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| Screening is unlikely to be useful because most inherited disease do not respond to treatment. |
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| Which of the following statements regarding identification of inherited disease in newborn infants by screening test is incorrect? |
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| No specific method of treatment is available at the present time |
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| Which statement indicate that the proposed screening test is unlikely worthwhile? |
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| Which of the listed diagnostic tests is least likely to provide useful information? |
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| The opinion of a Physician or other health care practitioner concerning the probable outcome of the disease is called |
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| A woman has a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to an antibiotic. The patients condition would be interpreted as |
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| Protein tubules and filaments that form structural framework of cells and promote cell functions such as motility phagocytosis. |
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| Tubular ribosome containing channels that synthesize protein to be secreted by cells |
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| Spherical organelles in cytoplasm containing digestive enzymes that break down worn out cell organelles and materials brought into cells by phagocytosis. |
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| Flat sacs located near the nucleus attach carbohydrate molecules to the proteins synthesize by RER |
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| Smooth endoplasmic reticulum |
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| Tubular channels containing enzymes that synthesize lipids and some other compounds within cells |
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| Short cylinders that forms the mitotic spindle that separates chromosomes during cell division |
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| Convert food materials into energy. make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) used to power the chemical reactions in the cell. |
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| Chromosomes normally exist in pairs called homologous chromosomes |
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| Genes exist in pairs and the members of each pair are located at corresponding sites (gene loci) on homologous chromosomes |
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| Certain HLA types appear to predispose to specific diseases |
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| An individual is heterozygous for gene if the genes at corresponding sites (gene loci) are the same, and homozygous for the gene if the genes are different |
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| A dominant gene expresses itself in either the homozygous or heterozygous state |
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| A defective X-linked gene functions as a dominant gene in females as well as males |
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| Fluid and leukocytes accumulate at the site of tissue injury |
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| An inflammation caused by a pathogenic microorganism |
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| Mediators of inflammation |
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| Products released from cells and from blood proteins that are responsible for the features of an inflammatory reaction |
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| A disease-producing organism |
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| Spherical structures in the cytoplasm containing potent digestive enzymes |
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| Inflammation of a lymph node |
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| Pathogenic microorganisms circulating in the bloodstream |
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| proteins made by plasma cells |
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| Ingestion of material by neutrophils and monocytes |
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| Mediators of inflammation are produced primarily by neutrophils. |
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| The plasma cell is the most important cell in the acute inflammatory reaction. |
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| Extensive destruction of the tissue caused by inflammation is often followed by scarring. |
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| The inflammatory reaction concentrates leukocytes and antibodies at the site of the inflammation. |
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| Activation of blood proteins called complement generates mediators of inflammation . |
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| Small structures circulating in the bloodstream that are concerned with blood coagulation |
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| an inflammation caused by pathogenic microorganism |
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| An inflammation resulting from tissue injury not caused by pathogenic microorganism |
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| A disease producing organism |
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| The cell free fluid part of the blood |
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| Inflammation of lymph nodes |
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| Pathogenic microorganisms circulating atthe bloodstream |
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| proteins made by plasma cells |
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| Mediators of inflammation |
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| proteins released from cells and from blood proteins that are responsible for the features of an inflammation reaction |
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| ingestion of material by neutrophils and monocytes |
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| A blood protein concerned with blood coagulation |
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| Structures in the cytoplasm containing potent digestive enzymes |
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| A specialized cell in tissues containing histamines and other chemical mediators |
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| Neutrophils process foreign antigens and present antigen fragments to lymphocytes in the order generate an immune response to the foreign material |
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| Eosinophils produce antibodies that protect us from infections |
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| Autoantibodies directed against kidney tissues may damage the kidneys |
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| The inflammatory reaction concentrates leukocytes and antibodies at the site of the inflammation |
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| Activation of blood proteins called complement generates mediators of inflammation |
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| Theis no relationship between the number of triplet repeats ant the severity of the mental deficiency |
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| Which of the following statements about the fragile X syndrome is Incorrect |
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| A 25 year old pregnant woman with no family history of genetic disease or chromosome abnormally wants an amniocentesis to be sure that she has no unsuspected genetic or chromosomal abnormally that could affect her fetus |
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| Which of the following conditions is NOT an indication for amniocentesis |
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| Mosaicism results from chromosome non-dis junction occurring in the ovum prior to fertilization. |
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| All of the following statements about chromosomal mosaicism are correct Except |
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| Most persons with Turner syndrome have only a single X chromosome |
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| Most cases of down syndrome result from chromosome nondisjunction during mitosis |
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| An increased concentration of alpha fetoprotein in material blood or amniotic fluid suggest that the fetus has down syndrome |
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| Most infants with Down syndrome are born to mothers who are carriers of a chromosome 21 that is attached to another chromosome carrier |
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| A neural tube defect (anencephaly or spina bifida) usually can be identified in an affected fetus by means of an ultrasound examination performed at about 16 weeks gestation |
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| Autosomal dominant transmission |
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| Codominant inheritance transmission |
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| Autosomal recessive transmission |
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| Profuse vaginal discharge |
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| Maternal infection may injure the fetus of pregnant women |
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| Severe Diarehea after eating a meal of rice and ground beef |
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| Person coughs up large roundworm |
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| Diarehea after swimming in chlorinated swimming pool |
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| Chills and fever after returning from trip to region where malaria is endemic |
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| Perianal itiching awakens child at night |
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| marked itching of pubic skin |
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| Malaria like illness in person who has had the spleen removed |
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| Group B beta streptococcus |
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| infection in newborn infants |
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| A febrile illness transmitted to people from unpasterized milk or tissues of infected animals |
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| causes a a febrile illness with skin lesion |
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| A tick transmitted rickettsialike agent that infects white blood cells |
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| paralysis from eating toxin-containing food |
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| Most Fungi are highly pathogenic and frequently causes diseases in humans |
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| Histoplasmosis results from the bite of an infected rodent |
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| Chlymadia may be transmitted by sexual intercourse and may infect the cervix |
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| Cryptosporiiosis is charecterized by an infection of the lungs |
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| Babeesious is chracterized by a malarialike febrile illness |
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