NUR631: PATHO: FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) What provides the collateral blood flow to the brain? -- Answer ✔✔ Circle of
Willis
2) Dilation of the ipsilateral pupil, following herniation, is the result of pressure on
which cranial nerve (CN)? -- Answer ✔✔ Oculomotor (CN III)
3) What is the central component of the pathogenic model of multiple sclerosis? --
Answer ✔✔ Demyelination of nerve fibers in the CNS
4) What hematologic disorder is diagnosed by the Philadelphia chromosome? --
Answer ✔✔ Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
5) Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) synthesized and where does it act? --
Answer ✔✔ Hypothalamus; renal tubular cells
6) The effects of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) include
solute: -- Answer ✔✔ dilution and water retention.
,7) What is diabetes insipidus the result of? -- Answer ✔✔ antidiuretic hormone
(ADH) hyposecretion.
8) Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism? --
Answer ✔✔ Secondary
9) Visual disturbances are a result of a pituitary adenoma because of the -- Answer
✔✔ pressure of the tumor on the optic chiasm
10) Which disorder is caused by hypersecretion of the growth hormone (GH) in
adults? -- Answer ✔✔ Acromegaly
11) What directly causes ovulation during the menstrual cycle? -- Answer ✔✔ sharp
rise in progesterone
12) What condition results from the rotation of a testis, which twists blood vessels of
the spermatic cord? -- Answer ✔✔ testicular torsion
13) Identify the functions of the following cranial nerves -- Answer ✔✔
14) Which virus is a precursor for developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
and cervical cancer? -- Answer ✔✔ Humal Papillomavirus (HPV)
15) The risk of which cancer is greater if the man has a history of cryptorchidism --
Answer ✔✔ Testicular
16) Which age group should be targeted for testicular cancer education and
screening?
A) 15 to 35 year olds
, B) 20 to 45 year olds
C) 30 to 55 year olds
D) 45 to 70 year olds -- Answer ✔✔ A
Overall, testicular cancers are rare, yet they are the most common form of
cancer in young men between the ages of 15 and 35 years.
17) Which is classified as a megaloblastic anemia? -- Answer ✔✔ pernicious
18) Deficiencies in folate and vitamin B12 alter the synthesis of which of the
following? -- Answer ✔✔ DNA
19) The underlying disorder of which anemia is a result of the defective secretion of
the intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B 12? --
Answer ✔✔ Pernicious
20) After a person has a subtotal gastrectomy for chronic gastritis, which type of
anemia will result? -- Answer ✔✔ pernicious
21) Polycystic ovarian syndrome is most often associated with:
A) hypoglycemia
B) hyperandrogenic state
C) pregnancy
D) malnutrition or excessive exercise -- Answer ✔✔
hyperandrogenic state
22) Which organism is responsible for the development of syphilis? -- Answer ✔✔ T.
pallidum
23) Which is a characteristic lesion of secondary syphilis? -- Answer ✔✔ fever,
swollen lymph nodes, mucous membrane lesions (snail track lesions), and
sometimes a skin rash that eventually includes soles and palms and/or wart-
resembling lesions (condylomata lata) in the perineum and anal regions
ANSWERS
1) What provides the collateral blood flow to the brain? -- Answer ✔✔ Circle of
Willis
2) Dilation of the ipsilateral pupil, following herniation, is the result of pressure on
which cranial nerve (CN)? -- Answer ✔✔ Oculomotor (CN III)
3) What is the central component of the pathogenic model of multiple sclerosis? --
Answer ✔✔ Demyelination of nerve fibers in the CNS
4) What hematologic disorder is diagnosed by the Philadelphia chromosome? --
Answer ✔✔ Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
5) Where is antidiuretic hormone (ADH) synthesized and where does it act? --
Answer ✔✔ Hypothalamus; renal tubular cells
6) The effects of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) include
solute: -- Answer ✔✔ dilution and water retention.
,7) What is diabetes insipidus the result of? -- Answer ✔✔ antidiuretic hormone
(ADH) hyposecretion.
8) Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism? --
Answer ✔✔ Secondary
9) Visual disturbances are a result of a pituitary adenoma because of the -- Answer
✔✔ pressure of the tumor on the optic chiasm
10) Which disorder is caused by hypersecretion of the growth hormone (GH) in
adults? -- Answer ✔✔ Acromegaly
11) What directly causes ovulation during the menstrual cycle? -- Answer ✔✔ sharp
rise in progesterone
12) What condition results from the rotation of a testis, which twists blood vessels of
the spermatic cord? -- Answer ✔✔ testicular torsion
13) Identify the functions of the following cranial nerves -- Answer ✔✔
14) Which virus is a precursor for developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)
and cervical cancer? -- Answer ✔✔ Humal Papillomavirus (HPV)
15) The risk of which cancer is greater if the man has a history of cryptorchidism --
Answer ✔✔ Testicular
16) Which age group should be targeted for testicular cancer education and
screening?
A) 15 to 35 year olds
, B) 20 to 45 year olds
C) 30 to 55 year olds
D) 45 to 70 year olds -- Answer ✔✔ A
Overall, testicular cancers are rare, yet they are the most common form of
cancer in young men between the ages of 15 and 35 years.
17) Which is classified as a megaloblastic anemia? -- Answer ✔✔ pernicious
18) Deficiencies in folate and vitamin B12 alter the synthesis of which of the
following? -- Answer ✔✔ DNA
19) The underlying disorder of which anemia is a result of the defective secretion of
the intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B 12? --
Answer ✔✔ Pernicious
20) After a person has a subtotal gastrectomy for chronic gastritis, which type of
anemia will result? -- Answer ✔✔ pernicious
21) Polycystic ovarian syndrome is most often associated with:
A) hypoglycemia
B) hyperandrogenic state
C) pregnancy
D) malnutrition or excessive exercise -- Answer ✔✔
hyperandrogenic state
22) Which organism is responsible for the development of syphilis? -- Answer ✔✔ T.
pallidum
23) Which is a characteristic lesion of secondary syphilis? -- Answer ✔✔ fever,
swollen lymph nodes, mucous membrane lesions (snail track lesions), and
sometimes a skin rash that eventually includes soles and palms and/or wart-
resembling lesions (condylomata lata) in the perineum and anal regions
