7) COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.The effect of stress on the immune system
a. may involve enhancement or impairment the immune system.
b. most often involves enhancement of the immune system.
c. is unknown.
d. has been demonstrated to be non-existent in studies. - ANSWERS✔-a. may
involve enhancement or impairment the immune system.
\.Metaplasia is
a. the disorganization of cells into various sizes, shapes, and arrangements.
b. an irreversible cellular adaptation.
c. the transformation of a cell type to malignancy.
d. the replacement of one differentiated cell type with another. - ANSWERS✔-d.
the replacement of one differentiated cell type with another.
\.Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including
,a. Burkitt lymphoma.
b. hepatic cancer.
c. Hodgkin's lymphoma.
d. pancreatic cancer. - ANSWERS✔-a. Burkitt lymphoma.
\.An increase in organ size and function caused by increased workload is termed
a. metaplasia
b. atrophy.
c. inflammation.
d. hypertrophy. - ANSWERS✔-d. hypertrophy.
\.Reperfusion injury to cells
a. results in very little cellular damage.
b. involves formation of free radicals.
c. results from calcium deficiency in cells.
d. occurs following nutritional injury. - ANSWERS✔-b. involves formation of free
radicals.
\.Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that
means. The correct response is which of the following?
a. It is based on exploratory surgery.
, b. It is biochemical testing of tumor cells to determine the genetic basis of the
tumor.
c. It is a histologic examination of tissues to determine the degree of tumor
differentiation.
d. It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread. - ANSWERS✔-d. It
is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor spread.
\.The primary adaptive purpose of the substances produced in the alarm stage is
a. invoke resting state.
b. energy and repair.
c. set a new baseline steady-state.
d. produce exhaustion. - ANSWERS✔-b. energy and repair.
\.Paraneoplastic syndromes in cancer involve excessive production of substances
by multiple means. A common substance found in excessive amounts resulting
from cancer paraneoplastic syndromes is
a. potassium
b. tumor necrosis factor
c. insulin
d. calcium - ANSWERS✔-d. calcium
\.All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose except