PATH 2- MT 1 Flashcards
Which substance is not secreted by the kidneys
A. leukotrienes
B. renin
C. erythropoietin
D. All of the above are secreted by the kidney
A. leukotrienes
In nephrotic syndrome there is a selective significant increase of glomerular permeability to which of the following?
A. water
B. protein
C. RBC’s
D. WBC’s
B. protein
Which disease is characterized by formation of cavities in the lungs?
A. Acute pyelonephritis
B. Henoch-Schonlein purpura
C. Wegener’s granulomatosis
D. Good Pastures syndrome
C. Wegener’s granulomatosis
Which protein - to - protein ratio is typical for nephrotic syndrome?
A. albumin to globulin ratio is more than 1
B. globulin to fibrinigen ratio is more than 1
C. albumin to globulin ratio is less than 1
D. albumin to fibrinogen ratio is more than 1
C. albumin to globulin ratio is less than 1
During regular annual exam of a symptom free patient the high blood level of BUN was found. Which term describes this abnormality?
A. Creatinemia
B. Uremia
C. Oliguria
D. Azotemia
D. Azotemia
Which pathogenic mechanism of GMN is associated with immune complex formation outside the kidney?
A. Heymann’s
B. Circulating immune complex deposition
C. anti-glomerular basement membrane
D. None of the above
B. Circulating immune complex deposition
Anti- GBM pathogenic mechanism of GMN corresponds to which subtype and antibody-dependent type of hypersensitivity reactions?
A. antibody-mediated cellular dysfunction
B. complement-mediated reactions
C. cell-mediated
D. antibody-dependent, cell mediated cytotoxicity
A. Antibody-mediated cellular dysfunction
Which of the following is NOT associated with nephrotic syndrome?
A. Buerger’s disease
B. Minimal change disease
C. Membranous GMN
D. All of the above are associated with nephrotic syndrome
A. Buerger’s disease
Which acute GMN associated with nephritic syndrome most often turns into chronic GMN
A. acute post-streptococcal GMN
B. membranous GMN
C. crescent GMN
D. focal glomerulosclerosis
C. Crescent GMN
Necrotizing papillitis in the kidney develops more often in which of the following disorders
A. Diabetes mellitus
B. Henoch-Schonlein purpura
C. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
D. Goodpasture’s Syndrome
A. Diabetes mellitus
Kimmelstiel- Wilson disease is characterized morphologically by which of the following?
A. Diffuse glomerulosclerosis
B. Ball-like depositions within the mesangium
C. Glomerular basement membrane thickening
D. Atherosclerosis
B. Ball-like depositions within the mesangium
Which of the following is the most common glomerular disease?
A. Alport's Syndrome B. Buerger's Disease C. Acute proliferative post-streptococcal GMN D. Focal glomerulosclerosis E. Berger's Disease
E. Berger’s disease (IgA Nephropathy)
In crescentric GMN the crescents in the glomeruli are formed by which of the following?
A. Hypertroph of visceral epithelial cells
B. Proliferation of endothelial cells
C. Hyperplasia of parietal epithelial cells
D. depositied IgA- immune complexes
C. Hyperplasia of parietal epithelial cells
Pathogenesis of kidney involvement in Goodpasture’s syndrome corresponds to which type of hypersensitivity reaction?
A. antibody-dependent B. delayed-type hypersensitivity C. anaphylactic D. Immune complex mediated E. None of the above
**A. Anti-body dependent
Which of the following is the most common disorder (s) eventually resulting in ischemic heart disease?
A. Cardiomyopathies
B. Congestive cardiac failure
C. Arrythmia’s
D. Atherosclerosis
D. Atherosclerosis
Which organ(s) is (are) NOT typically reservoir of the chronic infection in the body
A. Liver
B. Lungs
C. Prostate
D. Tooth Cavity
A. Liver
Which kind of angina pectoris is also known as pre-infarction angina?
A. variant
B. crescendo
C. typical
D. stable
B. Crescendo
Long term hypertension eventually leads to congestive heart failure, in this case which of the following signs and consequences of this transformation comes to the clinical attention first?
A. Hepatomegaly B. Pitting Edema C. Lung edema D. cor pulmonale E. cyanosis
** dunno
Posterior deviation of the esophagus on the x-ray film testifies to ____?
A. enlargement of the right atrium
B. enlargement of the right ventricle
C. enlargement of the left atrium
D. enlargement of the left ventricle
C. enlargement of the left atrium
What is NOT part of atheroma?
A. connective tissue cap
B. smooth muscle cells
C. siderophages
D. lipids
C. siderophages
Migratory arthritis is typically a manifestation in which disease?
A. subacute bacterial endocarditis
B. henoch-schonlein purpura
C. rheumatic fever
D. thromboangitis obliterans
C. rheumatic fever
What is the best term describing the compensatory reaction of the left atrial myocardium in mitral stenosis?
A. compensatory hyperplasia B. eccentric hyperplasia C. concentric hypertrophy D. eccentric hypertrophy E. compensatory hypertrophy
D. eccentric hypertrophy