complication of septic embolism - Answers abscess
- tall and slightly effeminate male with eunuchoid body proportions and gynecomastia
- 47, XXY karyotype - Answers Klinefelter's syndrome
most common presenting symptom of lung cancer - Answers prolonged coughing and expectoration
most common location of atherosclerotic aneurysms - Answers abdominal aorta
organ most affected by venous embolism - Answers lungs
virus that can cause congenital heart defects in a fetus - Answers Rubella
EX: stroke in a person with chronic renal disease - Answers hypertension-related disease
EX: bacterial endocarditis - Answers inflammatory/infectious disease
EX: angina pectoris - Answers ischemia vascular disease
most common cause of infectious myocarditis in the United States - Answers Coxsackie B virus
lack of _____________ may cause premature infants to suffer from respiratory distress syndrome -
Answers pulmonary surfactant
EX: children born with a fragile X chromosome - Answers mental retardation
in lungs affected by sarcoidosis, there are numerous granulomas and infiltrates of
____________________ - Answers T-helper lymphocytes
rheumatic carditis is typically preceded by _________________ - Answers streptococcal throat
infection
EX: coughing up blood - Answers hemoptysis
EX: vomiting blood - Answers hematemesis
EX: blood in the urine - Answers hematuria
EX: black stool, reflecting upper GI bleeding - Answers melena
type of shock resulting from massive bleeding - Answers hypovolemic shock
EX: asthma - Answers immune disease
EX: asbestosis - Answers mineral dust-induced disease
EX: Legionnaire's disease - Answers infectious disease
EX: mesothelioma - Answers tumor
most common complication of rheumatic endocarditis - Answers bacterial endocarditis
detection of a heart murmur indicates _________________ - Answers septal defect
iron deficiency anemia develops most often as a result of __________________ - Answers
metrorrhagia
EX: hemophilia A - Answers X-linked recessive
EX: cystic fibrosis - Answers autosomal recessive
EX: familial hypercholesterolemia - Answers autosomal dominant
mycoplasma pneumoniae infection usually causes _____________________ - Answers interstitial
pneumonia
most important cause of emphysema - Answers cigarette smoking
clinically significant emboli are most often composed of _______________________ - Answers
thrombi
possible causes of TORCH syndrome - Answers Rubella virus, herpervirus, toxoplasma
trisomy of chromosome 21 - Answers down's syndrome
risk factors of atherosclerosis - Answers hypertension, diabetes, advanced age
X-linked bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of factor VIII - Answers hemophilia A
feature of an exudate but not typical of a transudate - Answers accumulation of numerous
polymorphonuclear leukocytes in extracellular space
most common infection of respiratory tract - Answers upper respiratory infection
melena is a typical complication of ________________ - Answers gastric ulcer
arterial hemorrhage can be recognized from venous hemorrhage if the blood is
____________________ - Answers bright red and flows in a pulsating manner
emboli are composed of __________________ in a decompression sickness or caisson disease -
Answers air
arteries have _______________ walls than veins - Answers thicker
sudden infant death syndrome typically occurs _____________________ - Answers any time between
2 and 9 months of the first year of life