Test Bank for Pathology for the Health Professions 5th Edition by Ivan Damjanov

Chapter 01

1. Which of the following organs undergoes atrophy during childhood and adolescence? [Multiple Choice]

a. Uterus

b. Thymus ✔

c. Thyroid

d. Adrenals

ANS: B

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2. Chronic hemolysis is characterized by accumulation of an iron-containing brown pigment in the cytoplasm of
liver cells. What is this brown pigment called? [Multiple Choice]

a. Melanin

b. Tyrosin

c. Hemosiderin ✔

d. Bilirubin

ANS: C

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3. When irritated by chronic exposure to cigarette smoke, columnar bronchial epithelium changes into stratified
squamous epithelium. What is this physiologic change an example of? [Multiple Choice]

a. Hypertrophy

b. Hyperplasia

c. Atrophy

d. Metaplasia ✔

ANS: D

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4. Which of the following is a sign of irreversible cell injury? [Multiple Choice]

a. Apoptosis

,b. Pyknosis ✔

c. Hydropic change

d. Vacuolar degeneration

ANS: B

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5. Which organ is metastatic calcification typically associated with? [Multiple Choice]

a. Liver

b. Brain

c. Pancreas

d. Kidney ✔

ANS: D

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6. Which of the following is an oxygen radical? [Multiple Choice]

a. Hydrogen peroxide ✔

b. Acid hydrolase

c. Carbon tetrachloride

d. Lipofuscin

ANS: A

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7. Which of the following would not be considered a pathogenetic mechanism for causing cellular injury? [Multiple
Choice]


a. Toxins

b. Microbial pathogens

c. Genetic disturbances

d. Coagulation ✔

ANS: D

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,8. Which statement best describes a fatty liver? [Multiple Choice]

a. There is an extracellular accumulation of intermediate metabolites.

b. There is an intracellular accumulation of intermediate metabolites. ✔

c. Extracellular sodium has accumulated in the liver.

d. Intracellular sodium has accumulated in the liver.

ANS: B

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9. What best describes hydropic change at the cellular level? [Multiple Choice]

a. An equal level of water inside and outside the cell

b. A decrease of water in the cytoplasm

c. An increase of water in the cytoplasm ✔

d. A result of irreversible cell injury

ANS: C

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10. Which type of necrosis is found in the lungs of those with tuberculosis? [Multiple Choice]

a. Coagulation necrosis

b. Liquefactive necrosis

c. Caseous necrosis ✔

d. Fibrinoid necrosis

ANS: C

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11. What type of cardiac tissue change is seen in myocardial infarction? [Multiple Choice]

a. Dystrophic calcification

b. Metastatic calcification

c. Fibrinoid necrosis

d. Coagulation necrosis ✔

, ANS: D

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12. Liquefactive necrosis caused by infarction is typically seen in which organ? [Multiple Choice]

a. Heart

b. Brain ✔

c. Liver

d. Kidney

ANS: B

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13. Minerals like copper and zinc play what role in cellular function? [Multiple Choice]

a. They assist maintaining cytoplasm homeostasis.

b. They assist in the removal of cellular waste products.

c. They are necessary for ATP production.

d. They enable several important enzymes to function. ✔

ANS: D

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14. The inhibition of ATP production caused by hypoxia will result in which cellular outcome? [Multiple Choice]

a. Increased ribosome production

b. Dilation and fragmentation of the rough endoplasmic reticulum ✔

c. Mitochondrial atrophy

d. Increased alkalinity of the hyaloplasm

ANS: B

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15. Enlargement of the heart, caused by hypertension, is a result of which physiologic process? [Multiple Choice]

a. Hypertrophy ✔

b. Atrophy