Test Prep

Question 1

quinine antimalaria drug causes oxidative stress which causes jaundice in patients with ______

Answer 1

G6PD deficiency

Question 2

Gastrectomy commonly causes

Answer 2

Vitamin B12 deficiency due to inability to absorb

Question 3

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia causes

Answer 3

inappropriate clotting

Question 4

Renal disease causes anemia due to ______

Answer 4

Decreased production of EPO (erythropoetin)

Question 5

hyperbilirubinemia is the same as

Answer 5

jaundice

Question 6

P53 mutation inhibits

Answer 6

P21 formation, causes proliferation of tumors

Question 7

Cancer is immortal because of _____

Answer 7

increased telomerase

Question 8

Thabdomyosarcoma comes from:

Answer 8

Skeletal muscle

Question 9

Iron is recycled in the______

Answer 9

bone marrow

Question 10

Vitamin B12 lab result:

Answer 10

Increased MCV, macrocytic

Question 11

blood clotting factors synthesized in

Answer 11

Liver

Question 12

cirrhosis causes

Answer 12

decreased levels of fibrinogen

Question 13

Cancer cells evade

Answer 13

apoptosis

Question 14

chronic liver failure causes:

Answer 14

thrombocytopenia

Question 15

Decreased bile salt impairs gut absorption of

Answer 15

vitamin K

Question 16

Hemoglobin S

Answer 16

sickle cell

Question 17

sickle cell

Answer 17

heterozygotes (carriers) - trait

homozygotes (full manifestation) - disease

Question 18

primary source of billirubin

Answer 18

heme from RBC recycling

Question 19

conjugated bilirubin

Answer 19

liver conjugates and then body can secrete

Question 20

hydrophobic amnio acid replaces hydrophilic amino acid

Answer 20

sickle cell

Question 21

genetic tests for Breast cancer

Answer 21

BRCA 1 and 2
HER2
ER (estrogen receptor)

Question 22

hemolytic anemia causes:

Answer 22

jaundice

Question 23

hypoxic uterine leads to

Answer 23

Increased RBC