General Pathology — MCQs

Replacement of columnar epithelium of respiratory tract to squamous epithelium is termed as what?

Which of the following is NOT an inherited disorder?

A 28-year-old lactating mother with a history of hepatectomy presents for follow-up. Which of the following cellular adaptations will be seen in this patient?

An 85-year-old man falls in the bathtub and strikes the back of his head. Over the next 24 hours, he becomes increasingly somnolent. A head CT scan shows an accumulation of fluid beneath the dura, compressing the left cerebral hemisphere. Which of the following terms best describes this collection of fluid?

In Vitamin-A deficiency, cancerous lesions occur due to which cellular adaptation?

In individuals who donate one lobe of the liver for transplantation, the remaining organ soon grows back to its original size. This is an example of which adaptive mechanism?

A 59-year-old man experiences acute chest pain and is rushed to the emergency room. Laboratory studies and ECG demonstrate an acute myocardial infarction; however, coronary artery angiography performed 2 hours later does not show evidence of thrombosis. Intravascular thrombolysis that occurred in this patient was mediated by plasminogen activators that were released by which of the following cells?

Which of the following diseases demonstrates monogenic inheritance?

Which amino acid is present in the active site of caspases?

How can a surgeon confirm intraoperatively that a resected margin of tissue does not contain suspicious tissue?