Deck 3: Injury, Inflammation, and Healing

Question 1

Deficiencies of what vitamin are usually associated with connective tissue disorders?

A) vitamin A
B) vitamin B
C) vitamin C
D) vitamin D

Answer 1

vitamin C

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an endogenous antioxidant?

A) vitamin C
B) vitamin E
C) melatonin
D) beta carotene

Answer 2

melatonin

Question 3

Sepsis is most likely to result from which of the following disorders?

A) any autoimmune disorder
B) vitamin D deficiency
C) cellulitis
D) scurvy (vitamin C deficiency)

Answer 3

cellulitis

Question 4

Patients with a high fever will _________.

A) have increased oxygen consumption
B) have an increase in systemic vascular resistance
C) usually have hypertension
D) have a decrease in cardiac output

Question 5

What is the most important protein to provide structural support and tensile strength for almost all tissues and organs of the body?

A) elastin
B) collagen
C) proteoglycan
D) fibronectin

Question 6

Serous exudate is described as ___________.

A) bright red or bloody
B) thin, clear, or yellow
C) yellow/pink
D) cloudy and viscous

Question 7

What is the first step in tissue healing?

A) hemostasis
B) inflammation
C) proliferation
D) remodeling

Question 8

A hard callus is formed in what phase of bone healing?

A) hemostasis
B) inflammatory phase
C) reparative
D) remodeling phase

Question 9

What type of collagen is absent in bone and tendon and is more prevalent in newborns?

A) type 1
B) type 2
C) type 3
D) type 4

Question 10

What is the most effective approach for treating calcification of tendons within the shoulder?

A) ultrasound
B) iontophoresis
C) electrical stimulation
D) surgery

Question 11

What type of necrosis is most likely to affect the blood vessels?

A) coagulative
B) caseous
C) fatty necrosis
D) fibrinoid

Question 12

Free radical toxicity in what portion of the brain is most likely to lead to Parkinson's disease?

A) hippocampus
B) temporal lobe
C) thalamus
D) substantia nigra

Question 13

What portion of acute inflammation is caused by swelling of nerve endings?

A) erythema
B) heat
C) edema
D) pain

Question 14

Which of the following is a normal response to acute reversal injury within a cell?

A) increased intracellular levels of sodium and potassium
B) atrophy of the mitochondria
C) aerobic glycolysis
D) excessive production of lactic acid

Question 15

What type of cartilage is normally found on joint surfaces?

A) hyaline cartilage
B) fibrocartilage
C) elastic
D) fibroelastic

Question 16

Which of the following is not considered an oxygen radical?

A) superoxide
B) water
C) hydrogen peroxide
D) hydroxyl

Question 17

Which of the following disorders is the result of an alteration in the chromosome?

A) sickle cell anemia
B) low density lipoprotein
C) alpha-antitrypsin deficiency
D) Down syndrome

Question 18

Ischemia at the cellular level will lead to all of the following except:

A) loss of aerobic metabolism
B) release of exotoxin
C) cell swelling
D) decreased delivery of nutrients

Question 19

At what age is the knee meniscus the most vascular?

A) birth
B) 10 years old
C) 20 years old
D) 40 years old

Question 20

Protein poor fluid leaking from the vasculature into a joint cavity is called ________.

A) transudate
B) exudate
C) effusion
D) edema