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Pathophysiology and clinical medicine

1. Pachymetry is used in diagnostics of ...

Glaucoma
Pleuritis and mesothelioma (resulting in pachypleuritis)
Pachymeningitis
Paget disease

2. The term "thromboembolic disease" comprises:

pulmonary embolism and brain embolism (both of thrombotic origin)
phlebothrombosis and pulmonary embolism
thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism
pulmonary embolism from phlebothrombosis (class A) and pulmonary embolism from thrombophlebitis (class B)

3. Common signs of Crohn disease do not include:

Diarrhea
Pain
Constipation
p-ANCA positivity with ASCA (antibodies against S. cerevisiae) negativity

4. The most frequent implantation site in ectopic pregnancy is:

Cornual region of the uterus
Fimbriae of the Fallopian tube
Ampulla of the Fallopian tube
Abdominal cavity

5. Synonymic term for pre-esophageal dysphagia is:

Neurogenic dysphagia
Paraesophageal dysphagia
Psychogenic dysphagia
Gastro-esophageal reflux (GER)

6. Choose the false answer: Crohn disease

Can affect any segment of gastrointestinal tract from oral cavity to anus, but most frequently it is affecting the terminal ileum or proximal colon
Frequently affects the caecum and anus
Affects most often terminal ileum, caecum and anus
Affects most often the terminal ileum, less frequently the proximal ileum, but never affects the segment distally from transverse colon (here we call it ulcerative colitis)

7. Hepcidin, hemojuvelin and feroportin play a role in

in development of chronic diseases anemia
in pathogenesis of hemorrhagic complications in children suffering from hemophilia
in prevention of hemorrhagic complications in hemophilia
in the treatment of hemostatic disorders in children, with the effect of hepcidin as most prominent

8. Phospholipases do not belong to

Hydrolases
Lipases
Phosphodiesterases
Phosphorylases

9. Hemostasis means

synonymic term for coagulation (hemocoagulation)
mechanisms preventing exsanguination when integrity of vessel is altered
mechanisms responsible for the balance of physiological and biochemical parameters in organism
slowing the blood flow speed in vessels

10. Trombophilia means:

high platelet count in blood
abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thrombosis
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to hemophilia – is not caused by missing any coagulation factor, but by platelet dysfunction
inborn hemorrhagic diathesis, that - contrary to thrombophobia – is not caused by platelet dysfunction, but by their extremely low count