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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostlikelycauseofan
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iatrogenic disease? b
a. Aninheriteddisorder b b
b. Acombinationofspecificetiologicalfactors
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c. Anunwantedeffectofaprescribeddrug
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d. Prolongedexposuretotoxicchemicalsintheenvironment b b b b b b b
ANS: C b
2. Themanifestationsofadiseasearebestdefined as the
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a. subjectivefeelingsofdiscomfortduringachronicillness. b b b b b b b
b. signsandsymptomsofadisease. b b b b b
c. factorsthatprecipitatean acuteepisodeofachronicillness. b b b b b b b b b
d. earlyindicatorsoftheprodromalstageofinfection. b b b b b b b
ANS: B b
3. Thebestdefinitionofthe termprognosisisthe
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a. precipitatingfactorscausinganacuteepisode. b b b b b
b. numberofremissionstobeexpectedduringthecourseofachronicillness. b b b b b b b b b b b b
c. predictedoutcomeorlikelihoodofrecoveryfromaspecificdisease. b b b b b b b b b
d. exacerbations occurringduringchronicillness. b b b b
ANS: C b
4. Whichofthefollowingisconsideredasystemicsignofdisease?
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a. Swellingoftheknee b b b
b. Fever
c. Painintheneck b b b
d. Redrashontheface b b b b
ANS: B b
5. Etiologyisdefined asthe studyofthe b b b b b b b
a. causesofadisease. b b b
b. courseofadisease. b b b
c. expected complications ofadisease. b b b b
d. manifestations ofadisease. b b b
ANS: A b
6. Atypeofcellularadaptationinwhichthereisadecreaseincell sizeisreferredtoas
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a. hypertrophy.
b. metaplasia.
c. anaplasia.
d. atrophy.
ANS: D b
7. Achangein atissue marked bycells that varyinsizeand shapeand show increased mitotic figures
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, a. metaplasia.
b. atrophy.
c. dysplasia.
d. hypertrophy.
ANS: C b
8. Adeficit ofoxygen inthecellsusuallyduetorespiratoryorcirculatoryproblemsiscalled
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a. apoptosis.
b. ischemia.
c. hypertrophy.
d. necrosis.
ANS: B b
9. Whenagroupofcellsinthebodydies,thechange iscalled
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a. ischemia.
b. gangrene.
c. hypoxia.
d. necrosis.
ANS: D b
10. Rigorousweightlifting/bodybuildingregimens mayresultintheskeletal musclecells
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undergoing
a. hypertrophy.
b. dysplasia.
c. atrophy.
d. regeneration.
ANS: A b
11. Thetermcancerrefersto
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a. dysplasia.
b. hyperplasia.
c. metaplasia.
d. malignant neoplasm. b
ANS: D b
12. Towhichofthefollowingdoesthetermapoptosis refer?
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a. Increasedrateofmitosisbycertaincells b b b b b b
b. Ischemicdamageto cells b b b
c. Liquefaction of necrotic tissue b b b
d. Preprogrammedcellself-destruction b b
ANS: D b
13. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
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a. AlterationofDNAdoesnotchangecellfunction. b b b b b b b
b. Damagedcellsmaybeabletorepairthemselves. b b b b b b b
c. Alltypesofcellsdieatthesamerate.
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d. Mildischemiacausesimmediatecelldeath. b b b b b
ANS: B b
14. Caseationnecrosisreferstoanareawhere b b b b b b
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, a. cellproteinshavebeendenatured.
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