PATH 3610: MIDTERM 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH THE LATEST
SCORE
1) Bilirubin is:
a) lipid soluble when conjugated
b) water soluble when conjugated
c) conjugated in the kidney for excretion in the urine --
Correct Answer ✔✔ b) water soluble when conjugated
2) Hypoxia, leading to impaired energy production by the cell, may be
caused by
a) anemia
b) low blood glucose levels
c) inhibition of respiratory enzymes -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
anemia
3) Cloudy swelling is the result of
a) intracellular accumulation of fluid and electrolytes
b) decreased intracellular pH
c) triglyceride accumulation -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
intracellular accumulation of fluid and electrolytes
4) Apoptosis refers to
a) internalization of material by a cell
b) disintegration of tissues after death
, c) programmed cell death -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c)
programmed cell death
5) Free radicals can impair cell membrane function by causing
a) lesions in DNA
b) lipid peroxidation
c) protein cross-linking -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b) lipid
peroxidation
6) Elevated conjugated bilirubin levels are most likely caused by
a) acute hypoxic hepatic injury
b) obstruction of the biliary tract
c) intravascular hemolysis -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b)
obstruction of the biliary tract
7) The most definitive microscopic evidence of cell necrosis is
a) homogenous, more deeply staining cytoplasm
b) cytoplasmic vacuolation
c) nuclear pyknosis and karrhyorhexis -- Correct Answer ✔✔
c) nuclear pyknosis and karrhyorhexis
8) Anemia will lead to impaired energy production by the cell because
there is
a) insufficient oxygen
b) low glucose levels
c) enzyme inhibition -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) insufficient
oxygen
9) The release of cytoplasmic enzymes from necrotic cells may be
useful diagnostically.
QUESTIONS WITH THE LATEST
SCORE
1) Bilirubin is:
a) lipid soluble when conjugated
b) water soluble when conjugated
c) conjugated in the kidney for excretion in the urine --
Correct Answer ✔✔ b) water soluble when conjugated
2) Hypoxia, leading to impaired energy production by the cell, may be
caused by
a) anemia
b) low blood glucose levels
c) inhibition of respiratory enzymes -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
anemia
3) Cloudy swelling is the result of
a) intracellular accumulation of fluid and electrolytes
b) decreased intracellular pH
c) triglyceride accumulation -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
intracellular accumulation of fluid and electrolytes
4) Apoptosis refers to
a) internalization of material by a cell
b) disintegration of tissues after death
, c) programmed cell death -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c)
programmed cell death
5) Free radicals can impair cell membrane function by causing
a) lesions in DNA
b) lipid peroxidation
c) protein cross-linking -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b) lipid
peroxidation
6) Elevated conjugated bilirubin levels are most likely caused by
a) acute hypoxic hepatic injury
b) obstruction of the biliary tract
c) intravascular hemolysis -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b)
obstruction of the biliary tract
7) The most definitive microscopic evidence of cell necrosis is
a) homogenous, more deeply staining cytoplasm
b) cytoplasmic vacuolation
c) nuclear pyknosis and karrhyorhexis -- Correct Answer ✔✔
c) nuclear pyknosis and karrhyorhexis
8) Anemia will lead to impaired energy production by the cell because
there is
a) insufficient oxygen
b) low glucose levels
c) enzyme inhibition -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) insufficient
oxygen
9) The release of cytoplasmic enzymes from necrotic cells may be
useful diagnostically.
