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Path Test Review
Pathology Test 3 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| t/f: Hepatitis is the most prevalent inflammatory disease of the liver. | true |
| A common occurrence in patients who undergo abdominal surgery is __________________. | adynamic ileus |
| What is the imaging modality of choice for visualizing gallstones? | ultrasound |
| The greatest amount of digestion occurs in which portion of the intestines? | duodenum |
| t/f: Damage caused by cirrhosis of the liver can be reversed with vitamin therapy and stenting. | false |
| An abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea is ______________? | fistula |
| Bile is essential for digestion and absorption in all of the following fat-soluble vitamins except _______________. | vitamin C |
| Difficulty swallowing is termed? | dysphagia |
| Outpouchings along the walls of the bowel lumen are called? | diverticula |
| Of the following, the best exam to evaluate for pneumoperitoneum is ___________________? | right lateral decub, pt on right side |
| The medical term for painful urination is ______________ . | dysuria |
| t/f: Polycystic kidney disease originates from a bacterial infection that causes lobulated enlargement of the kidneys and progressive renal impairment. | false |
| The most common infection in hospitalized patients is _____________. | cystitis |
| Normal functioning kidneys do all of the following except ___________ . | excrete carbon dioxide |
| Dilation of the pelvicalyceal system is termed _____________ . | hydronephrosis |
| _______ % of symptomatic renal stones are detectable on plain abdominal readiographs. | 60 |
| The most common unifocal masses of the kidney is ______________ . | renal cysts |
| Hypoplastic kidney is sometimes called ___________ . | mini me |
| t/f: Kidney stones can be easily misinterpreted as phleboliths on radiographic studies. | true |
| t/f: Transplanted kidneys share the same location as congenital pelvic kidneys. | true |
| The second most common cause of malignancy in men is ________________. | prostate cancer |
| t/f: Endometrial carcinoma is the presence of normal-appearing endometrium in sites other than their normal location inside the uterus. | false |
| The formation of sperm is known as ________________. | spermatogenesis |
| t/f:Severing of the vas deferens to create sterility is termed radical prostectomy. | false |
| The most common malignancy among women occurs in the ___________________. | breast |
| In the class lecture I mentioned a another term for gonorrhea and the treatment. Which most closely represents what was said? | Clap, which was treated with phyiscal clapping of genitals. |
| Untreated _________________ can lead to cerebral cortical lesions, causing mental disorders, and involvement of the skeletal system and affects infants born to infected mothers. | syphilis |
| t/f:Ultrasound studies of the prostate gland cannot always determine the malignant or benign status of prostatic disease. | true |
| t/f:Fibroids of the uterus are malignant smooth muscle tumors that are very common; they are often multiple and vary greatly in size. | false |
| The major radiographic procedure for evaluating infertile women is _________________; used to evaluate the uterus and fallopian tubes. | hysterosalpingography |
| when you see an appendicolith what does that entail | appendicitis |
| another word for gallstones | cholelithiasis |
| what is a porcelain gallbladder a concern for | cancer |
| what does colon cancer look like in an xray | apple core |
| Vitamin _________ is necessary in the blood clotting mechanism. | K |
| Homocystinuria is an inborn error of metabolism in which an enzyme deficiency results in the impaired conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine and can have microcephaly as a symptom. | false |
| Which of the following diseases, results from a lack of thiamine? | beriberi |
| A syndrome is the presence of a combination of symptoms that commonly occur together and are related to a single cause. | true |
| Melanoma is a relatively stable cancer that rarely metastasizes. | false |
| Which disease in this chapter has been linked to the radiographic appearance of pectus excavatum? | Marfan's syndrome |
| The radiographic appearance of dense laminated calcification of intervertebral disk is a sign of _______. | ochronosis |
| Which of the following diseases develops from a lack of vitamin C? | scurvy |
| Hypervitaminosis is more common in all of the following except, vitamin ______. | B |
| _________ syndrome occurs when a female has only one X chromosome. | turners syndrome |
| ureterocele sign | python head |
| rat tail sign | achalasia |
| bulls eye sign | melanoma |
| cobblestone appearance | esophagitis |
| Mercedes benz sign | cholelithiasis |
| orchiectomy | removal of one or both testicles |
| hydroureter | dilation of the ureter |
| renal agenesis | ureter and trigone are missing |
| renal carcinoma | hypernephroma |
| PID stands for | pelvic inflammatory disease |
| modality of choice for gallstones | ultrasound |
| what is vitamin K essential for | blood clotting |
| modality of choice for reproductive system | ultrasound |