PATH 370 - Final Exam Practice Questions and Verified Answers

PATH 370 - Final Exam Practice Questions and Verified Answers The cellular response indicative of injury due to faulty metabolism is Hydropic swelling Lactate production Metaplasia Intracellular accumulations - CORRECT ANSWER-intracellular accumulation After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which will Selectively kill tumor cells Stimulate immune cells to fight the cancer Have minimal side effects Kill rapidly dividing cells - CORRECT ANSWER-kill rapidly dividing cells All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except Necrosis Metaplasia Atrophy Hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER-Necrosis A 17-year-old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes meningitis. This is an example of Primary prevention Secondary prevention Tertiary prevention Disease treatment - CORRECT ANSWER-primary prevention Which is not normally secreted in response to stress? Norepinephrine Cortisol Epinephrine Insulin - CORRECT ANSWER-insulin A disease that is native to a particular region is called Epidemic Endemic Pandemic Ethnographic - CORRECT ANSWER-Endemic Cancer grading is based on Tumor size Local invasion Cell differentiation Metastasis - CORRECT ANSWER-cell differentiation Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct response is which of the following? It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread It is a histologic examination of tissues to determine the degree of tumor differentiation Is based on exploratory surgery It is biochemical testing of tumor cells to determine the genetic basis of the tumor - CORRECT ANSWER-It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well established, is referred to as