PATH 370 QUIZ 1 (CH. 1, 2, 4, 7) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
IN general, with aging, organ size and function? - Answers -Decreases
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous
system and are mediated by? - Answers -norepinephrine
Side effects of chemotherapy include (select all that apply) - Answers -anemia
nausea
bleeding
infections
The primary effect of aging on all body systems is? - Answers -decreased functional
reserve
Which is NOT normally secreted in response to stress? - Answers -insulin
Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including - Answers -Burkitt
lymphoma
Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply) -
Answers -chemotherapy
cancer cells
cancer mestastasis to bone marrow
malnutrition
A patient with mestastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which
response is correct? - Answers -lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate
Proto-oncogenes - Answers -are normal cellular genes that promote growth
The most common tumor suppressor gene defect identified in cancer cell is - Answers
-P53
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy,
which will - Answers -kill rapidly diving cells
of the statements below, the accurate statement regarding nutrition and cellular health
is - Answers -deficient cellular uptake by one cell type may contribute to excess
nutrient delivery to other cell types
metaplasia is - Answers -replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
ANSWERS
IN general, with aging, organ size and function? - Answers -Decreases
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous
system and are mediated by? - Answers -norepinephrine
Side effects of chemotherapy include (select all that apply) - Answers -anemia
nausea
bleeding
infections
The primary effect of aging on all body systems is? - Answers -decreased functional
reserve
Which is NOT normally secreted in response to stress? - Answers -insulin
Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including - Answers -Burkitt
lymphoma
Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply) -
Answers -chemotherapy
cancer cells
cancer mestastasis to bone marrow
malnutrition
A patient with mestastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which
response is correct? - Answers -lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate
Proto-oncogenes - Answers -are normal cellular genes that promote growth
The most common tumor suppressor gene defect identified in cancer cell is - Answers
-P53
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy,
which will - Answers -kill rapidly diving cells
of the statements below, the accurate statement regarding nutrition and cellular health
is - Answers -deficient cellular uptake by one cell type may contribute to excess
nutrient delivery to other cell types
metaplasia is - Answers -replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
