PATHO370 / PATHO 370 - Ch 1, 2, 4, 7 – [Check Your Understanding] Exam Latest Update
A patient diagnosed with cancer presents with Cushing syndrome secondary to excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion. This syndrome is described as - ANSWER-Paraneoplastic syndrome
Which term is used to ...
A patient diagnosed with cancer presents with Cushing syndrome secondary to
excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion. This syndrome is described as -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Paraneoplastic syndrome
Which term is used to describe the histologic characterization of tumor cells? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Grading
Which type of cellular adaptation is most likely to occur as the result of chronic
ischemia to a region? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Atrophy
Which statement is true? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Women have a lower hemoglobin level
than men.
, The study of specific characteristics and functions of a living organism and its
parts is called - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Physiology
Which is a true statement regarding cortisol? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-It produces stress
response effects similar to those of epinephrine.
Which statement about oncogene activation is true? (Select all that apply.) -
✔✔✔ANSWER-Oncogenes may be introduced into the host cell by a retrovirus.
Proto-oncogenes may undergo a mutation thus becoming overly active.
DNA sequences that normally suppress proto-oncogene expression may be
inactivated.
An error may occur in the replication of the chromosome such that extra copies are
produced.
What is the mechanism of cellular injury that occurs when deep sea divers get "the
bends"? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Gas bubbles form in the blood, blocking circulation and
resulting in ischemia.
Which statement regarding cancer deaths is true? (Select all that apply.) -
✔✔✔ANSWER-The 5-year combined survival rate for cancer is 68%.
Men have a 1 in 2 lifetime risk of developing cancer.
Women have a 1 in 3 lifetime risk of developing cancer.
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