1. Craniopharyngioma:
a. arises from the pituitary
gland
b. calcification is common
c. generally fast growing
d. majority presents before age
30
e. may cause compression of the
optic chiasm
2. The following are autosomal
dominant:
a. myotonic dystrophica
b. Wyburn-Mason syndrome
c. Sturge-Weber syndrome
d. neurofibromatosis
e. keratoconus
3. Tetanus:
a. is caused by an anaerobic
bacillus
b. has an incubation period of less
than 48 hours
c. results in life long immunity
d. is associated with hypercatabolic
state
e. occurs only after major trauma
4. The neutrophil polymorph:
a. originate in the bone
marrow
b. destroys bacteria predominantly
by anaerobic mechanism
c. show mitotic activity when engaged
in inflammatory reaction
d. is the effector cell in the destruction
of virus
e. is the characteristic cell of
granulomatous inflammation
5. In relation to osmotic diuretic
in treatment of glaucoma:
a. glycerol is a small size
molecule, administered orally and is rapidly
effective
b. mannitol has rapid action but
poor ocular penetration
c. mannitol is rapidly excreted
in the urine and may cause cerebrovascular
accident
d. urea can be used as an osmotic
diuretic in the treatment of glaucoma
e. mannitol must be warmed before
use to dissolve crystals that may have
formed
6. The following cell types have
a phagocytic function:
a. tissue histiocytes
b. microglia
c. small lymphocytes
d. Kupffer cell
e. neutrophil polymorphs
7. Chemotactic factors:
a. increase directional
leukocyte movement
b. active macrophage
c. decrease C3b receptors on phagocytes
d. have a long half life
e. interact with specific membrane
receptor
8. The following are seen
in healing after a clean surgical incision:
a. regeneration of epithelium
b. granulation tissue formation
c. massive necrosis
d. antibodies production locally
e. migration of microglia.
9. The following statement(s)
is/are correct:
a. sterilization implies
the destruction or removal of pathogenic organism so
as to render
the object non-infective
b. boiling (1000C for
5 minutes) kills all vegetative organism and spores
c. the ultraviolet light produced
artificially hs powerful germicidal properties
d. halogen in very low concentration
kill bacteria, virus, fungi and spores
e. ether has little antibacterial
properties.
10. Staphylococcus aureus:
a. lives as a commensal
on the anterior nasal mucosa of 30-50% of general
population
b. antibodies against staphylococcus
aureus are present in the serum of all
normal people
c. Staphylococcal food poisoning
is due to consumption of preformed
exotoxin in food
d. are coagulase-negative organisms
e. produce a heat labile nuclease.
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