Recency Pathology A Flashcards
Carcinoma can originate in the:
a.Brain
b.Heart
c.Stomach
d.Bone marrow
Stomach
Feline viral rhinotracheitis is caused by:
a. An adenovirus
b. A herpesvirus
c. rhinovirus
d. picornavirus
Herpesvirus
Both intranuclear and intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies are found in what infection?
a.African horsesickness
b.Hog cholera
c.Canine distemper
d.Infectious canine hepatitis
Canine distemper
Which cellular change is not revesible?
a.Fatty change
b.Glycogenolysis
c.Atrophy
d.Karyorrhexis
Karyorrhexis
Increased vascular permeability due to bradykinin occurs mainly in:
a.Arteries and veins
b.Capillaries
c.Lymphatics
d.Venules
Venules
Which disease is not characterized by vesicles?
a.Pemphigus vulgaris
b.Infectious myxomatosis of rabbits
c.Cowpox
d.Sarcoid in horses
Sarcoid in horses
If a necropsy must be delayed 24 or more hours, it is best to:
a.Freeze the body
b.Maintain the body at near-normal body temperature
c.Refrigerate the body
d.Not do a necropsy
Refrigerate the body
A fatal pulmonary embolus can result from:
a.Fracture of a long bone
b.A benigh neoplasm
c.Thrombocytopenia
d.Dicumarol poisoning
Fracture of a long bone
Which cell type most characterizes granulomatous inflammation?
a.Fibroblast
b.Neutrophils
c.Mast cells
d.Epithelioid cells
Epithelioid cells
Atrophy is characterized by:
a.Increased size of an organ or cells
b.Karyomegaly
c.Decreased size of an organ or cells
d.Karyolysis
asDecreased size of an organ or cells
Red (hemorrhagic) infarcts characteristically occur in the:
a.Heart
b.Kidney
c.Lung
d.Skin
Lung
Fat necrosis is characterized by formation of:
a.Calcium soaps
b.Oxalate crystals
c.Amyloid
d.Hyalin
Calcium soaps
Fatty change in the liver (fatty liver) is characterized by accumulation of:
a.Cholesterol esters
b.Neutral fat
c.Lipoproteins
d.Glycolipids
Neutral fat
In a tissue section of the stomach from a dog that died, you find extensive calcification of the middle one-third of the mucosa. The most likely cause of this finding is?
a.Hypovitaminosis D
b.Acute necrotizing pancreatitis
c.Chronic renal failure with uremia
d.Starvation
Chronic renal failure with uremia
In an aborted bovine fetus, you observe disseminated foci of encephalitis, with small (2-3 nm) basophilic bodies in the cytoplasm of endothelial cells adjacent to the lesions. The most likely findings is:
a.Brucellosis
b.Leptospirosis
c.Sarcosporidiosis
d.Trichomoniasis
Sarcosporidiosis
Globoid-cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe’s disease) results from a deficiency of:
a.Hexosaminidase enzymes
b.Beta-galactocerebrosidase
c.Alpha-glucosidase
d.Aplha-mannosidase
Beta-galactocerebrosidase
Trichinella spiralis is the only metazoan parasite that:
a.Has an intracellular form
b.Can cause myositis
c.Has intestinal and tissue stages
d.Can affect multiple species
Has an intracellular form
The anemia of copper deficiency results from:
a.Hemolysis
b.Reduced conversion of cyanocobalamin to its active form
c.Interference with the availability of iron for synthesis of hemoglobin
d.Shortened erythrocyte life span
Interference with the availability of iron for synthesis of hemoglobin
Amyloidosis is most likely to be found in animals with:
a.Infectious canine hepatitis
b.Canine leptospirosis
c.Pasteurella multocida pneumonia
d.Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Any of the following may be associated with hepatic necrosis in mice except:
a.Ectomelia virus
b.Mouse hepatitis virus
c.Murine cytomegalovirus
d.Murine rotavirus
Murine rotavirus
A severe ill cat in Cainta, Rizal has a history of depression, fever, anorexia, mild leukocytosis and enlarged mandibular and cervical lymph nodes. You euthanize the cat. At necropsy and subsequent histopathologic examination, you identify abscesses in the affected lymph nodes. The most likely cause of these findings is:
a.Feline viral rhinotracheitis
b.Togavirus infection
c.Bubonic plague
d.Feline leukomia virus infection
Bubonic plague
The lesions of canine distemper closely resemble those of:
a.Bluetongue
b.Feline panleukopenia
c.Aleutian disease
d.Rinderpest
Rinderpest
Atherosclerosis (deposition of cholesterol) is not nearly as common in dogs as in people, but it may be encountered in dogs with:
a.Hypothyroidism
b.Hyperthyroidism
c.Hyperadrenocorticism
d.Hypoadrenocorticism
Hypothyroidism
Ethylene glycol poisoning in cats and Halogeton gloveratus poisoning in sheep are both characterized by:
a.Urate nephrosis
b.Oxalate nephrosis
c.Centrilobular hepatic necrosis
d.Peripheral lobular hepatic necrosis
Oxalate nephrosis
Multifocal hepatic necrosis in a horse is most likely to be associated with:
a.Azoturia
b.Tetanus
c.Tyzzer’s disease
d.Locoweed poisoning
Tyzzer’s disease
Which lesion is most characteristic of bacillary hemoglobinuria in cattle?
a.Hepatic necrosis
b.Pulmonary embolism
c.Myocardial necrosis
d.Vesicular dermatitis
Hepatic necrosis
In addition to dogs, canine distemper virus is also important cause of disease is:
a.Racoons and seals
b.Cats and rabbits
c.Ferrets and porpoise
d.Skunks and cayotes
Racoons and seals
The breeds predisposed to ventricular septal defects are the:
a.Boxer and Cocker spaniel
b.Chihuahua and Pekingese
c.Great dane and Bull mastiff
d.English bulldog and Keeshond
English bulldog and Keeshond
In acute inflammtion, adhesion of white blood cells to endothelial cells before their emigration depends upon:
a.Complement
b.Nonspecific receptor sites on the surface of interstitial cells
c.Specific adhesion molecules on the surface of thrombocytes and interstitial cells
d.Specific adhesion molecules on the surface of endothelial cells and leukocytes
Specific adhesion molecules on the surface of endothelial cells and leukocytes
Dystrophic calcification:
a.Is seen in areas of tissue necrosis
b.Results from hypercalcemia
c.Is a frequent feature of lead poisoning
d.Results from hypocalcemia
Is seen in areas of tissue necrosis
Multinucleated giant cells are common component of cellular inflammatory response in all of the following diseases except:
a.Tuberculosis in cattle
b.Interstitial pneumonia associated with distemper in dogs
c.Coccidioidomycosis in cattle
d.Strangles in horses
Strangles in horses
All the following factors are present in granules of neutrophils and are important in the inflammatory process of destruction of bacterial pathogens except:
a.Myeloperoxidase
b.Complement
c.Lysozyme
d.Cationic proteins
Complement
In response to histamine, fluid leaks from the vascular tree are:
a.Exclusively from aterioles
b.Exclusively from venules
c.Exclusively from capillaries
d.From both arterioles and venules
Exclusively from venules
Serum aspartate aminotransferase, lactic dehydrogenase and creatine kinase activities are most likely to be increased with:
a.Hepatic necrosis
b.Renal necrosis
c.Myocardial necrosis
d.Pulmonary infarction
Myocardial necrosis
