MN 551 PATHO EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #8
Which of the following factors is most responsible for the fact that prefrontal lobotomy is
no longer a common treatment for mental illness? - correct answer Individuals treated
by lobotomy have difficulty interpreting somatic, visual, and auditory information.
Lobotomy inhibits the individual's ability to add perception and meaning to sensory
information.
******Severing connections between the brain and its prefrontal areas inhibits problem
solving and results in a loss of ambition.
Loss of communication to and from the prefrontal cortex changes, but ultimately
exacerbates, symptoms of mental illness.
Which of the following questions is most likely to be clinically useful in the differential
diagnosis of sensorineural versus conductive hearing loss? - correct answer
*******"What medications do you currently take?"
"What effect is this hearing loss having on your quality of life?"
"Has your hearing loss developed quickly or more slowly?"
"Do you ever hear a persistent ringing in your ears?"
Four weeks ago, an 83-year-old male fractured his femoral head in a fall that was
caused by orthostatic hypotension. His care provider has stated that the healing
process is occurring at a reasonable pace, and that the man will regain full function after
healing and rehabilitation. Which of the following cells are most responsible for restoring
the integrity of the man's broken bone? - correct answer Osteocytes
Osteoclasts
*******Osteoblasts
Osteomas
Which of the following individuals demonstrates a health problem with his or her axial
skeleton? - correct answer A 21-year-old male who fractured his humerus while
snowboarding
*******A 40-year-old man who has a contusion to the left temporal bone of his skull
following a motor vehicle accident
A 79-year-old female who has undergone hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery)
, A 30-year-old pregnant woman who has a separated pubic symphysis
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes an aspect of the
neurobiology of sleep? - correct answer The hypothalamus stimulates the anterior and
posterior pituitary to modulate sleeping-waking cycles.
The pituitary releases melatonin at predictable points in the circadian rhythm in order to
facilitate sleep.
The reticular formation, thalamus, and cerebral cortex interact to integrate the sleep-
wake cycle.
Input from the retinas is interpreted by the cerebellum and contributes to maintenance
of the circadian rhythm.
A woman with severe visual and auditory deficits is able to identify individuals by
running her fingers lightly over their face. Which of the following sources is most likely to
provide the input that allows for the woman's ability? - correct answer Pacinian
corpuscles
Ruffini end organs
*******Meissner corpuscles
Free nerve endings
Which of the following patients on a hospital medical unit is most clearly demonstrating
the signs and symptoms of liver failure? - correct answer *******A 44-year-old man with
low hemoglobin levels, low platelet levels, and spider angiomas
A 50-year-old woman with blood pressure of 189/103, jaundice, and multiple
thromboses
A 68-year-old female patient with sudden onset of confusion, a history of alcohol abuse,
and low levels of serum AST and ALT
A 55-year-old man with ascites, fever, and recent onset of atrial fibrillation
Long, stretchy cervical mucus that exhibits ferning on a microscope slide is
characteristic of which of the following? - correct answer *******High LH levels
Low estrogen levels
High progesterone levels
Which of the following factors is most responsible for the fact that prefrontal lobotomy is
no longer a common treatment for mental illness? - correct answer Individuals treated
by lobotomy have difficulty interpreting somatic, visual, and auditory information.
Lobotomy inhibits the individual's ability to add perception and meaning to sensory
information.
******Severing connections between the brain and its prefrontal areas inhibits problem
solving and results in a loss of ambition.
Loss of communication to and from the prefrontal cortex changes, but ultimately
exacerbates, symptoms of mental illness.
Which of the following questions is most likely to be clinically useful in the differential
diagnosis of sensorineural versus conductive hearing loss? - correct answer
*******"What medications do you currently take?"
"What effect is this hearing loss having on your quality of life?"
"Has your hearing loss developed quickly or more slowly?"
"Do you ever hear a persistent ringing in your ears?"
Four weeks ago, an 83-year-old male fractured his femoral head in a fall that was
caused by orthostatic hypotension. His care provider has stated that the healing
process is occurring at a reasonable pace, and that the man will regain full function after
healing and rehabilitation. Which of the following cells are most responsible for restoring
the integrity of the man's broken bone? - correct answer Osteocytes
Osteoclasts
*******Osteoblasts
Osteomas
Which of the following individuals demonstrates a health problem with his or her axial
skeleton? - correct answer A 21-year-old male who fractured his humerus while
snowboarding
*******A 40-year-old man who has a contusion to the left temporal bone of his skull
following a motor vehicle accident
A 79-year-old female who has undergone hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery)
, A 30-year-old pregnant woman who has a separated pubic symphysis
Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes an aspect of the
neurobiology of sleep? - correct answer The hypothalamus stimulates the anterior and
posterior pituitary to modulate sleeping-waking cycles.
The pituitary releases melatonin at predictable points in the circadian rhythm in order to
facilitate sleep.
The reticular formation, thalamus, and cerebral cortex interact to integrate the sleep-
wake cycle.
Input from the retinas is interpreted by the cerebellum and contributes to maintenance
of the circadian rhythm.
A woman with severe visual and auditory deficits is able to identify individuals by
running her fingers lightly over their face. Which of the following sources is most likely to
provide the input that allows for the woman's ability? - correct answer Pacinian
corpuscles
Ruffini end organs
*******Meissner corpuscles
Free nerve endings
Which of the following patients on a hospital medical unit is most clearly demonstrating
the signs and symptoms of liver failure? - correct answer *******A 44-year-old man with
low hemoglobin levels, low platelet levels, and spider angiomas
A 50-year-old woman with blood pressure of 189/103, jaundice, and multiple
thromboses
A 68-year-old female patient with sudden onset of confusion, a history of alcohol abuse,
and low levels of serum AST and ALT
A 55-year-old man with ascites, fever, and recent onset of atrial fibrillation
Long, stretchy cervical mucus that exhibits ferning on a microscope slide is
characteristic of which of the following? - correct answer *******High LH levels
Low estrogen levels
High progesterone levels
