Week 6 quiz
• Which individual is at risk for developing lung and respiratory tract cancers
because of exposure to known cancer-inducing environmental factors? (Select all
that apply.)
o A patient whose partner smokes 1½ packs of cigarettes a day
o A 10-year employee of an asbestos fiber manufacturer
o A farmer whose equipment is primarily driven by diesel engines
o A 10-year delivery employee for a paper manufacturing company
• Autocrine stimulation is the ability of cancer cells to:
o Secrete growth factors that stimulate their own growth
• What term is used to describe the capacity of some erythrocytes to vary in size,
especially in relationship to some anemias?
o Anisocytosis
• Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
o Iron deficiency
• Granulocytes that contain granules of vasoactive amines, such as histamine, are
called:
o Basophils
• A patient who has diarrhea receives a 3% saline solution intravenously to replace
the sodium and chloride lost in the stool. What effect will this fluid replacement
have on cells?
o They will shrink
• Chvostek and Trousseau signs indicate which electrolyte imbalance?
o Hypocalcemia
• During acidosis, the body compensates for the increase in serum hydrogen ions
by shifting hydrogen ions into the cell in exchange for which electrolyte?
o Potasium
• What are the clinical manifestations of advanced non-African Burkitt lymphoma?
(Select all that apply.)
o Abdominal swelling, night sweats and fever
• Which virus is associated with Burkitt lymphoma in African children?
o Epstein-Barr virus
• Hemoglobin S (HbS) is formed in sickle cell disease as a result of which
process?
o Genetic mutation in which one amino acid (valine) is replaced by another
(glutamic acid).
• The absence of parietal cells would prevent the absorption of an essential
nutrient necessary to prevent which type of anemia?
o Pernicious anemia
• What is the chance with each pregnancy that a child born to two parents with the
sickle trait will have sickle cell disease (SCD)?
o 25%
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