PATH 370 - In Class Quiz 1 (Ch. 1, 2, 4, 7)
IN general, with aging, organ size and function?
Decreases
Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply)
chemotherapy cancer cells cancer mestastasis to bone marrow malnutrition
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and are mediated by?
norepinephrine
The most common tumor suppressor gene defect identified in cancer cell is
P53
Cancer grading is based on
cell differentiation
Side effects of chemotherapy include (select all that apply)
anemia nausea bleeding infections
Proto-oncogenes
are normal cellular genes that promote growth
The primary effect of aging on all body systems is?
decreased functional reserve
of the statements below, the accurate statement regarding nutrition and cellular health is
deficient cellular uptake by one cell type may contribute to excess nutrient delivery to other cell types
The primary adaptive purpose of the substances produced in the alarm stage is
energy and repair
The effects of excessive cortisol production include
immune suppression
Which is NOT normally secreted in response to stress?
insulin
Reperfusion injury to cells
involves formation of free radicals
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which will
kill rapidly diving cells
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis.
liquefactive
A patient with mestastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which response is correct?
lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate
The effect of stress on the immune system
may involve enhancement or impairment the immune system.
breast cancer is women who have the breast cancer gene
occurs at an earlier age
Indicators that an individual is experiencing high stress include all the following except
pupil constriction
metaplasia is
replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct response is which of the following?
It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread.
Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including
Burkitt lymphoma
The cellular component that is most susceptible to radiation injury is the
DNA
Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known as
carcinomas
Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two packs a day for the last 40 years." Her chronic morning cough recently worsened, and she was diagnosed with a lung mass. The most likely contributing factor for development of lung cancer in this patient is
cigarette smoking
coagulative necrosis is caused by
interrupted blood supply
The cellular response indicative of injury due to faulty metabolism is
intracellular accumulations
All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except
necrosis
A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium intake. This is an example of
secondary prevention
An obese but otherwise healthy teen is given a prescription for a low-calorie diet and exercise program. This is an example of
secondary prevention
