Pathology Exam 2 Old Flashcards
- What is the average lifespan of a RBC?
4 months; 120 days
- The term “Hair on end” is used to describe what?
a. Thalassemia - sickle cell trait was an option - DONT PICK
- Sickle cell anemia is characterized by substituting a Valine with
Glutamine
Glutamic acid
- Plummer vinson syndrome present with which type of anemia?
a. Iron deficiency anemia
- Which of the following is considered an autoimmune disease?
B12 anemia
- What cell is associated with granulomatous tissue?
a. Activated Macrophages
- When presenting with an oral manifestation, what leukemia has a predilection for gingiva?
a. AML - acute myelogenous leukemia
- Burkett’s lymphoma is associated with what HHV?
HHV-4
- What best describes “Multiple myeloma”?
a. Punched out holes (radiolucency)
- What type of necrosis is associated with tuberculosis?
a. Caseous necrosis
- What is associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?
a. Panacinar emphysema
- Gumma is associated with what?
Tertiary Syphilis
- What is associated with Regeneration of the Liver?
a. Hyperplasia
- What is a periapical pathosis that is present as a radiolucency and has epithelial lining?
a. Periapical cyst
- What gene translocation is associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia?
a. t(9:22)
philadelphia chromosome
- All of the following is associated with Plummer-vinson EXCEPT:
a. Pernicious anemia
(affects Scandinavian European women, iron deficiency
anemia, esophageal webs, dysphagia, increased risk of seuqmous cell carcinoma)
- What is a common tumor of the lungs?
a. Metastatic
- What type of collapsed lung is caused by obstruction of the airway?
a. Resorption
- What type of collapsed lung is caused by fluid within the pleural cavity?
Compression
- What type of collapsed lung is caused by local or generalized fibrotic changes?
a. Contraction
- Mesothelioma is a benign outgrowth of the pleura. It decreases with asbestos exposure
a. Both statements are false
- A patient has type 1 diabetes to which they have to regularly take insulin shots. What type of
disease would this be classified as?
a. Metabolic disease
- Hyperplastic candidiasis is best described as
d. White plaque that cannot be wiped off
- Which of the following Hepatitis are transmitted “Enterically”?
a. Hep A → (Hep E is also correct, but was not option on our exam)