HOSA Pathophysiology Practice Questions and Correct Answers 2024/2025

HOSA Pathophysiology Practice Questions and Correct Answers 2024 Which layer of the eyeball is inflamed in uveitis? - Answer -vascular tunic A neoplasm of mesenchymal origin - Answer -sarcoma Presence of microbial toxins in the blood overwhelms the immune system and produces a whole-body inflammatory state. - Answer -sepsis A host and a microbe exist with no harm to either - Answer -commensialism What is the end product? pluripotent stem cell myeloid stem cell erythroblast reticulocyte ??? - Answer -erythrocyte Oblong lens, irregular shape of the lens and/or cornea - Answer -astigmatism Characterized by the sudden onset of petechiae and purpura in young children - Answer -idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura Where does erythropoiesis occur after age 20? - Answer -ribs, sternum, and pelvis Presence of M cells in serum without findings of multiple myeloma - Answer -monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance Based on anaplasia and uses Roman numerals I-IV - Answer -grading Autosomal deficiency or defect in vWf - Answer -Von Willebrand disease A factor IX deficiency is involved in this - Answer -hemophilia B Purple areas of bruising - Answer -purpura A decrease in the absolute number of cells - Answer -hypoplasia (but can be generalized as atrophy) Cellular engulfment, killing and degradation of microorganisms and particulate matter - Answer - phagocytosis These are not leukocytes - Answer -reticulocytes Exudate that contains pus and mucus - Answer -mucopurulentAn abnormal passageway between two endothelium-lined organs or between two blood vessels that don't normally connect - Answer -fistula What is the end product? pluripotent stem cell myeloid stem cell granulocyte ??? - Answer -eosinophil, neutrophil, and basophil Elements: painless lymphadenopathy night sweats