front 1 A 17-year-old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes meningitis. This is an example of of what ? | back 1 primary prevention |
front 2 Patient exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus developed a pharyngeal infection. oral temperature of 102.3° F, skin rash, dysphagia, and reddened throat mucosa with multiple pustules. complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint stiffness. A throat culture is positive for Streptococcus, and antibiotics have been prescribed. The etiology of C.Q. is? | back 2 streptococcal infection |
front 3 not normally secreted in response to stress? | back 3 insulin |
front 4 Selye’s three phases of the stress response include | back 4
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front 5 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??? | back 5 smoking |
front 6 Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and are mediated by??? | back 6 norepinephrine |
front 7 A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium intake. This is an example of | back 7 secondary prevention |
front 8 Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. | back 8 it is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread |
front 9 Apoptosis is a process that results in????? | back 9 cellular death |
front 10 A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet demonstrating signs of this disease. This stage of illness is.. | back 10 latent stage |
front 11 Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____? | back 11 liquefactive |
front 12 The cellular response indicative of injury due to faulty metabolism is??? | back 12 intracellular accumulations |
front 13 After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-lowering medication. This is an example ??? | back 13 tertiary prevention |
front 14 After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which will?? | back 14 kill rapidly dividing cells |
front 15 Allostasis…definition | back 15 the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival and well-being |
front 16 Cancer grading is based on??? | back 16 cell differentiation |
front 17 Metaplasia is?? | back 17 the replacement of one differentiated cell type with another |
front 18 A disease that is native to a particular region is called | back 18 endemic |
front 19 Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known as | back 19 carcinomas |
front 20 The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is | back 20 dysplasia |
front 21 Side effects of chemotherapy include | back 21
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front 22 Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to | back 22
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front 23 Coagulative necrosis is caused by???? | back 23 interrupted blood supply |
front 24 Tumor markers ….???? | back 24 help identify parent tissue of cancer origin |