Pathophysiology Test Bank by Lachel Story 4th edition!Rated A+ Answers

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Pathophysiology:
A Practical Approach

Lachel Story




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,CHAPTER 1


QUESTIONS

_____ 1. The movement of water or another solvent across the cellular membrane from
an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration is referred to
as
A. meiosis.
B. osmosis.
C. lysis.
D. mitosis.

_____ 2. Cells become specialized in their structure and function through
A. proliferation.
B. atrophy.
C. differentiation.
D. pinocytosis.

_____ 3. Eradicating the disease is the goal of
A. palliative treatment.
B. all cancer treatment.
C. prophylactic treatment.
D. curative treatment.

_____ 4. The fetus is most vulnerable to environmental influences during which period of
gestation?
A. 10 to 15 days
B. The first 30 days
C. 15 to 60 days
D. The first trimester

_____ 5. Which form of cellular adaptation occurs because of decreased work demands
on the cell?
A. Hypertrophy
B. Hyperplasia
C. Atrophy
D. Metaplasia

_____ 6. What are the sex chromosomes that a female has?
A. Paired X chromosomes
B. Autosomes
C. One X and one Y chromosome
D. Two Y chromosomes




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,_____ 7. Which disorders are passed from an affected parent to an offspring regardless of
sex?
A. Sex-linked disorders
B. Fragile X syndrome
C. Autosomal dominant disorders
D. All of the above

_____ 8. Gangrene is a form of
A. caseous necrosis.
B. liquefaction necrosis.
C. coagulative necrosis.
D. fat necrosis.

_____ 9. The genetic information for a cell is contained in the
A. nucleus.
B. organelles.
C. lipid bilayer.
D. cytoplasm.

_____ 10. The disease state of a neoplasm is
A. apoptosis.
B. atrophy.
C. exocytosis.
D. cancer.

_____ 11. A possible teratogen is a(n)
A. lipid bilayer.
B. allele.
C. infection.
D. chromosome.

_____ 12. How many chromosomes do we have?
A. 23
B. 46
C. Several thousand
D. About 3 billion

_____ 13. Selective permeability allows free passage in and out of cells to
A. enzymes.
B. glucose.
C. electrolytes.
D. all of the above.

_____ 14. Which type of cellular adaptation is undergone by the muscles of an extremity
that has been in a cast for a long period of time?
A. Hypertrophy




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, B. Metaplasia
C. Dysplasia
D. Hyperplasia

_____ 15. Which tumors are usually undifferentiated?
A. Malignant tumors
B. All tumors are undifferentiated.
C. Benign tumors
D. Tumors with less anaplastic cells

_____ 16. One cause of cell death is
A. ischemia.
B. apoptosis.
C. necrosis.
D. all of the above.

_____ 17. Variations of a gene are known as
A. alleles.
B. autosomes.
C. a karotype.
D. DNA.

_____ 18. A form of cell division that occurs only in mature sperm and ova is
A. mitosis.
B. prophase.
C. oncogene.
D. meiosis.

_____ 19. Which of the following diseases affects only females?
A. Monosomy X (Turner’s syndrome)
B. Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome)
C. Polysomy X (Klinefelter’s syndrome)
D. Tay-Sachs disease

_____ 20. A cancer patient’s likelihood for surviving a cancer is referred to as his or her
A. remission.
B. prognosis.
C. carcinogenesis.
D. grading.

_____ 21. Metaplasia refers to which of the following?
A. An increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue.
B. Cell mutation into cells of a different size, shape, and appearance.
C. An increase in the size of cells in an attempt to meet increased demand.
D. The process of one adult cell being replaced by another cell type