An Introduction to Human Disease, Seventh Edition

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: A disease in which no morphologic abnormalities can be identified, despite a disruption of bodily function, is a
	A: Organic Disease
	B: Functional Disease
	C: Neoplastic Disease
	D: All of the above

2: A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and classification of disease is a
	A: clinician
	B: etimologist
	C: pathologist
	D: generalist

3: A disease caused by chromosomal damage at birth would be classified as:
	A: congenital
	B: inflammatory
	C: degenerative
	D: metabolic
	E: neoplastic

4: Metabolic diseases are characterized by a degeneration of various parts of the body.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

5: A young woman has a benign growth of cells on her thymus. This patient's condition would be classified as
	A: an infectious disease
	B: an inflammation
	C: a fungus
	D: a neoplastic disease

6: The opinion of a physician concerning the origins of a disease in a patient is called
	A: diagnosis
	B: prognosis
	C: etiology
	D: pathology

7: A physician examines a patient and determines that the patient's giardia infection was caused by drinking contaminated water. The physician's evaluation is called a
	A: diagnosis
	B: prognosis
	C: etiology
	D: pathology

8: A successful screening program should meet which requirements?
	A: A significant proportion of the screened population must be at risk
	B: The test must use a non-invasive, cheap procedure
	C: Early identification of the disease must benefit the welfare of those affected.
	D: All of the above

9: A diagnostic test that measures an organ or system's uptake and excretion through the use of a radioactive material is which type of test?
	A: endoscopy
	B: radioisotope
	C: cytologic
	D: positron emission tomography

10: Examining diseased tissue with the naked eye is called a ________ examination.
	A: gross
	B: histological
	C: physical
	D: metabolic

11: esophagoscopes, gastroscopes, cystoscopes, and sigmoidoscopes are all tools used for which type of examination?
	A: ultrasound
	B: electrical activity
	C: radioisotope
	D: endoscopy

12: A computed tomographic scan is a type of x-ray machine
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: The major clinical use of PET scans today is to examine the:
	A: liver
	B: brain
	C: kidneys
	D: lungs

14: An MRI scan uses a magnetic field to align hydrogen protons within the water that naturally composes the patient's tissues.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Common types of cytologic and histologic examinations include:
	A: pap smear
	B: biopsy
	C: CT scan
	D: EEG
	E: A and B

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