PATH 370 Quiz 1 CH 1,2,4&7 Questions with correct Answers

Side effects of chemotherapy (select all that apply) - Answer- nausea and vomiting, hair loss, diarrhea, bone marrow suppression The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is - Answer- dysplasia Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply) - Answer- - chemotherapy.- cancer cells.- cancer metastasis to bone marrow.- malnutrition.Cancer cells secrete substances that suppress the immune system. Bone marrow suppression may be because of invasion of blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, poor nutrition, and chemotherapeutic agents. By contrast, immunotherapy is a method of harnessing the immune system in the treatment of cancer. A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium intake. This is an example of - Answer- secondary prevention The cellular response indicative of injury due to faulty metabolism is - Answer- intracellular accumulation A 17-year-old college bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes meningitis. This is an example of - Answer- primary All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except A. necrosis B. metaplasia C. atrophy D. hyperplasia - Answer- necrosis A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet demonstrating sights of this disease. This stage of illness is called the ________ stage - Answer- latent stage Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known as - Answer- carcinoma Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis A. coagulative B. caseous C. liqufactive D. fat - Answer- ANSWER: C. Liquefactive necrosis is produced when brain tissue dies, as it is rich in enzymes and has little connective tissue. Coagulativenecrosis occurs from ischemic injury in any tissue. Caseous necrosis occurs in lung tissue damaged by tuberculosis. Fat necrosisoccurs in adipose (fat) tissue. Coagulative necrosis is caused by - Answer- Form of necrosis in which the architecture of dead tissues is preserved (days)* Ultimately the necrotic cells are removed by phagocytosis by WBCs and digestion by the action of lysosomal enzymes of WBCs Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct response is which of the following? - Answer- It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread.