Patho Exam 4 Galen college Practice
Questions with Correct Answers
2025/2026.
how does Neisseria gonorrhea transmit - Answer transmits through contact with infected
mucous membranes
where can gonorrhea cause scarring(can cause infertility) - Answer urethra
epididymis
oviducts
where can gonorrhea spread and - Answer lymphatic system
clinical manifestations of gonorrhea - Answer discharge
dysuria(painful urination)
what causes dysuria from gonorrhea - Answer inflammatory response occurring in the
epithelia cells-columnar epithelium
attacks the columnar epithelium of the urethra
male symptoms of gonorrhea - Answer urethritis: inflammation of urethra
redness/swelling
epididymitis
symptoms more common in men
female symptoms of gonorrhea - Answer untreated can cause pelvic inflammatory disease
and cause infertility
urinary tract infection
Bartholin gland inflammation
asymptomatic of very few symptoms
causes of infertility from gohnorrhea - Answer fibrous tissue replaces normal tissue that has
become inflammed
hardened fibrous tissue results in scarring and narrowing
, chylamidia is silmilar to what STI? - Answer gohnorrhea
clinical manifestations of nongonococcal chlamydia - Answer transmission of chylamidia
during birth may result in ophthalmia neonatorum
the symptoms of chlamydia are generally less severe than gonorrhea
what is opthalmia neonatorum from chlamydia and how do we prevent it? - Answer
infection in the newborns eye
deliver by C-Section
what is syphylis - Answer systematic infection of the vascular system consisting of 5 stages
what are the stages pf syphilis? - Answer 1: INTUBATION-TIME PERIOD PATIENT HAS NO
SYMPTOMS
2: PRIMARY -CHANCRE AT SITE OF INFECTION
3:SECONDARY-RASH AT SITE OF INFECTION
4:LATENT- GOES DORMANT
5:TERTIARY; LATE STAGE- GUMMA FORMATION CARDIOVACULAR SYPHILIS
NEURO COMPLICATIONS (28%)
what causes syphillis? - Answer bacteria treponema pallidum
what happens to the bacteria treponema pallidum( syphillis) in body? - Answer some of it
stays at the site of infection and the rest spreads to reginional lymph nodes within hours ( mass
spread)
how is the syphilis's bacteria spread throughout the body in the incubation period? - Answer
t. pallidum is disseminated throughout the body and can invade and multiply in any organ
system ( heart ,brain ,vascular system)
bacteria T. Pallidum(syphilis) results in changes in the vascular system can lead to what? -
Answer vascular necrosis of affected body system
what happens during the inflammatory response syphillis causes? - Answer inflamation of
the endothelial tissue causes infiltration infiltation of the lymphocytes and plasma cells, while
endothelial layers start to swell.
terminal arterioles and small arteries may become obliterated and no longer fuctional (no
oxygenated blood or circulation to tissues)
Questions with Correct Answers
2025/2026.
how does Neisseria gonorrhea transmit - Answer transmits through contact with infected
mucous membranes
where can gonorrhea cause scarring(can cause infertility) - Answer urethra
epididymis
oviducts
where can gonorrhea spread and - Answer lymphatic system
clinical manifestations of gonorrhea - Answer discharge
dysuria(painful urination)
what causes dysuria from gonorrhea - Answer inflammatory response occurring in the
epithelia cells-columnar epithelium
attacks the columnar epithelium of the urethra
male symptoms of gonorrhea - Answer urethritis: inflammation of urethra
redness/swelling
epididymitis
symptoms more common in men
female symptoms of gonorrhea - Answer untreated can cause pelvic inflammatory disease
and cause infertility
urinary tract infection
Bartholin gland inflammation
asymptomatic of very few symptoms
causes of infertility from gohnorrhea - Answer fibrous tissue replaces normal tissue that has
become inflammed
hardened fibrous tissue results in scarring and narrowing
, chylamidia is silmilar to what STI? - Answer gohnorrhea
clinical manifestations of nongonococcal chlamydia - Answer transmission of chylamidia
during birth may result in ophthalmia neonatorum
the symptoms of chlamydia are generally less severe than gonorrhea
what is opthalmia neonatorum from chlamydia and how do we prevent it? - Answer
infection in the newborns eye
deliver by C-Section
what is syphylis - Answer systematic infection of the vascular system consisting of 5 stages
what are the stages pf syphilis? - Answer 1: INTUBATION-TIME PERIOD PATIENT HAS NO
SYMPTOMS
2: PRIMARY -CHANCRE AT SITE OF INFECTION
3:SECONDARY-RASH AT SITE OF INFECTION
4:LATENT- GOES DORMANT
5:TERTIARY; LATE STAGE- GUMMA FORMATION CARDIOVACULAR SYPHILIS
NEURO COMPLICATIONS (28%)
what causes syphillis? - Answer bacteria treponema pallidum
what happens to the bacteria treponema pallidum( syphillis) in body? - Answer some of it
stays at the site of infection and the rest spreads to reginional lymph nodes within hours ( mass
spread)
how is the syphilis's bacteria spread throughout the body in the incubation period? - Answer
t. pallidum is disseminated throughout the body and can invade and multiply in any organ
system ( heart ,brain ,vascular system)
bacteria T. Pallidum(syphilis) results in changes in the vascular system can lead to what? -
Answer vascular necrosis of affected body system
what happens during the inflammatory response syphillis causes? - Answer inflamation of
the endothelial tissue causes infiltration infiltation of the lymphocytes and plasma cells, while
endothelial layers start to swell.
terminal arterioles and small arteries may become obliterated and no longer fuctional (no
oxygenated blood or circulation to tissues)
