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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.
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.
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
d. calcium
All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose except
a. epinephrine.
b. norepinephrine.
c. aldosterone.
d. cortisol.
c. aldosterone.
Somatic death refers to death
a. of the entire organism.
b. secondary to brain damage.
c. of a body organ.
d. of nerve cells.
a. of the entire organism
, Allostasis is best defined as
a. a state of equilibrium, of balance within the organism.
b. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival
and well-being.
c. steady-state.
d. the process by which the body heals following disease.
b. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival
and well-being.
Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known as
a. adenomas.
b. lymphoma.
c. sarcomas.
d. carcinomas.
d. carcinomas.
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular
a. mutation.
b. death.
c. atrophy.
d. proliferation.
b. death.