PATH 3610 - Midterm 1 | Questions and Answers
Number 1. Which of the c
following microscopic features
is the best indicator of
necrosis?
a. cytoplasmic swelling
b. blurring and/or loss of cellular
outlines
c. nuclear pyknosis,
karyorrhexis or
karyolysis
Number 2. Which of the a
following is not a post-
mortem change?
a. hemorrhage
b. rigor mortis
c. settling of blood in
dependent parts, termed
"lividity"
Number 3. Local death of a b
cell or cells due to injury is
known as:
a. ischemia
b. necrosis
c. Infarction
, Number 4. Which of the b
following is not true of
jaundice?
a. yellow discolouration of
connective tissues occurs
b. it is a disease of the liver
c. it can occur secondary to
widespread hemolysis of
red blood cells
Number 5. The switch of cells b
from aerobic to anaerobic
metabolism can cause:
a. stabilization
of organelle
membranes
b. damage to lysosomal
membranes, potentially
worsening cell injury
c. acetic acid production
Number 6. Which of the a
following is not a cause of
impaired cell energy
production?
a. hyperglycemia
b. respiratoryobstruction or
disease
c. uncoupling of oxidative
phosphorylation
Number 7. Apoptosis refers to: b
a. shrunken
nuclei seen in necrosis
b. programmed cell death to
remove "old" cells
c. lysis of cells caused by
membrane injury
Number 8. Swelling of a
mitochondria caused by
impaired cell energy
production can cause:
a. cloudy or vacuolar cytoplasmic
changes
b. increased oxidative
phosphorylation
Number 1. Which of the c
following microscopic features
is the best indicator of
necrosis?
a. cytoplasmic swelling
b. blurring and/or loss of cellular
outlines
c. nuclear pyknosis,
karyorrhexis or
karyolysis
Number 2. Which of the a
following is not a post-
mortem change?
a. hemorrhage
b. rigor mortis
c. settling of blood in
dependent parts, termed
"lividity"
Number 3. Local death of a b
cell or cells due to injury is
known as:
a. ischemia
b. necrosis
c. Infarction
, Number 4. Which of the b
following is not true of
jaundice?
a. yellow discolouration of
connective tissues occurs
b. it is a disease of the liver
c. it can occur secondary to
widespread hemolysis of
red blood cells
Number 5. The switch of cells b
from aerobic to anaerobic
metabolism can cause:
a. stabilization
of organelle
membranes
b. damage to lysosomal
membranes, potentially
worsening cell injury
c. acetic acid production
Number 6. Which of the a
following is not a cause of
impaired cell energy
production?
a. hyperglycemia
b. respiratoryobstruction or
disease
c. uncoupling of oxidative
phosphorylation
Number 7. Apoptosis refers to: b
a. shrunken
nuclei seen in necrosis
b. programmed cell death to
remove "old" cells
c. lysis of cells caused by
membrane injury
Number 8. Swelling of a
mitochondria caused by
impaired cell energy
production can cause:
a. cloudy or vacuolar cytoplasmic
changes
b. increased oxidative
phosphorylation
