March 2012
Multiple Choice
PMD 604
Practice Test II
Name _________________
___ 1. Tissues that pass irreversibly out of G1 to a G0 stage of the cell cycle: a) smooth muscle b) cardiac muscle c) bone d) glandular epithelium
___ 2. Pattern of cell growth that may be considered 'precancerous', although it may
be reversible: a) metaplasia b) dysplasia c) hyperplasia d) neoplasia e) anaplasia
___ 3. Disease state that involves impaired hormonal response in target tissues with
resultant deterioration of hormonal source due to chronic stimulation:
a) Cushing's syndrome b) Graves disease c) Addison's disease
d) type II diabetes mellitus e) hyperparathyroidism
___ 4. Disease state involving autoantibodies to hormone receptors:
a) Cushing's syndrome b) Graves disease c) Addison's disease
d) type II diabetes mellitus e) hyperparathyroidism
___ 5. Poorly organized and abnormal cell morphology that often characterizes
neoplastic growth: a) anaplasia b) dysplasia c) pleiomorphism d) metastasis
___ 6. Disease state that involves impaired hormonal response in target tissues with
resultant deterioration of hormonal source due to chronic stimulation:
a) Cushing's syndrome b) Graves disease c) Addison's disease
d) type II diabetes mellitus e) hyperparathyroidism
Use the following key in your responses to questions 30 - 35: a) = 1, 2 & 3 b) = 1 & 3 c) = 2 & 4 d) = 4 only e) = all of 1 - 4
___ 7. The fetal placenta is derived from:
1. epiblast 2. yolk sac 3. hypoblast
4. trophoblast
___ 8. ___________ is a component of erectile tissues in males:
1. bulb of the penis 2. corpus spongiosum 3. glans of the penis
4. corpora cavernosa
___ 9. _____________ is a condition involving or associated with hyperthyroidism:
1. Graves disease 2. toxic goiter 3. exophthalmos 4. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
___ 10. Which of the following are features that distinguish a malignant tumor from one that is benign?

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1. highly invasive 2. encapsulated
Name_________________
3. metastasizes 4. often retains differentiated character

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Short answer: Point values are indicated to the left of each question.
(2) 11. two classifications that indicate the proliferative capacity of tissue:
12. period of DNA synthesis in the cell cycle:
(2) 13. two findings that may be signs of diabetes: