Pathology II MT 2 Extra Material

Question 1

Aside from smoking name 4 other risk factors for lung cancer.

Answer 1

Asbestos 
Chemical fumes (i.e. vinyl chloride)
Metallic dusts (Ag and Ni)
Radiation (including radon exposure)

Question 2

Hemolytic anemias: T or F?
A. RBC breakdown products accumulate
B. In extravascular hemolysis RBCs have structural changes = less deformable as they traverse the circulation.
C.
D.

Answer 2

A. True
B. True
C.
D.

Question 3

Hemolytic anemias - INTRAvascular T or F?
A. Result of mechanical trauma, antibody fixation, or toxic injury
B. Peripheral smear shows basophilic stippling.
C. Due to sepsis w/ resultant DIC
D. Include the genetic & hereditary RBC diseases

Answer 3

A. True
B. False. Helmet cells, schistocytes and some spherocytes
C. True. DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
D. True

Question 4

Hemolytic anemias: Extra- or Intravascular Hemolysis
A. Membrane/metabolic defects, environmental disorders, and abnormal Hgb are assoc w/ _______.
B. RBC destruction taking place in the speen (most).
C. Hemolysis occurs w/in vascular compartment (some)
D. ________ is related to complement, mechanical, chemical, thermal, osmotic issues.

Answer 4

A. Extravascular
B. Extravascular
C. Intravascular
D. Intravascular