ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 5
SET TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ At birth, the diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP) may be made based
on what factor?
Answer: Brain trauma during birth
◉ Which muscular dystrophy syndrome develops from an X-linked
recessive mode of inheritance?
Answer: Duchenne
◉ Which protein, absent in muscle cells of Duchenne muscular
dystrophy, mediates the anchoring of skeletal muscle fibers to the
basement membrane?
Answer: Dystrophin
◉ What pulmonary complication in children with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy contributes to their death?
Answer: Infection
,◉ Generally, what is the first symptom of facioscapulohumeral
muscular dystrophy?
Answer: Drooping shoulders
◉ What is the most common malignant bone tumor diagnosed
during childhood?
Answer: Osteosarcoma
◉ Molecular analysis has demonstrated that osteosarcoma is
associated with which gene?
Answer: src
◉ Osteosarcoma usually metastasizes to the:
Answer: lungs
◉ A Ewing sarcoma arises from the:
Answer: Bone marrow
◉ Rhabdomyosarcoma can develop in which type of muscle?
Answer: Striated
◉ Which organism is the primary cause of osteomyelitis in a
newborn?
, Answer: Staphylococcus aureus
◉ What is the cause of structural scoliosis?
Answer: Vertebral rotation
◉ In the mouth and stomach, salivary D-amylase initiates the
digestion of which nutrients?
Answer: Carbohydrates
◉ Which elements in saliva protect against tooth decay?
Answer: Exogenous fluoride and a pH of 7.4
◉ Saliva contains which immunoglobulin (Ig)?
Answer: IgA
◉ What effect is a result of inhibiting the parasympathetic nervous
system with a drug such as atropine?
Answer: Salivation decreases
◉ Food enters the stomach via which sphincter?
Answer: cardiac sphincter
SET TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ At birth, the diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP) may be made based
on what factor?
Answer: Brain trauma during birth
◉ Which muscular dystrophy syndrome develops from an X-linked
recessive mode of inheritance?
Answer: Duchenne
◉ Which protein, absent in muscle cells of Duchenne muscular
dystrophy, mediates the anchoring of skeletal muscle fibers to the
basement membrane?
Answer: Dystrophin
◉ What pulmonary complication in children with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy contributes to their death?
Answer: Infection
,◉ Generally, what is the first symptom of facioscapulohumeral
muscular dystrophy?
Answer: Drooping shoulders
◉ What is the most common malignant bone tumor diagnosed
during childhood?
Answer: Osteosarcoma
◉ Molecular analysis has demonstrated that osteosarcoma is
associated with which gene?
Answer: src
◉ Osteosarcoma usually metastasizes to the:
Answer: lungs
◉ A Ewing sarcoma arises from the:
Answer: Bone marrow
◉ Rhabdomyosarcoma can develop in which type of muscle?
Answer: Striated
◉ Which organism is the primary cause of osteomyelitis in a
newborn?
, Answer: Staphylococcus aureus
◉ What is the cause of structural scoliosis?
Answer: Vertebral rotation
◉ In the mouth and stomach, salivary D-amylase initiates the
digestion of which nutrients?
Answer: Carbohydrates
◉ Which elements in saliva protect against tooth decay?
Answer: Exogenous fluoride and a pH of 7.4
◉ Saliva contains which immunoglobulin (Ig)?
Answer: IgA
◉ What effect is a result of inhibiting the parasympathetic nervous
system with a drug such as atropine?
Answer: Salivation decreases
◉ Food enters the stomach via which sphincter?
Answer: cardiac sphincter
