CHAPTERS 1, 2 & 3 - Human Diseases

Question 1

Medications, education, and nutritional modifications are all examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

treatment interventions

Question 2

What is the role or subject of focus for a pathologist in the field of hematology?

Accepted Answer

blood

Question 3

Determining the degree of abnormality of the neoplasm is known as what?

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grading

Question 4

Which of the following is true regarding the aging process?

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The aging process is progressive and irreversible.

Question 5

The expectation that a laceration should heal in 7 to 10 days is what?

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the prognosis

Question 6

What is a diagnosis?

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the identification or naming of a disease or condition

Question 7

The alteration of homeostasis, the state of sameness, is the underlying concept of what term?

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disease

Question 8

How would the pathogenesis of a disease that lasts for an extended period, such as heart disease, be classified?

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chronic

Question 9

What change in the aging process may lead to osteoporosis?

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bone loss

Question 10

The holistic medicine concept considers which of the following aspects of being?

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psychological, spiritual, and cognitive

Question 11

Congenital means:

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“born with.”

Question 12

Hereditary diseases are classified in which of the following ways?

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abnormality of several genes

Question 13

A skin callus on the foot is an example of what?

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hyperplasia

Question 14

Which of the following best characterizes the spread of a malignant neoplasm?

Accepted Answer

A malignant neoplasm metastasizes to distant areas or organs.

Question 15

What group is at the greatest risk of developing skin cancer?

Accepted Answer

fair-skinned people

Question 16

Which of the following is accurate regarding the relationship between inflamed and infected tissue?

Accepted Answer

Tissue can be inflamed but not infected.

Question 17

Genetic alteration is the basis for the development of what?

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malignant neoplasm

Question 18

What four types of cancer are responsible for the majority of cancer deaths?

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lung, breast, prostate, and colon

Question 19

Cachexia describes:

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an ill, thin individual.

Question 20

Determining the degree to which a tumor has spread is known as what?

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staging

Question 21

Redness, pain, swelling, and warm to the touch are all symptoms of what?

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inflammation

Question 22

The CDC recommends that you scrub your hands for how long to avoid getting sick and spreading germs?

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20 seconds

Question 23

Which of the following is a preventive treatment?

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mammograms

Question 24

The aging process is affected by hereditary factors such as:

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ability to resist disease

Question 25

Which of the following is a symptom of a disease?

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stomach pain

Question 26

Which of the following is true of the growth rate of cancer cells?

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Cancer cells are fast growing.

Question 27

In terms of pathogenesis, which of the following would be a chronic condition?

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hypertension

Question 28

Individuals who consume large amounts of vitamins for extended periods of time may develop what?

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hypervitaminosis

Question 29

A patient had hip surgery, & while in the hospital, contracted COVID-19. Which term describes the cause of the illness?

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nosocomial

Question 30

An example of an acute disease is:

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a middle ear infection

Question 31

What does absence of lymph node involvement with cancer indicate?

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The spread is limited, and surgical cure is possible.

Question 32

Which of the following is accurate regarding the relationship between hormones and cancer?

Accepted Answer

Hormones may cause cancer but may also be used to treat it.

Question 33

Obesity leads to cardiovascular diseases because it increases the chance for what?

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arteriosclerosis

Question 34

How can cancer be avoided at the in situ stage?

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by surgical removal of the dysplasia

Question 35

Which of the following predisposing factors is controllable?

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lifestyle

Question 36

Classifications of trauma include:

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motor vechicle accidents

Question 37

Nutrition administered through the enteral route includes which of the following methods?

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gastrostomy

Question 38

What type of pathologist studies biopsies?

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surgical

Question 39

An example of an acute illness is:

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a sore throat

Question 40

At what point is a person considered to be brain dead?

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when the brain stops functioning

Question 41

Immunodeficiency is the immune response of the body being unable to defend itself due to what?

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a decrease or absence of leukocytes, primarily lymphocytes

Question 42

If a disease arises as a result of a prescribed treatment, the cause is said to be what?

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iatrogenic

Question 43

An example of a single-gene hereditary disease is:

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cystic fibrosis

Question 44

An example of triage, in general, is giving priority care to a patient who:

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complains of crushing, radiating chest pain.

Question 45

A derangement or abnormality of function, such as a vitamin deficiency, is called a what?

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disorder

Question 46

Which of the following is accurate regarding the development of malignant neoplasms?

Accepted Answer

Continued exposure to a carcinogen may increase the abnormality of a cell.

Question 47

General guidelines for a healthy lifestyle include which of the following?

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maintaining body weight

Question 48

A cold progresses through the stages of inoculation, incubation, full-blown illness, and recovery. This process is:

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pathogenesis

Question 49

Which of the following is more prevalent in women than in men?

Accepted Answer

rheumatoid arthritis

Question 50

What does local tissue invasion signify?

Accepted Answer

a change from a precancerous neoplasm to a malignant one

CHAPTERS 1, 2 & 3 - Human Diseases

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CHAPTERS 1, 2 & 3 - Human Diseases

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