NUR 631 Topic 6 Quiz

  1. Question: 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.)
  2. Question: Autocrine stimulation is the ability of cancer cells to:
  3. Question: What term is used to describe the capacity of some erythrocytes to vary in size, especially in relationship to some anemias?
  4. Question: Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
  5. Question: Granulocytes that contain granules of vasoactive amines, such as histamine, are called:
  6. Question: 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?
  7. Question: Chvostek and Trousseau signs indicate which electrolyte imbalance?
  8. Question: During acidosis, the body compensates for the increase in serum hydrogen ions by shifting hydrogen ions into the cell in exchange for which electrolyte?
  9.  Question: What are the clinical manifestations of advanced non-African Burkitt lymphoma? (Select all that apply.)
  10. Question: Which virus is associated with Burkitt lymphoma in African children?
  11. Question: Hemoglobin S (HbS) is formed in sickle cell disease as a result of which process?
  12. Question: The absence of parietal cells would prevent the absorption of an essential nutrient necessary to prevent which type of anemia?
  13. Question: What is the chance with each pregnancy that a child born to two parents with the sickle trait will have sickle cell disease (SCD)?
  14. Question: Venous obstruction is a cause of edema because of an increase in which pressure?
  15. Question: The paresthesia that occurs in vitamin B12deficiency anemia is a result of which of the following?
  16. Question: A patient’s blood gases reveal the following findings: pH, 7.3; HCO3 27 mEq/L; CO2  58 mm Hg. What is the interpretation of these gases?
  17. Question: What change is observed in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I hypersensitivity) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
  18. Question: Hemophilia B is caused by a deficiency of which clotting factor?
  19. Question: What is the primary cause of the symptoms of polycythemia vera?
  20. Question: What congenital malformation is commonly linked to acute leukemia in children?
  21. Question: Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells represent malignant transformation and proliferation of which of the following?
  22. Question: In aplastic anemia (AA), pancytopenia develops as a result of which of the following?
  23. Question: What is the major virus involved in the development of cervical cancer?
  24. Question: Burkitt lymphomas designate a chromosome that has a piece of chromosome 8 fused to a piece of chromosome 14. This is an example of which mutation of normal genes to oncogenes?
  25. Question: It is true that natriuretic peptides: