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Final Questions patho Questions with 100% Correct
Answers UPDATED!!!
A 65-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit from
the operating room after a triple coronary artery bypass graft.
He is intubated and on a ventilator. Lactic acid levels were
normal postoperatively, but now they are rising. The increased
level could be an indication of:
A) excessive sedation.
B) bowel ischemia.
C) excessive volume infusion in the operating room.
D) mild hypothermia postoperatively. - ANSWER B) bowel
ischemia.
Which of the following statements describes a cellular
membrane exchange process that is active?
A) Sodium moving out of cells and potassium moving into cells
B) The movement of water from an area of low solute
concentration to an area of high solute concentration
C) The movement of insulin using a protein to travel across the
cell membrane
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D) Oxygen moving across the pulmonary capillaries to an area
of high carbon dioxide - ANSWER A) Sodium moving out of cells
and potassium moving into cells
The canola plants genome is altered to produce an herbicide
resistant crop. The canola oil produced from this crop is an
example of a:
A) pesticide-free food.
B) saturated fat food.
C) genetically modified food.
D) product that is pure. - ANSWER C) genetically modified food.
A 30-year-old man has a history of heart transplant and is
receiving long-term steroids to prevent rejection. The patient is
due for routine vaccines. Attenuated vaccines are
contraindicated in this patient because the antigen is:
A) live and can cause infection.
B) mutated and infectious.
C) inactive but still infectious.
D) pathogenic. - ANSWER A) live and can cause infection.
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A 20-year-old male shoots his hand with a nail gun while
replacing roofing shingles. Which of the
following cell types would be the first to aid in killing bacteria to
prevent infection in his hand?
A) Eosinophils
B) Neutrophils
C) Leukotrienes
D) Monocytes - ANSWER B) Neutrophils
Plasma protein inflammatory mediator systems include:
A) phagocytic, interferon, and complement systems.
B) complement, fibrinolytic, and clotting systems.
C) complement, clotting, and kinin systems.
D) complement, clotting, and acute phase reactant systems. -
ANSWER C) complement, clotting, and kinin systems.
Which of the following types of vitamin or mineral deficiency
can cause megaloblastic anemia and is associated with lower
extremity paresthesias?
A) Vitamin B12
Final Questions patho Questions with 100% Correct
Answers UPDATED!!!
A 65-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit from
the operating room after a triple coronary artery bypass graft.
He is intubated and on a ventilator. Lactic acid levels were
normal postoperatively, but now they are rising. The increased
level could be an indication of:
A) excessive sedation.
B) bowel ischemia.
C) excessive volume infusion in the operating room.
D) mild hypothermia postoperatively. - ANSWER B) bowel
ischemia.
Which of the following statements describes a cellular
membrane exchange process that is active?
A) Sodium moving out of cells and potassium moving into cells
B) The movement of water from an area of low solute
concentration to an area of high solute concentration
C) The movement of insulin using a protein to travel across the
cell membrane
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D) Oxygen moving across the pulmonary capillaries to an area
of high carbon dioxide - ANSWER A) Sodium moving out of cells
and potassium moving into cells
The canola plants genome is altered to produce an herbicide
resistant crop. The canola oil produced from this crop is an
example of a:
A) pesticide-free food.
B) saturated fat food.
C) genetically modified food.
D) product that is pure. - ANSWER C) genetically modified food.
A 30-year-old man has a history of heart transplant and is
receiving long-term steroids to prevent rejection. The patient is
due for routine vaccines. Attenuated vaccines are
contraindicated in this patient because the antigen is:
A) live and can cause infection.
B) mutated and infectious.
C) inactive but still infectious.
D) pathogenic. - ANSWER A) live and can cause infection.
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A 20-year-old male shoots his hand with a nail gun while
replacing roofing shingles. Which of the
following cell types would be the first to aid in killing bacteria to
prevent infection in his hand?
A) Eosinophils
B) Neutrophils
C) Leukotrienes
D) Monocytes - ANSWER B) Neutrophils
Plasma protein inflammatory mediator systems include:
A) phagocytic, interferon, and complement systems.
B) complement, fibrinolytic, and clotting systems.
C) complement, clotting, and kinin systems.
D) complement, clotting, and acute phase reactant systems. -
ANSWER C) complement, clotting, and kinin systems.
Which of the following types of vitamin or mineral deficiency
can cause megaloblastic anemia and is associated with lower
extremity paresthesias?
A) Vitamin B12
