Pathology Study Guide 3

Question 1

An acute inflammation of the Pia mater and arachnoid is called

Answer 1

Meningitis

Question 2

Chronic infection of sinuses, middle ear, or mastoids or systemic infection (that is, Pneumonia) are usually the cause of a

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Brain Abscess

Question 3

What is the most common primary malignant brain tumor?

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Glioma

Question 4

What is the most common type of glioma?

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Astrocytoma

Question 5

What is a slow-growing, benign tumor that occurs on the eighth cranial nerve?

Answer 5

Acoustic Neuroma

Question 6

What are the two most common primary malignancies that metastasize to the brain?

Answer 6

Lung and Breast

Question 7

What modality is primarily used to examine head injuries?

Answer 7

CT

Question 8

A ________ Hematoma is caused by arterial bleeding in the cranium.

Answer 8

Epidural

Question 9

A ________ hematoma is caused by venous bleeding in the cranium.

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Subdural

Question 10

What is the most common facial bone fracture?

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Nasal Bone

Question 11

What term is used to denote the sudden and dramatic development of a focal neurologic deficit?

Answer 11

Stroke

Question 12

The term for paralysis on one side of the body is

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Hemiplagia

Question 13

A focal neurologic defect that completely resolves within 24 hours is known as a

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Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Question 14

A condition in which brain impulses are disturbed and that causes symptoms ranging from loss of consciousness to violent seizures is called?

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Epilepsy and Convulsive disorders

Question 15

A degenerative neurologic disease that causes widespread selective atrophy and loss of motor nerves hat eventually leads to paralysis and death is know as

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Question 16

The blood cells that are essential for clotting are known as

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Platelets

Question 17

A decrease in the amount of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in the blood is termed

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Anemia

Question 18

What is the most common cause of anemia

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Iron Deficiency

Question 19

An increase in what vitamin will increase the absorption of iron?

Answer 19

Vitamin C

Question 20

Chronic blood loss is usually the cause of

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Iron Deficiency Anemia

Question 21

What type of anemia is caused by defective red blood cells with a shortened life span?

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Hemolytic Anemia

Question 22

Which type of hemolytic anemia is generally confined to African-Americans?

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Sickle Cell Anemia

Question 23

Failure of bone marrow to function results in

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Aplastic anemia

Question 24

A neoplastic proliferation of white blood cells is termed

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Leukemia

Question 25

A radiographic finding o a CXR of asymmetric, bilaterally enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes is indicative of what neoplastic process?

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Lymphoma

Question 26

A deficiency in the number of platelets in the blood is called?

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Thrombocytopenia

Question 27

Another name for Thrombocytopenia is

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Purpura

Question 28

The brain and the spinal cord compose what system of the body?

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

Question 29

Which portion of the brain lies between the cerebrum and the spinal cord?

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Brain Stem

Question 30

What fills the ventricles of the brain?

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Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)

Question 31

because of its ringlike structure, it is common for the mandible to suffer from

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Bilateral Fractures

Question 32

Sinus infection can spread to the brain and cause an __________ or Abscess

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Subdural empyema

Question 33

A fracture that results from direct blow to the orbit is called a

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Blow out fracture

Question 34

Bilateral horizontal fractures of maxillae are called

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Le Fort Fractures

Question 35

A fracture that separates zygoma from other facial bones is called a

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Tripod Fracture

Question 36

A star shaped fracture with multiple fracture lines radiating from a central point is called a

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Stellate Fracture

Question 37

An iron based protein needed for oxygen carrying capacity is known as

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Hemoglobin

Question 38

Red blood cells are known as

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Erythorocytes

Question 39

White blood cells are known as

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Leukocytes

Question 40

Platelets are known as

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Thrombocytes