Question: What is the most abundant class of plasma protein? 2. Question: Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes? 3. Question: Which laboratory test is considered adequate for an accurate and reliable diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis in a symptomatic man? 4. Question: The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is used to screen for which cancer? 5. Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include: 6. Question: What is the major concern regarding the treatment of gonococci infections? 7. Question: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(an): 8. Question: Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma? 9. Question: Which criterion is used to confirm a diagnosis of asthma in an 8-year-old child? 10. Question: Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in which disorder? 11. Question: Which statement best describes a Schilling test? 12. Question: How high does the plasma glucose have to be before the threshold for glucose is achieved? 13. Question: What is the ratio of coronary capillaries to cardiac muscle cells? 14. Question: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function? 15. Question: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome? 16. Question: Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic anemia? 17. Question: The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system via which nerve? 18. Question: Which organ is stimulated during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)? 19. Question: Which type of antibody is involved in type I hypersensitivity reaction? 20. Question: What is the life span of an erythrocyte (in days)? 21. Question: What is the life span of platelets (in days)? 22. Question: Perceived stress elicits an emotional, anticipatory response that begins where? 23. Question: What is the final stage of the infectious process? 24. Question: The coronary ostia are located in the: 25. Question: Which hepatitis virus is known to be sexually transmitted? 26. Question: What process allows the kidney to respond to an increase in workload? 27. Question: Which cardiac chamber has the thinnest wall and why? 28. Question: Which hormone is synthesized and secreted by the kidneys? 29. Question: If the sinoatrial (SA) node fails, then at what rate (depolarizations per minute) can the atrioventricular (AV) node depolarize? 30. Question: What is the purpose of the spirometry measurement? 31. Question: Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure? 32. Question: What effects do exercise and body position have on renal blood flow? 33. Question: Which primary characteristic is unique for the immune response? 34. Question: What is the most common cause of insufficient erythropoiesis in children? 35. Question: What are the abnormalities in cytokines found in children with cystic fibrosis (CF)? 36. Question: Decreased lung compliance means that the lungs are demonstrating which characteristic? 37. Question: What is the action of urodilatin? 38. Question: The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows what to occur? 39. Question: Examination of the throat in a child demonstrating signs and symptoms of acute epiglottitis may contribute to which life-threatening complication? 40. Question: Which statement concerning benign tumors is true? 41. Question: What is the role of collagen in the clotting process? 42. Question: What effect do natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates? 43. Question: Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes and contract like smooth muscles cells, thereby influencing the glomerular filtration rate? 44. Question: During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is activated? 45. Question: The most common site of metastasis for a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is which location? 46. Question: Research supports the premise that exercise has a probable impact on reducing the risk of which cancer? 47. Question: When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected? 48. Question: The glomerular filtration rate is directly related to which factor? 49. Question: Which disorder results in decreased erythrocytes and platelets with changes in leukocytes and has clinical manifestations of pallor, fatigue, petechiae, purpura, bleeding, and fever? 50. Question: Which complex (wave) represents the sum of all ventricular muscle cell depolarizations? 51. Question: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)? 52. Question: Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral sphincter is supplied by which nerves? 53. Question: Which T-lymphocyte phenotype is the key determinant of childhood asthma? 54. Question: What is the primary site for uncomplicated local gonococci infections in men? 55. Question: What is the trigone? 56. Question: What part of the kidney controls renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and renin secretion? 57. Question: What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn? 58. Question: Infants are most susceptible to significant losses in total body water because of an infant’s: 59. Question: What is the first stage in the infectious process? 60. Question: It has been determined that a tumor is in stage 2. What is the meaning of this finding?]]>
