PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 370 MIDTERM
A serious complication of deep vein thrombosis - ans-✔✔A pulmonary embolus
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Venous obstruction leads to edema because it ___________ pressure - ans-✔✔Increases
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capillary hydrostatic -
A cause of thrombocytopenia includes - ans-✔✔chemotherapy
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Which is not a manifestation of acute arterial obstruction? - ans-✔✔Purpura
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Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ans-✔✔Hyperlipidemia
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A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia is - ans-
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✔✔Elevated total iron-binding capacity - - -
The major cause of death from leukemic disease is - ans-✔✔Infection
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Pernicious anemia is caused by a lack of - ans-✔✔Intrinsic factor
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Activation of intrinsic pathway of coagulation is initiated by - ans-✔✔Tissue thromboplastin
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Tissues are able to auto-regulate their rate of blood flow by controlling - ans-✔✔Vascular
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resistance
A three-year-old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma and a prolonged
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aPTT, but a normal platelet count, is likely to be diagnosed with - ans-✔✔Hemophilia
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Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by - ans-✔✔The autonomic nervous
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system
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they - ans-
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✔✔Develop recurrent infections - -
True or False: The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B 12(cobalamin) or
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folate is caused by a disruption in DNA synthesis of the blast cells in the bone marrow that
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produces very large abnormal bone marrow cells called megaloblasts - ans-✔✔True
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, Which condition is associated with an elevated reticulocyte count? - ans-✔✔hemolytic
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anemia
What laboratory finding is usually found in aplastic anemia? - ans-✔✔Pancytopenia
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Which disorder is considered a primary immunodeficiency disease? - ans-✔✔HIV/AIDS
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A patient is diagnosed with a tortuous blood vessel of the right hand that bleeds
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spontaneously. This patient presents with - ans-✔✔Telangiectasia - - - - - -
What characteristic is indicative of hemolytic anemia? - ans-✔✔Jaundice
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The movement of blood through the vascular system as opposed by the force of - ans-
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✔✔Resistance
Autologous cell transplantation is a procedure in which - ans-✔✔Stem cells are harvested
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from the patient and then returned to the same patient
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Which causes vasoconstriction? - ans-✔✔Norepinephrine
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The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody production is type - ans-✔✔IV
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation may be treated with heparin therapy to - ans-
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✔✔Inhibit clotting factor consumption- - -
The final step in clot formation is: - ans-✔✔Clot retraction
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Which condition enhances lymphatic flow? - ans-✔✔Increased interstitial fluid colloid
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osmotic pressure -
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume
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(MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ans-✔✔Iron deficiency
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True or false: vaccination for pneumococcal pneumonia should be performed before one
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year of age in patients with sickle cell anemia - ans-✔✔False
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An increase in hemoglobin affinity for oxygen occurs with - ans-✔✔Shift to the left
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Strengthen the bond between oxygen hemoglobin is known as the - ans-✔✔Oxygen-
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hemoglobin affinity -
The primary source of erythropoietin is provided by the - ans-✔✔Kidney
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Red blood cells differ from other cell types in the body because they - ans-✔✔Have no
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cytoplasmic organelles -
A serious complication of deep vein thrombosis - ans-✔✔A pulmonary embolus
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Venous obstruction leads to edema because it ___________ pressure - ans-✔✔Increases
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capillary hydrostatic -
A cause of thrombocytopenia includes - ans-✔✔chemotherapy
- - - - - -
Which is not a manifestation of acute arterial obstruction? - ans-✔✔Purpura
- - - - - - - - - -
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ans-✔✔Hyperlipidemia
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A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia is - ans-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
✔✔Elevated total iron-binding capacity - - -
The major cause of death from leukemic disease is - ans-✔✔Infection
- - - - - - - - - -
Pernicious anemia is caused by a lack of - ans-✔✔Intrinsic factor
- - - - - - - - - -
Activation of intrinsic pathway of coagulation is initiated by - ans-✔✔Tissue thromboplastin
- - - - - - - - - - -
Tissues are able to auto-regulate their rate of blood flow by controlling - ans-✔✔Vascular
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
resistance
A three-year-old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma and a prolonged
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
aPTT, but a normal platelet count, is likely to be diagnosed with - ans-✔✔Hemophilia
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by - ans-✔✔The autonomic nervous
- - - - - - - - - - - -
system
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they - ans-
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✔✔Develop recurrent infections - -
True or False: The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B 12(cobalamin) or
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
folate is caused by a disruption in DNA synthesis of the blast cells in the bone marrow that
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
produces very large abnormal bone marrow cells called megaloblasts - ans-✔✔True
- - - - - - - - - -
, Which condition is associated with an elevated reticulocyte count? - ans-✔✔hemolytic
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anemia
What laboratory finding is usually found in aplastic anemia? - ans-✔✔Pancytopenia
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Which disorder is considered a primary immunodeficiency disease? - ans-✔✔HIV/AIDS
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A patient is diagnosed with a tortuous blood vessel of the right hand that bleeds
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
spontaneously. This patient presents with - ans-✔✔Telangiectasia - - - - - -
What characteristic is indicative of hemolytic anemia? - ans-✔✔Jaundice
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The movement of blood through the vascular system as opposed by the force of - ans-
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✔✔Resistance
Autologous cell transplantation is a procedure in which - ans-✔✔Stem cells are harvested
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
from the patient and then returned to the same patient
- - - - - - - - -
Which causes vasoconstriction? - ans-✔✔Norepinephrine
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The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody production is type - ans-✔✔IV
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation may be treated with heparin therapy to - ans-
- - - - - - - - - - -
✔✔Inhibit clotting factor consumption- - -
The final step in clot formation is: - ans-✔✔Clot retraction
- - - - - - - - -
Which condition enhances lymphatic flow? - ans-✔✔Increased interstitial fluid colloid
- - - - - - - - - -
osmotic pressure -
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume
- - - - - - - - - - -
(MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ans-✔✔Iron deficiency
- - - - - - - - - -
True or false: vaccination for pneumococcal pneumonia should be performed before one
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year of age in patients with sickle cell anemia - ans-✔✔False
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An increase in hemoglobin affinity for oxygen occurs with - ans-✔✔Shift to the left
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Strengthen the bond between oxygen hemoglobin is known as the - ans-✔✔Oxygen-
- - - - - - - - - - -
hemoglobin affinity -
The primary source of erythropoietin is provided by the - ans-✔✔Kidney
- - - - - - - - - -
Red blood cells differ from other cell types in the body because they - ans-✔✔Have no
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cytoplasmic organelles -
