EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST GUIDE 2026
GRADED A + .
,1. Process, changes, deteriorate✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A degenerative disease is a based on degenerative cell
attecting tissues or organs that will increasingly overtime.
2. Cellulitis✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A spreading bacterial infection of the skin✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER
3. Interferon✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Which cytokine interferes with the multiplication of viruses within a cell?
4. 1. hereditary.
2. Congenital.
3. Degenerative.
4. Inflammation.
5. Autoimmune.
6. Metabolic.
7. Trauma.
8. Nutritional.✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Name the eight major categories of disease
5. Radiotherapy (radiation therapy)✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER The use of ionizing radiation as a cancer treatment to kill or control, malignant cancer cells
6. Hemoglobin S✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER People with sickle cell anemia, have only one type of hemoglobin in their red blood cells called✔✔
CORRECT ANSWER
7. Interleukin✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Which cytokine sends regulatory signals between cells of the immune system?
8. X-ray, 3-D✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER CT scan technology is based on obtaining multiple taken at ditterent angles, and integrating
them into images by a computer.
9. fine needle aspiration (FNA)✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER This is used to obtain cells from the suspicious lesion, send it to a lab, and then
microscopically exam the cells, and establish a diagnosis
10. Laparoscopic, Ovarian, endometriosis✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER surgical procedures include tubal litiga- tion,
cystectomy, appendectomy, cholecystectomy, and
11. Metabolism✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER The process that the body uses to obtain and make energy from food is called what?
12. IgA✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Which immunoglobulin is present in mucus, tears, saliva, and intestinal secretions; rendering pathogenic, organisms inactive?
13. Antibodies✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Another name for immunoglobulins
14. Biologically, radioactive, metabolic✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER During a PET,• scan, a active molecule is attached to a
tracer. The concentration of this tracer is used as an indicator of activity.
15. Iatrogenesis✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER An inadvertent and preventable adverse condition
,16. Fluoroscopy✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Uses a continuous x-ray beam, and the patient is exposed to a significant amount of radiation✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER
17. Multiphasic screenings✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Two or more screening test administered to a large population, at one time, instead of carrying out
separate test for single diseases✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER
18. Mass screening✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Screening of a whole population, or sub group✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER
19. Chemotaxis✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER When polies are attracted to the surrounding interstitial tissue, this attraction is called what?
20. peritoneum✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER The is the layer of cells that lines the abdomen
21. Idiopathic✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER No obvious cause
22. Neutrophils✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Polymorphonuclear leukocyte is also called what?
23. 1. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes ( neutrophils)
2. Monocytes.
3. Macrophages.
4. Mast cells.✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER What 4 cells are involved in the inflammatory response?
24. Helper T cells✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER What cells help to coordinate immune response by producing cytokines?
25. Metabolic✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Phenylketonuria is an inherited disease.
26. Disorder✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER An abnormal condition of the mind and body is called what?
27. X-ray✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A/an is generated by electromagnetic radiation
28. 1. Pain
2. Fever
3. Vasodilation
4. Vascular permeability✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER What four factors are stimulated by prostaglandins?
29. Depolarization✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A healthy heart has an orderly progression of .
30. IgE, histamine, allergies✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER immunoglobulin stimulates the
release of and other me- diators of inflammation, and is active in .
31. MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A weekly report that contains data on specific
disease as reported by state and territorial health departments.
, 32. Syndrome✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Any combination of symptoms, physical findings, and lab results linked together by a common factor is called what?
33. 1. Histamine
2. Kinins
3. Leukotrienes✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Mast cells contain What three compounds?
34. Karyotype✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER Complete chromosomal composition in the nucleus
35. Scabies✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER A mite burrows the upper layer of the skin where it lives and lays it's eggs
36. Syphilis✔✔ CORRECT ANSWER can be diagnosed with chancre scrapings.