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