Mock Exam

Question 1

All of the following are types of cells found in the CNS except?

a. Schwann
b. Ependymal Cells
c. Islet Cells
d. Endothelial cells
e. Histocytes

Answer 1

c. Islet Cells

Question 2

Define the pathogenesis of a prion disease and give an example of one:

Answer 2

Pathogenesis = when abnormal forms of a cellular protein cause
transmissible neurodegenerative disorders
i. Ex: Mad Cow

Question 3

A localized reduction of cessation of blood flow to a defined portion of the brain
is called what?

Answer 3

Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Question 4

What causes multiple sclerosis?

Answer 4

Multiple areas of demyelination in the white matter of the brain and spinal
cord (CNS)

Question 5

True or false? Individuals with sleep apnea have a 30% increased risk of mortality
and morbidity?

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Concussion refers _______ and contusion refers to ________

Answer 6

a. Concussion refers to a clinical syndrome of altered consciousness
secondary to head injury

b. Contusion refers to a direct parenchymal injury of the brain

Question 7

Which organs have very low tolerance to edema?

Answer 7

brain and lungs

Question 8

Which of the following conditions is NOT a well-established risk factor for breast
cancer?

Answer 8

having a child

Question 9

Most common benign neoplasm of the breast is

Answer 9

fibroadenoma

Question 10

What % of men develop prostate cancer by the age of 80?

Answer 10

70%

Question 11

Glomerulonephritis is usually caused by a retrograde infection in the
genitourinary tract. Pyelonephritis is an immune complex mediated disease

Answer 11

both false

switch them and they are correct.

Question 12

What is the terminology used to describe an invagination of the small intestine
into itself leading to necrosis?

Answer 12

intussusception

Question 13

Patients with Barrett’s esophagus are at risk of developing what?

Answer 13

adenocarcinoma

Question 14

Oral Lesions associated with ulcerative colitis are known as

Answer 14

Pyostomatitis Vegetans

Question 15

What terminology describes metastasis of an adenocarcinoma to the bilateral
ovaries

Answer 15

krunkenberg Tumor

Question 16

What is the average lifespan of RBCs?

Answer 16

120 days

Question 17

What radiographic term can be used to describe both sickle cell anemia
and thaessemia

Answer 17

hair on end

Question 18

Sickle cell anemia occurs due to a substitution between which two amino acids?

Answer 18

valine and glutamic acid

Question 19

Patients with Plummer-Vinson syndrome presents with which type of anemia?

Answer 19

Iron deficiency anemia

Question 20

What anemia is considered an autoimmune disease?

Answer 20

hemolytic anemia

Question 21

In a viral infection what type of white blood cell is usually elevated?

Answer 21

leukocytes

Question 22

What immune deficiency is caused by having a pronounced decrease in the
number of neutrophils?

Answer 22

neutropenia

Question 23

When presenting with oral manifestation, which leukemia has a predilection for
the gingiva

Answer 23

acute myelogenous leukemia

Question 24

What Low grade lymphoma can be associated with patients with Sjogren
Syndrome

Answer 24

MALT lymphoma

Question 25

Which high grade lymphoma has a predilection for the jawbone of children and is associated with HHV4?

Answer 25

Burkitts lymphoma

Question 26

Name one medication that prevents the ability of platelets to aggregate

Answer 26

Aspirin (maybe look up a list of these this was a FITB)

Question 27

Name 3 different hormones secreted by the anterior pituitary

Answer 27

a. Growth hormone b. Prolactin c. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)

Question 28

Excess secretion of growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have closed results in what

Answer 28

acromegaly

Question 29

Which specific portion of the adrenal gland secretes cortisol?

Answer 29

Zona Fasciculata of the adrenal cortex

Question 30

What cells in the pancreas release glucagon?

Answer 30

alpha

Question 31

True or false? Hep A is considered an STD

Answer 31

true

Question 32

Vomiting of fresh red blood is called?

Answer 32

hematemesis

Question 33

Which type of colonic polyp has the greatest incidence of undergoing malignant transformation?

Answer 33

Familial Adenomatous polyposis coli

Question 34

Which presents with granulomatous tissue?

Answer 34

chrons disease

Question 35

Which of the following does not result from an H Pylori infection?

Answer 35

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Question 36

Meckel diverticulum is a developmental defect of

Answer 36

Small Intestine

Question 37

Plummer Vincent is not a. Affects scandinavian european women b. Iron deficiency anemia c. Pernicious anemia → autoimmune atrophic gastritis d. Esophageal webs e. Dysphagia f. Increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma

Answer 37

c. Pernicious anemia → autoimmune atrophic gastritis

Question 38

Ulcerative colitis can present as a. Pseudopolyps b. Thin intestinal wall c. Increased risk of malignancy d. All of the above

Answer 38

All above

Question 39

Crohn’s disease can present as a. Oral lesions b. Thickened intestinal wall c. Fistula formation d. Low malignancy e. Occurs in distal ileum and colon f. All of the above .

Answer 39

All above