflammatory response?

Answer 10

Integration

Question 11

Edema fluid with high protein concentration

Answer 11

Exudate

Question 12

Type of inflammatory cells that secretes interleukin-1?

Answer 12

Monocyte/macrophage

Question 13

Factors recruiting leukocytes, especially neutrophils, from the vascular compartment into the injured tissue?

Answer 13

Chemotactic factors

Question 14

Type of exudate characterized by the absence of a prominent cellular response?

Answer 14

Serous exudate

Question 15

Earliest vascular response to mild skin injury?

Answer 15

Vasoconstriction of arterioles

Question 16

Emigration of leukocytes adherent to the vascular endothelium?

Answer 16

Diapedesis

Question 17

Disease caused by hereditary deficiency of NADPH oxidase

Answer 17

Chronic granulomatous disease

Question 18

Increased number of circulating leukocytes accompanying acute inflammation

Answer 18

Leukocytosis

Question 19

Adhesion molecules involved in leukocyte recruiment?

Answer 19

Immunoglobulins

Question 20

The enzyme that directly metabolize arachidonic acid?

Answer 20

Cyclooxygenase

Question 21

Type of serous exudate containing red blood cells

Answer 21

Serosanguinolent exudate

Question 22

Force that governs the flow of water due to differences in ion (salt) concentrations?

Answer 22

Osmotic pressure

Question 23

Activators of the alternative complement pathway

Answer 23

Viruses

Question 24

Major inflammatory mediator released by mast cells that causes increased vascular permeability?

Answer 24

Histamine

Question 25

Type of inflammation in which a purulent exudate is accompanied by significant tissue damage

Answer 25

Suppurative inflammation

Question 26

Reactive oxygen species that functions as endothelium-derived relaxing factor?

Answer 26

Nitric oxide