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Compilation of Patho Quizzes

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The body's adaptation to restore or maintain normal function is called   Homeostasis  
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The best example of a cytoplasmic architecture found in a cells hyaloplasm is   Microfilaments  
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The definition of epidemiology is   The study of the cause and distribution of disease  
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The necrosis type associated with the pancrease is   Fat  
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The necrosis type associated wtih the kidney , liver & heart is   coagulative  
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Poor circulation that results in mummified appearing toes is called   dry gangrene  
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Nuclear manifestations of irreversible cell injury include   karyolysis and pyknosis  
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Mitochondrial swelling   reversible cell injury  
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Torch syndrome   Toxoplasma Other agents Rubella Cytomegalovirus Herpesvirus  
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Diseases of a receptors   Myasthenia gravis  
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Hormone related cell number increase   Hyperplasia  
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Cell shrinkage that can be from old age or ischemia is best called   Atrophy  
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Vasculoar degeneration, acidic pH and decreased protein synthesis are sings of   Reversible cell injury  
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Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause   Pernicious anemia  
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Environmental agents that permanently harm a developing fetus are called   teratogens  
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A male phenotype with all stature, atrophic testes, effeminate with possible gynecomastia best describes   Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)  
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American President Abe Lincoln has been felt by some researchers to have been likely to have this autosomal dominant disease affecting collagen that results in increased risk of dissecting aortic aneurysms and ocular lens subluxation. what is this conditi   Marfan's disease  
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Which autosomal recssive condition is associated with increased risk of liver disease (cirrhosis) and emphysema   alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AAT)  
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Typical of Turner Syndrome (XO)   Lack of ovary develometn (infertile); Increased risk of coarctation of the aorta  
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Which of the following conditions is considered multifactorial in etiology?   Diabetes mellitus  
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which word below best describes the process of maintaining internal steady state or balance wtihin a cell or living system?   Homeostasis  
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Patient type with greater amount of adipose tissue than normal   elderly; women; infants  
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The correct example below that is an insensible loss of fluids is   sweating  
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Transcellular fluids make up a very small % of extracellular fluids. Which of the following is an example of a transcellular fluid?   Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)  
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Exmaple of active hyperemia   blusing  
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Smallest manifestation of bleeding under the skin below is   Petechiae  
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Hormones or proteins involved in maintaining fluid balance include   ADH, Atrial naturetic peptide, aldosterone  
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melena   Tarry appearing digested blood in stool  
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What % of total body weight is water   60%  
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White infarction   arterial  
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Red infarction   venous (testes/gut)  
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Causes Caisson's disease and th ebends   Gaseous  
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Emboli type   White infarction - Arterial (heart/kidney) red infarction (venous - testes/gut) Causes Caisson's disease and Bends - Gaseous emboli (air in vein)  
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Arterial hemorrhage can be recognized from venous in that the arterial blood is   Bright red and flows in a pulsating manner  
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Histamine is released from mast cells when they are in a tissue or organ. What are mast cells called when they are circulating in the blood?   Basophils  
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Which arachidonic acid derivatives results from the lipoxygenasepathway, plus they ar eassociated with asthma and anaphylaxis?   Leukotrienes  
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Tuberculosis infections cause caseous granulomas. What type of granulomas are seen with Sarcoid (Sarcoidosis)   Non-Caseous granulomas  
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Inflammation   Elevated WBC count, body temperature, ESR  
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Cardinal Signa of Inflammation   Rubor, Swelling, Calor, Dolor, functio laesa  
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Band cells are also known as   Immature WBCs  
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Complement system, a key component of th ebody's inflammatory response, can be activated by a longer classical and a shorter alternative pathway. They both end up in a common mechanism - which pathway (endpoint)   Membrane Attack Complex  
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Immune System Body Sites   Primary - bone marrow, thymus; Secondary - Tonsils, Peyer's patches  
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Atrophic gastritis adn Crohn's disease are most typically associated with   B-12 deficiency  
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Imcrocytic hypochromic anemia with low hemosiderin stores in the bone marrow will respond favorably to treatment with   Iron  
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Nature Killer Cell   from Lymphoid stem cell  
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Arachadonic acid   precursor for cycloxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways  
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Immunoglogulin found in mucosa and body secretions   IgA  
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Immunoglobulin makes th esecond and largest response   IgG  
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Immunoglobulin associated with allergy and hypersensitivity   IgE  
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Immunoglogulin mounting th eprimary/earliest response to invasion   IgM  
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What are circulating basophils called when they reside in tissues   Mast cells  
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Loss of Cd4 hel;er T-cells and increased opportunistic infectinos are best associated with   AIDS  
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treatment for severe idiopathic aplastic anemia   bone marrow transplant  
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who tends to have secondary polycythemia   professional mountain climber  
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Hematopoiesis   from flat bone and long bone  
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RBC life   120 days  
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Repairing tears in the endothelium of vessels   Platelets  
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Rapid RBC turnover   elevated reticuloycte count  
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What organism causes pseudomembrane formation in antibiotic induced colitis   C. difficile  
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Arterial emboli   Cerebral, kidney, spleen, intestines  
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Arterial emboli   white/pale infarction (heart/kidney)  
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Arterial emboli Red Infarction   venous-testes/gut  
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Thrombocytopenia   Low platelet count < 75K (Normal 150K - 300K)  
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Etiology   Acquired - infectino, bonemarrow suppression, hypersplenism  
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Drugs effect   heparin  
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ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura)   immune disorders  
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Spontaneous Bleeding   When platelet count drops below 20K  
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Thrombocythemia   High thrombocyte count > 600K  
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Thrombocythemia treatment   hydroxyuria  
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)   Highest among children, 20% of all leukemia  
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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)   Most common leukemia, 40% of total leukemia, bone marrow transplant the only treatment  
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Chronic Myelogenous (CML)   15%, affecting adults and increases with advancing age, 90% with Philadelphia chromosomes  
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CML Mortality   Poor prognoses without Philadelphia chromosomes present  
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Hodgkin's lymphoma   1. nodular sclerosis; 2. lymphcyte predominence; 3. mixed cellularity; 4. lymphocyte depletion  
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Hemostasis   Vasospasm; Platelet activation (locally released factors); Platelet adhesion (von Willebrand's factor); Platelet aggregation; fibrin thrombus formation  
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Inhibition of excessive clotting   circulating anticoagulants; protein C, Protein S, antithrombin III; Thrombomodulum released by endothelial cells  
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Fibrinolysis   TPA: tissue plasminogen factor; Urokinase  
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Hypocoagulability   coumadin; heparin  
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Vitamin K utilization by liver   inhibited by coumadin (warfarin)  
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Hypercoagulability Venous   Red clots: RBC/fibrin; Stasis; Inappropriate activation of clotting factors; surgery, malignancy, CHF, obesity, Ocs, estrogens, HPT, DM, polycythemia; pregnancy  
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Hemophilia   congenital bleeding disorder  
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hemophilia A   common disorder - 2/10,000; lacking factor VIII  
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von Willebrand's Factor   Most common genetric bleeding disorder  
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von Willebrand's Factor   1% of population  
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von Willebrand's Factor   autosomal dominant; affect both platelets and factor VIII  
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Virchow's triad   slow venous flow; hypercoagulability; inflammation of vessel wall  
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DVT   25% clinically evident edema/swelling discrepancy in limb size Homan's sign  
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40% DVT lead to   Pulmonary emboli  
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50% DVT lead to   postphlebitic syndrome  
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy   Systemic disorder of thrombosis and hemorrhage with evidence of widespread pro-coagulant activity fibrinolytic activation inhibitor consumption and end organ damage from thrombosis  
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DIC treatment   blood, clotting factors, anticoagulation  
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DIC Mortality   60 - 80% of cases  
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DVT Treatment   Reduce risk factors prophylactic therapy anticoagulant therapy thrombolytic therapy greenfield filter  
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic Purpura   Mortality - 90% Rare 1/50,000 hospital patients  
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IgM   Primary response  
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IgG   Secondary response, placenta  
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IgA   Secretions/mucosal  
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IgD   Intercellular signaling  
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IgE   Hypersensitivity, least amount  
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