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Pathophysiology and clinical medicine

1. Phospholipases do not belong to

Hydrolases
Lipases
Phosphodiesterases
Phosphorylases

2. Classical Virchow-Rokitanski triad does not include

alteration of blood flow (stasis or turbulence)
abnormality of blood coagulation (hypercoagulability)
medical history of thrombosis or embolism
injury of vessel wall (endothelial injury or dysfunction)

3. Alveolar air pressure is lower than atmospheric

during the whole inhalation
just before the inhalation begins; during the inhalation the alveolar pressure equals the atmospheric pressure
only in pneumothorax
alveolar air pressure is never lower than atmospheric pressure (contrary to intrapleural pressure)

4. Pre-esophageal dysphagia is accompanied by:

Heartburn
Epistaxis (bleeding from the nose)
Bleeding from the esophageal varices
Cough and recurrent pneumonias

5. Biochemical marker of choice to detect myocardial necrosis is:

troponin
creatinkinase
myoglobin (unless hemolysis is present)
AST (formerly termed GOT) is still the most reliable marker in everyday practice; troponin or myoglobin are used only in research trials

6. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) belongs to:

Functional bowel disorders
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Precanceroses
Consequences of amoebic colitis

7. With sodium plasma concentration 140 mmol/l calculate how much sodium is filtered into primary urine in 24 hr; take sodium atomic mass rounded to 23 g/mol

32 g
64 g
100 g
0,5 kg

8. Typical face symptoms of fetal alcohole syndrome (FAS) do not include

Small palpebral fissures
Saddle-like nose
Thin vermilion, thin upper lip
A smooth philtrum

9. 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

10. Three most important anticoagulation systems do not include

heparin-antithrombin
protein C-trombomodulin-protein S
Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor – TFPI
plasminogen-plasmin