Intro to Medical Science

Which of the following is a sign of gastritis?
a. constipation
b. inflammation of stomach mucosa
c. achiorhydria
d. diarrhea

Recurrent bloody diarrhea may be a symptom of ______________.
a. gastric ulcer
b. ulcerative colitis
c. hiatal hernia
d. esophagitis

Which disease is characterized by the destruction of intestinal villi, leading to inability to absorb fats and other nutrients?
a. ulcerative colitis
b. celiac disease/malabsorption syndrome
c. Crohn’s disease
d. peptic ulcer

Small pouches of the large intestine become inflamed during which disease?
a. Crohn’s disease
b. gastritis
c. hemorrhoids
d. diverticulitis

Which statement about pancreatic cancer is FALSE?
a. It is characterized by abdominal pain, weakness, weight loss
b. It has a higher incidence with age
c. Most cancers are diagnosed after the cancer has metastasized
d. The prognosis is good with an 85% cure rate

Which statement about cirrhosis is FALSE?
a. Irreversible degenerative changes occur in the liver
b. The normal liver tissue is replaced with fibrous scar tissue
c. It is most often caused by diabetes
d. It is associated with esophageal varices

Acute pancreatitis is most closely associated with _____________.
a. hepatitis C virus infection
b. chronic alcoholism
c. bile duct obstruction
d. comoplication of cirrhosis

Esophageal varices arise in which disease?
a. cirrhosis
b. pancreatic cancer
c. cholecystitis
d. cholelithiasis

Oral thrush is caused by _____________.
a. Candida albicans
b. herpes simplex virus type 1
c. Treponema pallidum
d. Streptococcus pyogenes virus type 1

Pain in the upper right quadrant, especially after eating, could be a sign of _____________.
a. appendicitis
b. pancreatitis
c. cholecystitis
d. colitis

Acromegaly results from hyperactivity of the _____________.
a. thyroid
b. parathyroid
c. anterior pituitary
d. posterior pituitary

Which hormone increases the blood calcium level?
a. glucagon
b. parathormone
c. androgen
d. insulin

The trunk is obese in _________________.
a. Grave’s disease
b. Cushing’s disease
c. Addison’s disease
d. Conn’s disease

A deficiency of ADH is the cause of ___________.
a. IDDM
b. NIDDM
c. diabetes insipidus
d. ketoacidosis

Which of these is associated with hypersecretion of thyroxine?
a. Grave’s disease
b. gigantism
c. cretinism
d. myxedema

Which gland secretes epinephrine and nonepinephrine?
a. pancrease
b. parathyroid
c. testes
d. adrenal

8. A deficiency in corticosteroids is associated with ____________.
a. Addison’s disease
b. Conn’s disease
c. diabetes insipidus
d. pheochromocytoma

Iodine is required for the body to make _______________.
a. boon
b. insulin
c. thyroxine
d. glucose

Reforms in the treatment of the mentally ill started after the French Revolution with an Austrian physician named ________.
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Franz Mesmer
c. Emil Kraepelin
d. Sybil Dorsett

Psychiatric diagnoses are categorized in a book named the ______________.
a. PDR
b. AMA
c. DSM
d. Axis

Which of the following neurotransmitters is implicated is schizophrenia, depression, and ADHA?
a. epinephrine
b. serotonin
c. gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA)
d. dopamine

Which of the following regarding ADHD is FALSE?
a. ADHD is limited to children
b. ADHD is a neurobiological disorder
c. ADHD is more common in males than in females
d. There are three subtypes of ADHD

Medications that replace ________________ are effective in improving memory in persons with Alzheimer’s disease.
a. dopamine
b. serotonin
c. acetylcholine
d. GABA

A false belief that one is being watched or punished is also known as a ____________ delusion.
a. persecutory
b. somatic
c. grandiose
d. affective

Binge eating followed by purging behavior such as self-induced vomiting most commonly occurs in _____________.
a. anorexia nervosa
b. bulimia nervosa
c. binge eating disorder
d. all of the above

Periods of intense mania and depression that last for several weeks is also known as _____________.
a. cyclothymic disorder
b. bipolar I
c. bipolar II
d. all of the above

Adults with bipolar illness may be treated with all of the following types of medications except ____________.
a. sedatives
b. antidepressant medications
c. stimulant medications
d. antipsychotic medications

Anxious, irrational thoughts and images are also called _____________.
a. compulsions
b. delusions
c. hallucinations
d. obsessions