Mock Exam Flashcards
All of the following are types of cells found in the CNS except?
a. Schwann
b. Ependymal Cells
c. Islet Cells
d. Endothelial cells
e. Histocytes
c. Islet Cells
Define the pathogenesis of a prion disease and give an example of one:
Pathogenesis = when abnormal forms of a cellular protein cause
transmissible neurodegenerative disorders
i. Ex: Mad Cow
A localized reduction of cessation of blood flow to a defined portion of the brain
is called what?
Focal Cerebral Ischemia
What causes multiple sclerosis?
Multiple areas of demyelination in the white matter of the brain and spinal
cord (CNS)
True or false? Individuals with sleep apnea have a 30% increased risk of mortality
and morbidity?
true
Concussion refers _______ and contusion refers to ________
a. Concussion refers to a clinical syndrome of altered consciousness
secondary to head injury
b. Contusion refers to a direct parenchymal injury of the brain
Which organs have very low tolerance to edema?
brain and lungs
Which of the following conditions is NOT a well-established risk factor for breast
cancer?
having a child
Most common benign neoplasm of the breast is
fibroadenoma
What % of men develop prostate cancer by the age of 80?
70%
Glomerulonephritis is usually caused by a retrograde infection in the
genitourinary tract. Pyelonephritis is an immune complex mediated disease
both false
switch them and they are correct.
What is the terminology used to describe an invagination of the small intestine
into itself leading to necrosis?
intussusception
Patients with Barrett’s esophagus are at risk of developing what?
adenocarcinoma
Oral Lesions associated with ulcerative colitis are known as
Pyostomatitis Vegetans
What terminology describes metastasis of an adenocarcinoma to the bilateral
ovaries
krunkenberg Tumor
What is the average lifespan of RBCs?
120 days
What radiographic term can be used to describe both sickle cell anemia
and thaessemia
hair on end
Sickle cell anemia occurs due to a substitution between which two amino acids?
valine and glutamic acid
Patients with Plummer-Vinson syndrome presents with which type of anemia?
Iron deficiency anemia
What anemia is considered an autoimmune disease?
hemolytic anemia
In a viral infection what type of white blood cell is usually elevated?
leukocytes
What immune deficiency is caused by having a pronounced decrease in the
number of neutrophils?
neutropenia
When presenting with oral manifestation, which leukemia has a predilection for
the gingiva
acute myelogenous leukemia
What Low grade lymphoma can be associated with patients with Sjogren
Syndrome
MALT lymphoma
Which high grade lymphoma has a predilection for the jawbone of children and is
associated with HHV4?
Burkitts lymphoma
Name one medication that prevents the ability of platelets to aggregate
Aspirin (maybe look up a list of these this was a FITB)
Name 3 different hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary
a. Growth hormone
b. Prolactin
c. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
Excess secretion of growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have closed
results in what
acromegaly
Which specific portion of the adrenal gland secretes cortisol?
Zona Fasciculata of the adrenal cortex
What cells in the pancreas release glucagon?
alpha
True or false? Hep A is considered an STD
true
Vomiting of fresh red blood is called?
hematemesis
Which type of colonic polyp has the greatest incidence of undergoing malignant
transformation?
Familial Adenomatous polyposis coli
Which presents with granulomatous tissue?
chrons disease
Which of the following does not result from an H Pylori infection?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Meckel diverticulum is a developmental defect of
Small Intestine
Plummer Vincent is not
a. Affects scandinavian european women
b. Iron deficiency anemia
c. Pernicious anemia → autoimmune atrophic gastritis
d. Esophageal webs
e. Dysphagia
f. Increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma
c. Pernicious anemia → autoimmune atrophic gastritis
Ulcerative colitis can present as
a. Pseudopolyps
b. Thin intestinal wall
c. Increased risk of malignancy
d. All of the above
All above
Crohn’s disease can present as
a. Oral lesions
b. Thickened intestinal wall
c. Fistula formation
d. Low malignancy
e. Occurs in distal ileum and colon
f. All of the above .
All above
