Midterm Practice #3

Question 1

The following are criteria for RA except?

Answer 1

The presence of rheumatoid nodule on the palm of the hand

Question 2

A patient is presenting with back pain. The pain is located at the level of the sacroiliac joint. What is the likely diagnosis?

Answer 2

Osteoporosis

Question 3

A patient is complaining of joint pain. Blood work shows the presence of ANA (anti-nuclear antibodies). This arthritis is most likely?

Answer 3

SLE arthritis

Question 4

Disease most likely related to HLA B 27?

Answer 4

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Question 5

Due to trauma to the leg, the artery that supplies blood to the knee is ruptured and the knee is deprived of blood. Pathological condition that most likely strikes this knee if left untreated?

Answer 5

Osteonecrosis

Question 6

Immune complex deposition is the pathogenesis of?

Answer 6

SLE arthritis

Question 7

Initial pathology of osteoarthritis?

Answer 7

Deterioration of joint cartilage

Question 8

An overweight and obese person is at risk of developing?

Answer 8

Osteoarthritis

Question 9

Structure with the highest collagen fiber concentration?

Answer 9

Bone

Question 10

Pathology in osteogenesis imperfecta?

Answer 10

Defective synthesis of bone matrix

Question 11

Hormone regulating the function of osteoclasts?

Answer 11

Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)

Question 12

The knee joint is a type of ?

Answer 12

Diarthrose

Question 13

Intervertebral joint is lined with?

Answer 13

Fibrocartilage

Question 14

Type of joint that does not move at all?

Answer 14

Synostose

Question 15

A patient has a broken arm. A cast is made for promoting the healing process. On the way home he starts to feel numbness and paresthesia of the fingers. What should you do?

Answer 15

Get back to the doctor’s

Question 16

Pathogenesis of Legg-Calve-Perthes?

Answer 16

Necrosis of the head of the femur

Question 17

Pathological change in osteomalacia

Answer 17

Loss of minerals

Question 18

Defective synthesis of bone matrix is seen in a baby born with?

Answer 18

Multiple bone fractures

Question 19

Bone pain, muscle weakness, and bone deformities are clinical manifestations of?

Answer 19

Osteomalacia

Question 20

Tumor caused by an increase in osteoclast activity?

Answer 20

Giant cell tumor

Question 21

Specific x-ray picture of osteosarcoma?

Answer 21

Codman’s triangle

Question 22

An increase in hydroxproline in the urine may indicate?

Answer 22

Paget’s disease

Question 23

The following tumors strike mostly young people less than 30 years old except?

Answer 23

Chondrosarcoma

Question 24

“Bamboo spine” picture is found on the x-rays of patients suffering of?

Answer 24

Ankylosing sporadylitic

Question 25

Type of fracture that is most difficult to heal?

Answer 25

Comminuted