Midterm-question style Flashcards
Which of the following do cancer cells not have?
Contact inhibition
Mechanisms for glycolysis
Enhanced glucose consumption
Proliferation unless anchored.
Conact inhibition
The most significant cause of complications and death in cancer patients is:
Infection
GIB
Anorexia & Malnutrition
Hypercoagulable disorders
Infection
Your patient asks “why does smoking increase my risk for folic acid deficiency”? You respond that:
Impacts the brain’s ability to store folic acid
Causes nausea and decreased appetite thereby decreasing dietary intake
Smoking decreases the amount of vitamin C absorption
Causes small vessel disease and vasodilation
Decreases Vit C absoption
Your patient injured his spinal cord by diving into a shallow lake. He is able to self- transfer to a wheelchair and can use his shoulder and extend his wrist but has no finger control. At what level of the spinal cord do you suspect damage?
The level of his spinal cord injury would be estimated near C6.
The portions of the nervous system responsible for the sensation and perception of pain include:
-Afferent pathways
-Brainstem
-Midbrain
Which of the following best describes efferent pathways:
Carry sensory information away from the CNS
A 23 y/o female patient is evaluated by a nurse practitioner for epistaxis and bleeding gums x 1 week. She states that she recently had symptoms of the flu but is otherwise healthy. She is afebrile with normal vital signs.
Exam reveals petechial rash on her arms and legs. Her exam is otherwise normal and without hepatosplenomegaly. Laboratory studies reveal platelet count of 38,000/mm3 and a prolonged bleeding time. CBC and peripheral smear are otherwise unremarkable. Which of the following is the most common cause of thrombocytopenia?
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Which of the following is FALSE concerning cytokines?
A.Regulate innate immunity resistance by affecting other neighboring cells. They are pro-inflammatory as their one source of functionality
B.Includes interleukins, interferons, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
C. Includes interleukins which are produced primarily by macrophages and lymphocytes in response to a microorganisms or stimulation by other products of inflammation
D. Protects against viral infections by being produced and released by virally infected host cells and do not directly kill viruses but prevent them from infecting healthy cells. They are referred to as interferons
A
Regulate innate immunity resistance by affecting other neighboring cells. They are pro-inflammatory as their one source of functionality
Which of the following are NOT examples of a plasma protein response of innate immunity?
A cell mediated system response that provides a mechanical barrier against invading pathogens that is a concurrent activated system and involves biochemical mediators for defense
