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NBCE Part 1 - Pathology Questions

Patchy consolidation of the lung is characteristic of? Bronchopneuonia Emphysema Bronchial Asthma Bronchitis - correct answer Bronchopneuonia Giant Cell Arthritis primarily affects the? Muscular arteries Temporal Artery Occipital Arteries Abdominal arteries - correct answer Temporal Artery Which cell is increased in viral infections? Monocytes Neutrophils Eosinophils Lymphocytes - correct answer Lymphocytes Kaposis Sarcoma occurs in 1/3 of patients with? Dermatitis AIDS Tuberculosis Lupus Erthematosus - correct answer AIDS A deficiency of Vitamin C most often effects?

Connective Tissue Nerves Hemopoietic Tissue Muscles - correct answer Connective Tissue Which of the following occurs in a keloid? Early Granulomatous Disease Response to wound healing Benign Tumor Hypertrophic enlargement of scar tissue - correct answer Hypertrophic enlargement of scar tissue The Philadelphia chromosome is a risk factor for which leukemia? Acute Lymphocytic Chronic Lympocytic Acute Myelocytic Chronic Myelocytic - correct answer Chronic Myelocytic What type of collagen is found 1st or earliest? Type 3 Type 4 Type 2 Type 1 - correct answer Type 3 Tensile stetch is proteinaceous desposition of what in wound healing? Reticulin Vitamin C Amine Collagen - correct answer Collagen

What is the result in the cell as a consquence of the thyroid goiter? Dysplasia Metaplasia Anaplasia Hyperplasia - correct answer Hyperplasia Which of the following diseases produce symptoms due primarily to demyelination of peripheral motor nerve axons? Myasthenia gravis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Multiple sclerosis Post-Infectious Polyradiculitis - correct answer Post-Infectious Polyradiculitis Fatty liver, edema & atrophy of the small bowel are characteristics of which of the following? Kwashiorkor Riboflavin deficiency Pellagra Marasmus - correct answer Kwashiorkor Cretinism is caused by? Hypothyroidism Goiter Hyperthyroidism Hyperparathyroidism - correct answer Hypothyroidism Which of the follwing is primary mechanism of inflammatory edema? Capillary obstruction Increased colloid osmotic pressure

Lymphatic obstruction Increase permeability of capillary wall - correct answer Increase permeability of capillary wall Which of the following is pseudohypertrophic most common in? Myotonic dystrophy Duchenne's dystrophy Beckers dystrophy Myasthenia gravis - correct answer Duchenne's dystrophy What causes hoarsesness associated with carcinoma in the apex of the lung? Metastasis of the speech area Esophageal atresia Increased sputum Laryngeal nerve damage - correct answer Laryngeal nerve damage What is a functional vasospastic disorder which affects small arteries and arterioles of the extremities? Thrombophlebitis Raynaud's disease Buerger's disease Dyspenea - correct answer Raynaud's disease Tuberculosis of the spine is AKA for? Ankylosing Spondylitis Lymes disease Stills disease Potts disease - correct answer Potts disease Which of the following is not caused by pneumococcus?

Bronchopneumonia Lobar pneumonia Bronchitis Atypical pneumonia - correct answer Atypical pneumonia Which of the following is the type of cell which is prefominantly produced by inflammatory response to a Salmonella infection? Eosinophils Plasmocyte Mononuclear Neutrophils - correct answer Neutrophils Hemorrhage in the reticular formation of the brain is a likely result in? Anosmia Coma Blindess Aphasia - correct answer Coma Increased secretion from anterior pituitary following closure of the epiphyseal plates could produce? Giantism Pagets Disease Acromegaly Cretinism - correct answer Acromegaly Chronic passive congestion of the liver is typically seen in which of the following conditions? Hypertension Right heart failure Left heart failure Myocardial infarction - correct answer Right heart failure

Wernecke-Korsakoff syndrome is caused by chronic alcholism is due to deficiency of which of the following? B B B C - correct answer B Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis for an infant who develops projectile vomiting within the 1st weeks of life? Zenker's diverticulitis Achalasia Merkels Diverticulitis Pyloric stenosis - correct answer Pyloric stenosis In which of the following muscles disorders is pseudohypertrophy most common? Duchenne's dystrophy Beckers dystrophy Mysathenia Gravis Myotonic Dystrophy - correct answer Duchenne's dystrophy What type of deficiency is delayed hypersensitive? Type 4 Type 1 Type 3 Type 2 - correct answer Type 4 A cancer that is not invaded the basement membrane or the tissue of origin is called? Carcinoma in situ

Broader's Grade 1 Medullary carcinoma Leukoplakia - correct answer Carcinoma in situ Which of the following presents with a positive HLA-B27 test and an increased risk of deformity? SLE Ankylosing spondylitis Reiters Syndrome Rheumatoid arthritis - correct answer Ankylosing spondylitis Which of the following conditions is characterized by congenital absence or parasympathetic ganglia in the colon subsequent constitpation and dilation of the colon? Chagas disease Horners syndrome Merkel's diverticulum Hirschsprungs disease - correct answer Hirschsprungs disease Loss of braking skills, the lack of ability to stop forward movement of the of the hand when reaching for something results from blockage of? Medulla Brainstem Cerebellum Cortex - correct answer Cerebellum A starry sky appearance of the lymphoid tissue is characteristic of which lymphoma? Non-Hodgkins ALL Burkett's Hodgkin's - correct answer Burkett's

Megaloblastic anemia is caused by which of the following vitamin deficiencies? Vitamin D Vitamin B Vitamin A Vitamin C - correct answer Vitamin B Which of the following conditions is characterized by calcification of the temporal artery? Arteriosclerosis Giant Cell Arthritis Atherosclerosis None of the Above - correct answer Giant Cell Arthritis Which characteristic is least suggestive of a malignancy in a growing tumor? Local Lymphatic Enlargement Fibers capsule Anaplasia Circumfacial erosion - correct answer Fibers capsule The neoplasm found in AIDS's patients is? Melanoma Wilms tumor in kidney effecting children Non-Hodgkins lymphoma Karposi Sarcoma - correct answer Karposi Sarcoma What is the mechanism by which the herpes stays in the body long after the infection? Replicates in spleen and liver Compromise lymphocytes Sequestering of the virus genome in the sensory neuron

None of the above - correct answer Sequestering of the virus genome in the sensory neuron Where would the initial symptoms of myasthenia gravis be observed? Arms Thighs Calf Extraocular - correct answer Extraocular Which of the following is responsible for post infectious glomulonephritis? Staph Aureus Staphlococcus streptococcus Group D Staphlococcus Beta Hemolytic Strep - correct answer Beta Hemolytic Strep Thromobosis and embolism of which of the following vessels can cause a transmural infarction of the small intestine? Inferior Mesenteric Vein Inferior Mesenteric Artery Superior Mesenteric Artery Superior Mesenteric Vein - correct answer Superior Mesenteric Artery A deficiency in which of the following trace elements results in tetomy similar to that which accompanies hypocalcemia? Copper Magnesium Zinc Iron - correct answer Magnesium Who is most likely to have entrapment neuropathy of median nerve?

Pregnant Female Children Elderly Males Athletic Males - correct answer Pregnant Female Acromegaly and gigantism result from an increase in which of the following? Parathormone Histamine Somatropin TSH - correct answer Somatropin Which of the following tumors is comprised of germ cell layers? Sarcoma Teratoma Myeloma Lipoma - correct answer Teratoma Serum Sickness is an example of? T-Cell Mediated Complex Antibody antigen mediated complex Delayed immunity Immune Complex - correct answer Immune Complex Who is considered the father of pathology? Lister Jenner Pasture Koch - correct answer Pasture

The most common malignant tumor of the large intestine is? Adenocarcinoma Lymphoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cancroid - correct answer Adenocarcinoma Which of the following syndromes is a form of polyposis characterized by polyps in the intrinsic GI tract? Adenocarcinoma Crohn's disease Peutz Jeghers disease Ulcerative Colitis - correct answer Peutz Jeghers disease Synovial thickening and secondary inflammation with edema but no pannus formation is seen in which of the following? Raccoon Bite TB Arthritis Osteoarthritis Gouty Arthritis - correct answer Gouty Arthritis Metastatic osteoblastic tumor in a malignancy most likely originates from which of the following? Colon Breast Prostate Lung - correct answer Prostate Antibody synthesis is a primary function of? Neutrophils Monocytes Plasma Cells

Basophils - correct answer Plasma Cells Vascular tumors originate in which cell type? Endothelial Macrophages Histocyte Fibrinogen - correct answer Endothelial A pulmonary embolus most commonly originates in the? Lower Extremity Upper Extremity Kidney Brain - correct answer Lower Extremity Neonatal hyaline membrane disorder is due to? Absence of surfactant Aspiration of fluid Presence of fluid alveoli Abnormal elastic swelling - correct answer Absence of surfactant Which of the following conditions is probably present if upon palpation the median groove of the prostate cannot be palpated? Prostatitis Prostate carcinoma Granulomatous prostate Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy - correct answer Prostate carcinoma A periosteal reaction described radiological as a sunburst reaction is most common in? Giant Cell

Osteoblastoma Fibrosarcoma Osteosarcoma - correct answer Osteosarcoma Generalized muscle weakness, poor intestinal tonus & resulting bloating, heart abnormalities & weakness of respiratory muscle characterizes which of the following deficiencies? Magnesium K Chloride Calcium - correct answer Calcium Which of the following is a genetic defect that causes multiple neuromas? Marfans disease Edwards disease Von Recklinghausen's Disease Wilson's Disease - correct answer Von Recklinghausen's Disease Subluxation of the lens, laxity of the ligaments and cystic medial necrosis of the aorta are characteristic of which of the following? Systemic Lupus Alkaptonuria Von Recklinghausen Syndrome Marfan's syndrome - correct answer Marfan's syndrome A young male from central Africa has a rapidly expanding mass in the area of the jaw? Kertaoacanthoma Burketts Lymphoma Melanoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma - correct answer Burketts Lymphoma

Which is not characterized by a granulomatous inflammation? Sarcoidosis Actinomycosis Candidiasis Tuberculosis - correct answer Candidiasis Dilation of the inner mammary and subscapular arteries hypertension and weakness of the upper limbs with decreased lower limb pulse occurs in which of the following? Twisting of the aorta Patent ductus arteriosus Coarctation of the aorta Aortic insufficiency - correct answer Coarctation of the aorta Ischemic necrosis as a consequence of cardiac muscle damage is which type of necrosis? Coagulation Caseous Enzymatic Liquefaction - correct answer Coagulation Which of the following is an autosomal glucocerebral disease with hepatosplennomegaly? Kleinfelters Gauchers Marfans Lymes Disease - correct answer Gauchers Which of the following is a periosteal encasement of nectrotic tissue? Limbus Involucrum Sequestrum

Cloaca - correct answer Sequestrum Intercranial calcification occurs most commonly in? Oligodendroglioma Astrocytoma Ependymoma Medulloblastoma - correct answer Oligodendroglioma Release of histamine into the skin following cutaneous trauma causes? Granulomatous increase of mast cells Vasodilation of arterioles causing redness Vasoconstriction causing blanching Extracellular fluid filled capillaries - correct answer Vasodilation of arterioles causing redness Which of the following procedures exudative lesions caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis and contains caseous? Ghon Lesion Guarnieri bodies Brodie's abscess Aschoff bodies - correct answer Ghon Lesion Dry eyes and dry mouth with the symptoms of an autoimmune disease are characteristic of? Rheumatoid Arthritis Sjrogen's Syndrome Scleroderma Reiters Syndrome - correct answer Sjrogen's Syndrome The substrate of a fully differentiated cell type to another is known as?

Hyperplasia Anaplasia Metaplasia Dysplasia - correct answer Metaplasia