Chapter 11: Blood Vessels

Chapter 11: Blood Vessels

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Arterial hypertension of Cushing syndrome is associated with
2. elevation of serum renin
3. elevation of angiotensin in blood
4. potassium retention in the kidneys
5. reduced sodium excretion in urine
6. increased diuresis

ANS: D, Cushing syndrome is associated with steroid-mediated retention of sodium in the kidneys and consequent reduced sodium excretion in the urine. Renin and angiotensin are not involved, and their concentration in serum is not changed.

2. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies showing widespread cytoplasmic staining of neutrophils in an indirect immunofluorescence test (c-ANCA) are found in high titers in which disease?
3. Microscopic polyangiitis
4. Wegener granulomatosis
5. Churg-Strauss syndrome
6. Goodpasture syndrome
7. Kawasaki syndrome

ANS: B, Wegener granulomatosis is typically associated with high titers of c-ANCA. p-ANCA is found in microscopic polyangiitis or Churg-Strauss syndrome.

3. Which of the following is the most common form of vasculitis in the elderly?
4. Temporal (giant cell) arteritis
5. Takayasu arteritis
6. Kawasaki disease
7. Churg-Strauss syndrome
8. Henoch-Schönlein purpura

ANS: A, Temporal arteritis is a granulomatous arteritis affecting temporal arteries and other arteries of the head in persons over the age of 50 years. Approximately 10% of all persons older than 80 years of age have this disease.