EXAM 2
The most critical aspect in diagnosing seizure disorder is establishing its
causing?
Health history
What term describes the loss or comprehension of language?
Aphasia
Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes?
Cells remain localized in the glandular or squamous cells.
What causes the microvascular complications in a patient with diabetes mellitus?
The capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process?
Attaching to opiate receptor sites
The function of the tumor cell marker sites is to?
Screen individuals at high risk for cancer.
Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are associated with what defects in which
area of the brain?
Basil Ganglia
A sudden, explosive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons is termed?
Seizure
Chronic infection of the cervix by HPV results in cervical?
dysplasia
What are tumor cell markers?
substances produces by cancer cells
What is the most common reported symptom of cancer treatment?
Fatigue
Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Auditory hallucinations
In which disorder are acetylcholine receptor antibodies (IgG antibodies) against
acetylcholine receptors?
Myasthenia gravis
Pathological changes associated with graves' disease include?
High levels of circulating thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of
increased?
dopamine
Multiple Sclerosis is best described as?
It is a central nervous system (CNS) demyelination, possibly from an immunogenetic
virus.
During infections why do lymph nodes become large and tender?
lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
, Graves disease develops from?
Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin that causes overproduction of thyroid hormones
What is the leading cause of infertility in women?
PCOS
In Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) what are the indications of
microvascular thrombosis?
Symmetric cyanosis of fingers and toes "blue finger/toe syndrome"
How do cancer cells use the enzyme telomerase?
Switch on the telomerase so that cells can divide indefinitely
Which description is consistent with the chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL)?
B cells fail to mature into plasma cells that synthesize immunoglobulins.
Which anemia produces small pale erythrocytes?
Iron Deficiency
Cognitive operations cannot occur without the effective functioning of the
brains?
Reticular activating system
Multiple Sclerosis and Gillian Barre syndrome are similar in that they both?
result from demyelination by an immune reaction
The pap test is used to screen for what cancer?
cervical
Which nerves are capable of regeneration?
Peripheral
Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing
swallowing and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
Medulla oblongata
Which compound or hormone is secreted by the adrenal medulla?
Epinephrine
What is the treatment of choice for percutaneous anemia?
B12 by injection
Clinical manifestations of Parkinson's are caused by a deficit in which brains
neurotransmitters?
dopamine
Which person is at the greatest risk for developing delirium?
An individual on the second day after hip replacement
Which description is consistent with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)?
The translocation of genetic material from genes 9 and 22 creates an abnormal, fused
protein identified as BCR-ABL1.
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, passing of large
clots, and depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Which parts of the brain mediate the expression affecting both emotional and
behavioral states?
limbic system and prefrontal cortex.
The common cause of elevated levels of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion is?
cancer
The most critical aspect in diagnosing seizure disorder is establishing its
causing?
Health history
What term describes the loss or comprehension of language?
Aphasia
Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes?
Cells remain localized in the glandular or squamous cells.
What causes the microvascular complications in a patient with diabetes mellitus?
The capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process?
Attaching to opiate receptor sites
The function of the tumor cell marker sites is to?
Screen individuals at high risk for cancer.
Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are associated with what defects in which
area of the brain?
Basil Ganglia
A sudden, explosive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons is termed?
Seizure
Chronic infection of the cervix by HPV results in cervical?
dysplasia
What are tumor cell markers?
substances produces by cancer cells
What is the most common reported symptom of cancer treatment?
Fatigue
Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
Auditory hallucinations
In which disorder are acetylcholine receptor antibodies (IgG antibodies) against
acetylcholine receptors?
Myasthenia gravis
Pathological changes associated with graves' disease include?
High levels of circulating thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of
increased?
dopamine
Multiple Sclerosis is best described as?
It is a central nervous system (CNS) demyelination, possibly from an immunogenetic
virus.
During infections why do lymph nodes become large and tender?
lymphocytes are rapidly dividing.
, Graves disease develops from?
Thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin that causes overproduction of thyroid hormones
What is the leading cause of infertility in women?
PCOS
In Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) what are the indications of
microvascular thrombosis?
Symmetric cyanosis of fingers and toes "blue finger/toe syndrome"
How do cancer cells use the enzyme telomerase?
Switch on the telomerase so that cells can divide indefinitely
Which description is consistent with the chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL)?
B cells fail to mature into plasma cells that synthesize immunoglobulins.
Which anemia produces small pale erythrocytes?
Iron Deficiency
Cognitive operations cannot occur without the effective functioning of the
brains?
Reticular activating system
Multiple Sclerosis and Gillian Barre syndrome are similar in that they both?
result from demyelination by an immune reaction
The pap test is used to screen for what cancer?
cervical
Which nerves are capable of regeneration?
Peripheral
Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing
swallowing and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
Medulla oblongata
Which compound or hormone is secreted by the adrenal medulla?
Epinephrine
What is the treatment of choice for percutaneous anemia?
B12 by injection
Clinical manifestations of Parkinson's are caused by a deficit in which brains
neurotransmitters?
dopamine
Which person is at the greatest risk for developing delirium?
An individual on the second day after hip replacement
Which description is consistent with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)?
The translocation of genetic material from genes 9 and 22 creates an abnormal, fused
protein identified as BCR-ABL1.
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, passing of large
clots, and depletion of iron stores support which diagnosis?
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
Which parts of the brain mediate the expression affecting both emotional and
behavioral states?
limbic system and prefrontal cortex.
The common cause of elevated levels of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion is?
cancer
