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Test Bank For Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions – (Chapters 1–15) | Margaret Schell Frazier | 8th Edition, Newest Version 2025

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TEST BANK Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions 7/E by Margaret Frazier
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,Chapter 01: Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
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Frazier and Fuqua: Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE y




1. Signs of disease y y




a. always cause symptoms. y y




b. rarely correlate with symptoms. y y y




c. include abnormal objective findings. y y y




d. are always described by the patient.
y y y y y




ANS: C y




Signs, or abnormal objective findings, are the evidence of disease found by physical
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y examination and diagnostic testing. Signs of disease often correlate with the symptoms.
y y y y y y y y y y y




REF: y y p. 2 y OBJ: y y 2


2. Predisposing factors of disease y y y




a. precisely predict the occurrence of disease. y y y y y




b. make a person or group more vulnerable to disease.
y y y y y y y y




c. never overlap or occur in combination. y y y y y




d. can all be controlled by prevention.
y y y y y




ANS: B y




A person may be susceptible to a greater or lesser degree, because of one or more risk
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yfactors that overlap or occur in combination. Predisposing factors include age, gender,
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y lifestyle, environment, heredity, and immunodeficiency.
y y y y




REF: y y p. 2 y OBJ: y y 3


3. Genetic diseases may be y y y




a. produced by an abnormality in or mutation of the genetic code in a single gene.
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




b. caused by several abnormal genes. y y y y




c. caused by the abnormal presence or absence of a chromosome or an alteration
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of the structure of chromosomes.
y y y y y




d. All of the answer options y y y y




ANS: D y




Genetic predisposition (inheritance) currently is considered a major risk factor. Hereditary
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, y factors in disease that appear regularly in successive generations are likely to affect males
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y and females equally. Hereditary or genetic diseases often develop as a result of the
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y combined effects of inheritance and environmental factors.
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REF: y y p. 6 y OBJ: y y 8


4. Which statement is true of benign tumors?
y y y y y y




a. Tend to remain encapsulated
y y y




b. Infiltrate surrounding tissue y y




c. Do not compress surrounding tissue or obstruct organs
y y y y y y y




d. Do not resemble the tissue of origin
y y y y y y

, ANS: A y




Benign tumors usually develop slowly and can arise from any tissue. They tend to remain
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y encapsulated and do not infiltrate surrounding tissue. y y y y y y




REF: y y p. 7 y OBJ: y y 7


5. Which statement is true of malignant tumors?
y y y y y y




a. Tend to infiltrate other tissue. y y y y




b. Tend to bleed, ulcerate, and become infected.
y y y y y y




c. May spread to distant sites in the body.
y y y y y y y




d. All of the answer options
y y y y




ANS: D y




Malignant tumors can represent a serious threat to the health and life of a person. Cancer
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cells are variable in appearance and disorderly (anaplastic) and tend to bleed, ulcerate, and
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y become infected. Malignant tumors have the ability to infiltrate and invade the surrounding
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y tissue.
Often malignant cells enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic vessels and spread to
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distant sites in the body leading to tumor growth in other areas of the body.
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




REF: y y p. 8 y OBJ: y y 7


6. Which statement is true regarding the TNM (tumor, nodes, metastasis) cancer staging system?
y y y y y y y y y y y y




a. Assesses the size and extent of the spread of the primary tumor.
y y y y y y y y y y y




b. Is a grading system based on the degree of differentiation of tumor cells.
y y y y y y y y y y y y




c. Both answer options are true. y y y y




d. Neither answer options are true. y y y y




ANS: A y




Although a number of different staging systems exist, the majority of cancers use a TNM
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y system. TNM staging assesses the neoplasm in three different areas: the size or extent of
y y y y y y y y y y y y y y




y the primary tumor (T), the extent of regional lymph node involvement by the tumor (N), and
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the number of distant metastases (M).
y y y y y y




REF: y y p. 10 y OBJ: y y 10


7. The tumor Gleason grade reflects which information about the tumor?
y y y y y y y y y




a. Stage

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