Environmental Diseases

Question 1

particulate diseases?

Answer 1

pneumoconioses

Question 2

the most common pneumoconioses?

Answer 2

coal workers’, silicosis, asbestosis

Question 3

“black lung”

Answer 3

coal workers pneumoconiosis

Question 4

which disease: increasing pulmonary dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale

Answer 4

coal workers pneumoconiosis

Question 5

the most prevalent chronic occupational disease in world?

Answer 5

silicosis

Question 6

primary effector of silicosis?

Answer 6

TNF released by macrophages

Question 7

concentrically arranged collagen fibers around an amorphous center?

Answer 7

silicotic nodules

Question 8

which disease: pulmonary hypertension, cor pulmonale, increased risk of TB

Answer 8

silicosis

Question 9

true or false: crystalline silica is a carcinogen

Answer 9

True

Question 10

exposure to … linked to localized plaques, diffuse fibrosis and mesothelioma

Answer 10

asbestos

Question 11

pleural plaques of dense collagen and calcium?

Answer 11

asbestosis

Question 12

acute alcoholic change?

Answer 12

mainly CNS, reversible fatty change (steatosis), gastritis/gastric ulceration

Question 13

cirrhosis of liver and alcoholic hepatitis?

Answer 13

chronic alcoholic changes

Question 14

mallory bodies?

Answer 14

alcoholic hepatitis

Question 15

alcoholism associated with increased risk of …

Answer 15

hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 16

cherry red color of skin and mucous membranes?

Answer 16

acute CO poisoning

Question 17

chronic effects of CO?

Answer 17

hypoxia, ischemic changes to CNS

Question 18

which polluntant: hard tissue deposits, peripheral neuropathies and CNS abnormalities, anemia, stippling of red blood cells

Answer 18

lead

Question 19

oral manifestation of lead?

Answer 19

lead line- lead sulfide from oral microflora

Question 20

chronic exposure to … yields hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles

Answer 20

arsenic

Question 21

… associated with increased risk of leukemia?

Answer 21

benzene

Question 22

polycyclic hydrocarbons- … and … cancer

Answer 22

lung and bladder

Question 23

dioxins- … disorders, liver and CNS abnormalities

Answer 23

skin

Question 24

vinyl chloride- … of the liver

Answer 24

angiosarcoma

Question 25

scraping or rubbing; removal of the superficial layer

Answer 25

abrasion

Question 26

bruise

Answer 26

contusion

Question 27

a tear caused by a blunt object

Answer 27

laceration

Question 28

tear caused by a sharp object

Answer 28

incision

Question 29

which classes of burn: full thickness, white, charred, dry, anesthetic, total destruction of epidermis/dermis

Answer 29

3rd/4th degree

Question 30

which classes of burn: partial thickness, pink/mottled with blisters, painful

Answer 30

1st/2nd degree

Question 31

organ systems most sensitive to radiation?

Answer 31

gonads, lymphoid, hematopoietic, lining of GI

Question 32

beriberi

Answer 32

thiamin

Question 33

wernickes encephalopathy

Answer 33

beriberi

Question 34

which deficiency: glossitis, angular cheilitis, sore throat, anemia

Answer 34

riboflavin

Question 35

dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, beefy red tongue, stomatitis

Answer 35

niacin (pellagra)