CPHON exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

CPHON exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Thalassemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Inherited defect in production of hemoglobin chain.
Destruction of RBC.


Treatment: frequent RBC transfusions


Sickle Cell Disease - CORRECT ANSWER - inherited defect of hemoglobin causing
sickling. destruction of RBC


hemophilia - CORRECT ANSWER - Congenital deficiency in clotting factor. prolonged
bleeding.


von Willebrand Disease (vWB) - CORRECT ANSWER - inherited deficiency or defective
clotting protein.
mucous membrane bleeding


Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) - CORRECT ANSWER - ACQUIRED. disorder of
excessive platelet destruction


Aplastic Anemia - CORRECT ANSWER - suppression of production of formed elements
in blood. Congenital or acquired.


Red Cell Aplasia - CORRECT ANSWER - lack of erythoid cell. Congential = Diamond
blackfan. Can be acquired


What does mutatin result in? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. lack of differentiation
2. loss of contact inhibition
3. unregulated growth

, 4. cellular immortality


what are genetic predispositions to cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. down syndrome
2. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
3. Retinoblastoma gene


What is part of the ectoderm? - CORRECT ANSWER - CNS, brain and spinal cord,
meninges


What cancers are common in infancy and early childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
neuroblastoma
2. Wilm's Tumor
3. Retinoblastoma


What cancers are common in adolsence? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Hodgkin Lymphoma
2. Osteosarcoma


What does the supratentorial part of the brain control? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.
Personality
2. Speech
3. Auditory/ vision
4. motor/ sensory
5. Area of seizure foci


What does the infratentorial part of the brain control? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. balance
and coordination
2. autonomic functions
3. conduit for nerve transmission