ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UTMB
5355 EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Which of the following is a role of histamine when released by mast
cells?
Answer: Increased Vascular Permeability
●● Which of the following results when histamine attaches to the H1
receptor?
Answer: Smooth muscle contraction, increased chemotaxis, stimulation
of prostaglandin synthesis
●● Which chemical mediator is responsible for prolonged asthma
symptoms such as bronchoconstriction and inflammation?
Answer: Leukotrienes
●● Which of the following are an active modulator of allergic reactions
in the immune system?
Answer: Eosinophils
●● directs movement of cells along a chemical gradient attracting
eosinophils and neutrophils to the site of inflammation.
,Answer: Chemotaxis
●● What are the functions of interferons?
Answer: Protect against viral infection, modulate inflammatory response
●● Your patient has seasonal allergic rhinitis. Which type of
hypersensitivity reaction is this?
Answer: Type 1
●● Your patient has diagnosis of Grave's disease. Which type of
Hypersensitivity reaction is this?
Answer: Type 2
●● Which of the following is a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
Answer: Glomerulonephritis
●● Which of the following statement is true regarding Type IV
Reactions?
Answer: The reaction is mediated by T lymphocytes
●● Which of the following statements are true regarding exotoxins?
Answer: damage cell membranes, activate second messengers, inhibit
protein synthesis
, ●● immunity is produced by an individual after natural exposure to an
antigen or after immunization
Answer: Active
●● immunity produces immunoglobulins that bind to antigens and
neutralize their effects
Answer: Humoral
●● stimulates the proliferation of T cells and B cells during
inflammation
Answer: Interleukins
●● Catecholamines decrease which of the following immune system
cells during chronic stress?
Answer: Natural Killer cells
●● interfere with insulin signaling leading to insulin resistance in stress,
obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Answer: Pro-inflammatory cytokines
●● what type of immunity is produced when an immunoglobulin crosses
the placenta?
Answer: Passive acquired
5355 EXAM SCRIPT COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Which of the following is a role of histamine when released by mast
cells?
Answer: Increased Vascular Permeability
●● Which of the following results when histamine attaches to the H1
receptor?
Answer: Smooth muscle contraction, increased chemotaxis, stimulation
of prostaglandin synthesis
●● Which chemical mediator is responsible for prolonged asthma
symptoms such as bronchoconstriction and inflammation?
Answer: Leukotrienes
●● Which of the following are an active modulator of allergic reactions
in the immune system?
Answer: Eosinophils
●● directs movement of cells along a chemical gradient attracting
eosinophils and neutrophils to the site of inflammation.
,Answer: Chemotaxis
●● What are the functions of interferons?
Answer: Protect against viral infection, modulate inflammatory response
●● Your patient has seasonal allergic rhinitis. Which type of
hypersensitivity reaction is this?
Answer: Type 1
●● Your patient has diagnosis of Grave's disease. Which type of
Hypersensitivity reaction is this?
Answer: Type 2
●● Which of the following is a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
Answer: Glomerulonephritis
●● Which of the following statement is true regarding Type IV
Reactions?
Answer: The reaction is mediated by T lymphocytes
●● Which of the following statements are true regarding exotoxins?
Answer: damage cell membranes, activate second messengers, inhibit
protein synthesis
, ●● immunity is produced by an individual after natural exposure to an
antigen or after immunization
Answer: Active
●● immunity produces immunoglobulins that bind to antigens and
neutralize their effects
Answer: Humoral
●● stimulates the proliferation of T cells and B cells during
inflammation
Answer: Interleukins
●● Catecholamines decrease which of the following immune system
cells during chronic stress?
Answer: Natural Killer cells
●● interfere with insulin signaling leading to insulin resistance in stress,
obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Answer: Pro-inflammatory cytokines
●● what type of immunity is produced when an immunoglobulin crosses
the placenta?
Answer: Passive acquired
