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QUIZ #1

Question 1 of 20

1

X-rays taken in which the pattern of absorption is observed through planes

Select one of the following:

  • Computed Tomography

  • ultrasound

  • Magnetic resonance imaging

  • Positron emission tomography

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

Images produced by the reflection of high-frequency sound waves as they pass through body tissues.

Select one of the following:

  • computer tomography

  • ultrasound

  • Magnetic resonance imaging

  • Positron emission tomography

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

Images produced by displacing protons in atomic nuclei with radiofrequency signals

Select one of the following:

  • Magnetic resonance imaging

  • Positron emission tomography

  • ultrasound

  • Computed Tomography

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

A nuclear medicine scan in which positron-emitting radionucleotides are injected into the patient, and then the patient is scanned externally to determine up-take of the contrast medium.

Select one of the following:

  • Positron emission tomography

  • magnetic resonance imagining

  • computed tomography

  • ultrasound

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1


The most common cause of death in the United States is:

Select one of the following:

  • pneumonia

  • heart disease

  • diabetes

  • accidents

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

Regeneration is the replacement of the destroyed tissue by cells similar to those previously present

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

Blindness caused due to diabetes is an example of:

Select one of the following:

  • mortality of disease

  • morbidity of disease

  • prevalence of disease

  • incidence of disease

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

Causes of disease include which of the following:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Idiopathic

  • Microbiological

  • Endogenous

  • Exogenous

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1


Which of the following differences between transudative and exudative effusions are correct?
Transudative effusions will have a high protein count
Transudative effusions are the result of decreased osmotic pressure
Exudative effusions will have a low protein count
Exudative effusions are the result of increased osmotic pressure

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1, 2

  • 1, 2, 3

  • 2, 4

  • 1, 3, 4

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

The main function of neutrophils is to do which of the following:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Release chemical substances to kill cells

  • Remembering the chemical structure of the foreign material

  • Engulf and digest foreign materials

  • Produce antibodies in response to foreign material

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1


Pathogenesis is:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The sequence of events that lead from structural and functional abnormalities to clinical manifestations.


  • The study of the cause of the disease

  • The study of disease

  • The study of the sequence of events that occur in a disease.

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1


Cell death that is scheduled is called:

Select one or more of the following:

  • degeneration

  • atrophy

  • apoptosis


  • Pyknosis

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

The leukocyte that arrives first from the blood at the site of acute inflammation is the:

Select one or more of the following:

  • mast cells

  • macrophages

  • lymphocytes

  • neutrophils

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1


A patient presents to the primary health provider’s office with a chief complaint of fever and general malaise. The primary health provider will likely order which of the following laboratory exams?
1. Complete Blood Count
2. Bacterial blood culture
3. Blood typing
4. Immunology studies

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1, 2, 3

  • 1,3, 4

  • 2, 3

  • 1,2

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

Prognosis is best described by which of the following:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The identification of a disease process

  • The likely course of a disease process

  • A list of possible diseases affecting the patient

  • A guide for treatment

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

Mast cells contain histamine and other vasoactive amines important in the inflammatory response. When mast cells release these mediators, what is the response in the body?

Select one of the following:

  • Vasodilation and increased vascular permeability

  • Inhibit kinin from becoming bradykinin

  • Initiate the coagulation cascade

  • Trigger cytokines to down-regulate inflammation

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

The body’s attempt to isolate or “wall-off” an infection is best exemplified by an:

Select one of the following:

  • abscess

  • granuloma

  • neither

  • both

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

Fibrin is the end-product of which of the following chemical systems of inflammation?

Select one of the following:

  • Kinin

  • Arachadonate

  • .
    Coagulation

  • Complement

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

Proteomics is the identification of how a patient will respond to a particular drug, based on their genetic make-up.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1


Examples of lesions associated with an inflammatory response include:

Select one of the following:

  • abscess

  • cellulitis

  • ulcers

  • furuncles

  • all of the above

Explanation

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