Pathology Questions
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In allergic contact dermatitis, what happens when the antigen is brought to the naive T cell?
In allergic contact dermatitis, what transport the antigen and migrate it to the lymph node?
Longer exposure to UV radiation forms from direct damage to the DNA what?
Which layer of skin is keratin found at?
What are some disease states that are associated with psoriasis?
What is probably hereditary allergy characterized by symptoms (as asthma, hay fever, or hives) produced upon exposure, especially by inhalation, to the exciting environmental antigen?
What are some of the cells in the subcutaneous layer?
What proteins confers tensile strength to the dermis?A.ActinB.FibronectinC.KeratinD.CollagenE.Melanin
What is closely related to Urticaria (hives)?
Which of the following types of cell I only found in the epidermis?A.FibroblastB.Dendritic CellC.MelanocyteD.AdipocyteE.T-lymphocyte
What binds to skin cell surface protein and alters it to appear foreign in allergic contact dermatitis?
What senses inflammation during Erythema solare (sunburn)?
If a cause of death cannot be found through simple observation of the victim, a(n) ________ is typically carried out.
If a fragment of a chromosome breaks off and then reattaches to the original chromosome at the same place but in the reverse direction, the resulting chromosomal abnormality is called _____. a) an inversion b) a reciprocal translocation c) a deletion d) a nondisjunction
You are a medical student and are reviewing a case study about a past patient. The patient was 4 feet 8 inches tall at age 38, was unable to have children, and had an above-average intelligence. The patient also had an irregular number of chromosomes. What diagnosis would you give the patient?a) Klinefelter syndrome b) chronic myelogenous leukemia c) Turner syndrome d) Down syndrome
Cancer is not usually inherited because a) the causes of cancer are not usually genetic. b) people with cancer usually die before reproducing. c) the cancerous cells usually interfere with the ability to produce gametes. d) the chromosomal changes in cancer are usually confined to somatic cells.
Which of the following variations of the sentence "Where is the cat?" is most like a chromosomal deletion? a) Where is the the cat? b) Where the is cat? c) Where is cat the the cat? d) Where is cat?
You suspect that a serious developmental disorder is due to a chromosome abnormality and prepare a karyotype from an affected individual. In analyzing the karyotype, how could you distinguish trisomy from a chromosome structural defect such as a duplication? a) The chromosome number in both cases would be normal, but in trisomy there would be three chromatids on one chromosome and in a duplication there would be two chromatids on one chromosome. B) The chromosome number in trisomy would be normal; in a duplication, there would be one more chromosome. C) In both cases there would be an extra chromosome, but in trisomy there would be three chromatids on one chromosome and in a duplication there would be two chromatids on one chromosome. D) In trisomy there would be one extra chromosome; in a duplication, the number of chromosomes would be normal, but one chromosome would have two copies of a portion of the chromosome.
Which of the following statements about nondisjunction is false? a) Women with a single X chromosome have Turner syndrome and are sterile. b) In general, a single Y chromosome is enough to produce "maleness." c) In mammals, extra copies of the Y chromosome are typically inactivated. d) Nondisjunction in meiosis can affect autosomes and sex chromosomes.
Which of the following indicates Turner syndrome? a) XXY b) XO c) XYY d) XXX