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The infectious diseases departmentof a hospital admitted a patient withnausea, liquid stool with mucusand blood streaks, fever, weakness.Dysentery was suspected. Whatmethod of laboratory diagnosticsshould be applied to confirm the diagnosis

Bacteriological

Malaria is treated with structuralanalogs of vitamin B2 (riboflavin).These drugs disrupt the synthesis ofthe following enzymes in plasmodium

FAD-dependent dehydrogenase

A 6-year-old child with suspectedactive tuberculous process underwentthe diagnostic Mantoux test. Whatimmunobiological preparation wasinjected?

Tuberculin

In a young man during exercise, theminute oxygen uptake and carbon dioxideemission equalled to 1000 ml.What substrates are oxidized in thecells of his body?

Carbohydrates

sportsman spontaneously heldbreath for 40 seconds,which resulted inan increase in heart rate and systemicarterial pressure. Changes of theseindicators are due to activation of thefollowing regulatory mechanisms

Unconditioned sympathetic reflexes

A 53-year-old male patient is diagnosedwith Paget’s disease. Theconcentration of oxyproline in dailyurine is sharply increased, which primarilymeans intensified disintegrationof:

Collagen

A patient has hoarseness of voice.During laryngoscopy a gray-whitelarynx tumor with papillary surface hasbeen detected.Microscopic investigationhas shown the following: growth ofconnective tissue covered with multilayer,strongly keratinized pavementepithelium, no cellular atypia. What isthe most likely diagnosis?

Papilloma

During autopsy approximately 2,0liters of pus have been found in theabdominal cavity of the corpse. Peritoneumis lustreless and has grayishshade, serous tunic of intestines hasgrayish-colored coating that is easilyremovable. Specify themost likely typeof peritonitis in the patient:

Fibrinopurulent peritonitis

revealed bone marrow hyperplasiaof tubular and flat bones (pyoidmarrow), splenomegaly (6 kg) andhepatomegaly (5 kg), enlargement ofall lymph node groups. What disease are the identified changes typical for?

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Autopsy of the dead patient whodied from pulmonary edema revealeda large yellow-grey nidus in themyocardium, and a fresh thrombus inthe coronary artery. What is the mostlikely diagnosis?

Myocardial infarction

An animal experiment is aimed atstudying the cardiac cycle.All the heartvalves are closed. What phase of thecycle is characterized by this status?

Isometric contraction

Cyanide is a poison that causesinstant death of the organism. Whatenzymes found in mitochondria areaffected by cyanide?

Cytochrome oxidase (aa3)

Increased HDL levels decrease therisk of atherosclerosis. What is themechanism of HDL anti-atherogenicaction?

They remove cholesterol from tissues

It has been found out that oneof a pesticide components is sodiumarsenate that blocks lipoic acid. Whichenzyme activity is impaired by thispesticide?

Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Stool culture test revealed in a 6-month-old bottle-fed baby the strain ofintestinal rod-shaped bacteria of antigenstructure 0-111. What diagnosiscan be made?

Colienteritis

A boy referred to a genetics clinicwas found to have 1 drumstick in bloodneutrophils. The boy is likely to havethe following syndrome:

Klinefelter’s

A drycleaner’s worker has beenfound to have hepatic steatosis. Thispathology can be caused by the disruptionof synthesis of the followingsubstance:

Phosphatidylcholine

Ascarid eggs have been detectedduring stool analysis. What drugshould be prescribed?

Mebendazole

Bacteriological examination of theurine of the patient with pyelonephritisrevealed microorganisms that produced yellow-green pigment anda characteristic odor in meat-peptoneagar.What are they called

Pseudomonas

Feces of a patient contain highamount of undissociated fats and havegrayish-white color. Specify the causeof this phenomenon:

Obturation of bile duct

A 46-year-old female patientconsulted a doctor about pain in thesmall joints of the upper and lowerlimbs. The joints are enlarged andshaped like thickened nodes. Serumtest revealed an increase in urateconcentration. This might be causedby a disorder in metabolism of:

Purines

26-year-old female consulted adoctor about having stool with whiteflat moving organisms resemblingnoodles. Laboratory analysisrevealed proglottids with the followingcharacteristics: long, narrow, with alongitudinal channel of the uterus with17-35 lateral branches on each side.What kind of intestinal parasite wasfound?

Taeniarhynchus saginatus

A male patient is 28 years old. Histologicalstudy of a cervical lymphnode revealed a change of its patterndue to the proliferation of epithelioid,lymphoid cells and macrophages havingnuclei in form of a horseshoe. Inthe center of some cell clusters therewere non-structured light-pink areaswith fragments of nuclei. What diseaseare these changes typical for?

Tuberculosis

A biochemical urine analysis hasbeen performed for a patient withprogressive muscular dystrophy. Inthe given case muscle disease can beconfirmed by the high content of thefollowing substance in urine:

Creatine

While examining foot blood supplya doctor checks the pulsation of alarge artery running in the separatefibrous channel in front of articulatiotalocruralis between the tendons oflong extensor muscles of hallux andtoes.What artery is it?

A. dorsalis pedis

patient with chronic heart failurewith edema has increased levelof blood aldosterone. What diureticwould be most effective in this case?

Spironolactone

During autopsy the followinghas been revealed: the meningesof the upper cerebral hemispheresare extremely plethoric, of yellowgreencolor and are soaked withpurulent effluent. What kind of meningitisis characterised by such clinicalpresentations?

Meningococcal meningitis

A 41-year-old male patienthas a history of recurrent attacksof heartbeats (paroxysms), profusesweating, headaches. Examinationrevealed hypertension, hyperglycemia,increased basal metabolic rate, andtachycardia. These clinical presentationsare typical for the followingadrenal pathology:

Hyperfunction of the medulla

A comminuted fracture ofinfraglenoid tubercle caused byshoulder joint injury has been detectedduring X-ray examination of a patient.What muscle tendon attached at thissite has been damaged?

Long head of m. triceps brachii

A patient has increased thicknessof alveolar-capillary membrane causedby a pathologic process. The directconsequence will be reduction of thefollowing value:

Diffusing lung capacity

What drug will be most appropriatefor the patient who has chronic gastritiswith increased secretion

Pirenzepine

As a result of careless handling ofan iron, a 34-year-old female patienthas got acute pain, redness, swellingof her right index finger. A few minuteslater, there appeared a blister filledwith a transparent liquid of strawyellowcolor. The described changesare a manifestation of the following pathological process

Exudative inflammation

42-year-old male with a lesion ofthe ulnar nerve is unable to flex theII and V fingers to the midline. Whichmuscle function is impaired in thiscase?

Palmar interosseous muscles

A smear from the tonsillar coatingof a patient with suspected diphtheriawas found to contain blue bacilli with athickening at the poles. What methodof smear staining was used?

Leffler

A child was born asphyxiated.What drug must be administered to thenewborn to stimulate breathing

Aethimizolum

A 40-year-old patient with theprogressing staphylococcal purulentperiodontitis developed purulentinflammation of bone marrow spacesof the alveolar process, and then ofthe body of mandible. Microscopyrevealed thinning of bone trabeculae,foci of necrosis, bone sequesterssurrounded by the connective tissuecapsule. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Chronic osteomyelitis

Human red blood cells do notcontain mitochondria. What is themain pathway for ATP production inthese cells?

Anaerobic glycolysis

A 40-year-old female patient hasundergone thyroidectomy. Histologicalstudy of thyroid gland found the folliclesto be of different size and containfoamy colloid, follicle epithelium is highand forms papillae, there is focallymphocytic infiltration in stroma. Diagnosethe thyroid gland disease

Basedow’s disease

A 43-year-old-patient has arterialhypertension caused by an increasein cardiac output and general peripheralresistance. Specify the variant ofhemodynamic development of arterialhypertension in the given case:

Eukinetic

A patient has been hospitalisedwith provisional diagnosis of virus Bhepatitis. Serological reaction basedon complementation of antigen withantibody chemically bound to peroxidaseor alkaline phosphatase has beenused for disease diagnostics. What isthe name of the applied serologicalreaction?

Immune-enzyme analysis

A patient has been hospitalised withprovisional diagnosis of botulism.What serological reaction should beused to reveal botulinum toxin?

Neutralization reaction

Examination of a 52-year-oldfemale patient has revealed a decreasein the amount of red blood cells andan increase in free hemoglobin inthe blood plasma (hemoglobinemia).Color index is 0,85. What type ofanemia is being observed in the patient?

Acquired hemolytic

The processes of heat transfer ina naked person at room temperaturehave been studied. It was revealed thatunder these conditions the greatestamount of heat is transferred by:

Heat radiation

Urine analysis has shown highlevels of protein and erythrocytesin urine. This can be caused by thefollowing:

Renal filter permeability

The development of both immune and allergic reactions is based uponthe same mechanisms of the immunesystem response to an antigen. Whatis the main difference between theimmune and allergic reactions?

Development of tissue lesion

After a craniocerebral injury a patientis unable to recognize objects bytouch. What part of brain has beendamaged?

Postcentral gyrus

A patient complaining of rapidpulse, dyspnea and bluish color ofmucosa has been admitted to the cardiologicaldepartment. The objectivesymptoms are as follows: edema oflower extremities, ascites. Which ofthe given medicines should be prescribedfor intravenous administration toimprove the patient’s general state?

Corglyconum

As a result of a continuouschronic encephalopathy, a patient hasdeveloped spontaneous motions anda disorder of torso muscle tone. Theseare the symptoms of the disorder of thefollowing conduction tract:

Tractus rubrospinalis

A 10-year-old child has painfulswallowing, neck edema, temperaturerise up to 39, 0oC, the whole bodyis covered with bright-red petechialrash. Back of the throat and tonsilsare hyperemic, the tongue is crimsoncolored.Tonsillar surface is coveredwith isolated grayish-colored necrosisnidi.What disease is it?

Scarlet fever

In a patient elevation of bodytemperature takes turns with dropsdown to normal levels during the day.The rise in temperature is observedperiodically once in four days. Specifythe type of temperature curve:

Febris internuttens

As a result of a craniocerebralinjury, a patient has a decreased skinsensitivity. What area of the cerebralcortex is likely to be damaged?

Posterior central gyrus

Diabetic nephropathy with uremiahas developed in a patient withpancreatic diabetes. The velocity ofglomerular filtration is 9 ml/min. Whatmechanism of a decrease in glomerularfiltration velocity and chronic renal failuredevelopment is most likely in thecase of this patient?

Reduction of active nephron mass

A 40-year-old patient has ulcerperforation in the posterior wall ofstomach. What anatomical structurewill blood and stomach content leakto?

Bursa omentalis

patient is diagnosed with hereditarycoagulopathy that is characterisedby factor VIII deficiency. Specify thephase of blood clotting during whichcoagulation will be disrupted in the givencase:

Thromboplastin formation

Angiocardiography of a 60-yearoldmale patient revealed constrictionof a vessel located in the leftcoronary sulcus of the heart. What isthe pathological vessel called?

Ramus circumflexus

Those organisms which in theprocess of evolution failed to developprotection from H2O2 can exist onlyin anaerobic conditions. Which of thefollowing enzymes can break hydrogenperoxide down?

Peroxidase and catalase

A patient complains of pain inthe right lateral abdomen. Palpationrevealed a dense, immobile, tumorlikeformation. A tumor is likely to befound in the following part of the digestivetube:

Colon ascendens

A patient complaining of pain inthe left shoulder-blade region has beendiagnosed with miocardial infarction.What kind of pain does the patienthave?

Radiating

A patient has a critical impairmentof protein, fat and hydrocarbon digestion.Most likely it has been caused bylow secretion of the following digestivejuice:

Pancreatic juice

female patient has facial neuritisthat has caused mimetic paralysis andhearing impairment. Hearing impairmentresults from the paralysis of thefollowing muscle

Stapedius muscle

A 22-year-old female studentconsulted a physician about fever up to38oC, weakness, sore throat. Objectively:there is white coating of thetongue. What histological structures ofthe tongue are involved in the formationof this coating?

Epithelium of the filiform papillae

A patient has a traumatic injury ofsternocleidomastoid muscle. This hasresulted in a decrease in the followingvalue:

Inspiratory reserve volume

The receptors under study providetransfer of information to the cortexwithout thalamic involvement. Specifythese receptors:

Olfactory

Prolonged fasting causeshypoglycemia which is amplified byalcohol consumption, as the followingprocess is inhibited:

Gluconeogenesis

A 39-year-old female patient witha history of diabetes was hospitalizedin a precomatose state for diabeticketoacidosis. This condition had beencaused by an increase in the followingmetabolite level:

Acetoacetate

A 37-year-old female patientcomplains of headache, vertigo,troubled sleep, numbness of limbs. Forthe last 6 years she has been workingat the gas-discharge lamp-producingfactory in the lead-processing shop.Blood test findings: low hemoglobinandRBC level, serum iron concentrationexceeds the norm by several times.Specify the type of anemia:

Iron refractory anemia

During an animal experiment,surgical damage of certain brainstructures has caused deep prolongedsleep. What structure is most likely tocause such condition, if damaged?

Reticular formation

A patient takes cholagogues. Whatother process besides biliary excretionwill be stimulated?

Intestinal motility

A 3-year-old child with meningealsymptoms died. Postmortemmacroscopy of the pia matter revealedmiliary nodules which were microscopicallyrepresented by a focusof caseous necrosis with masses of epithelioidand lymphoid cells with somecrescent-shaped large cells inbetweenhaving peripheral nuclei. Specify thetype of meningitis in the child:

Tuberculous

A patient with homogentisuria hassigns of arthritis, ochronosis. In thiscase, the pain in the joints is associatedwith the deposition of:

Homogentisates

A patient with hereditaryhyperammonemia due to a disorderof ornithine cycle has developedsecondary orotaciduria. The increasedsynthesis of orotic acid is caused by anincrease in the following metabolite ofornithine cycle:

Carbamoyl phosphate

Amniocentesis revealed two sexchromatin bodies (Barr bodies) in eachcell of the sample. What disease is thischaracter typical for?

Trisomy X

A 49-year-old male patient withacute pancreatitis was likely todevelop pancreatic necrosis, while activepancreatic proteases were absorbedinto the blood stream and tissue proteinsbroke up.What protective factors ofthe body can inhibit these processes?

α2-macroglobulin, α1-antitrypsin

A 16-year-old female patient hasfainted after quickly changing her bodyposition from horizontal to verticalone. Which process from the oneslisted below has caused the loss ofconsciousness in the first place?

Decreasing venous return

A 53-year-old male patientcomplains of acute pain in the righthypochondrium. Objective examinationrevealed scleral icterus. Laboratorytests revealed increased ALT activity,and stercobilin was not detected in thestool. What disease is characterized bythese symptoms?

Cholelithiasis

Achild patient has dry cough.Whatnon-narcotic antitussive drug will relievethe patient’s condition?

Glaucine hydrochloride

A patient complains of acute painattacks in the right lumbar region.During examination the nephrolithicobturation of the right ureter in theregion between its abdominal andpelvic segments has been detected.What anatomical boundary existsbetween those two segments?

Linea terminalis

When measuring total muscle actionpotential it was revealed that it wassubject to the power-law relationship.The reason for this is that individualmuscle fibers differ in

Depolarization threshold

A patient has insufficient bloodsupply to the kidneys, which hascaused the development of pressoreffect due to the constriction of arterialresistance vessels. This is the result ofthe vessels being greately affected bythe following substance:

Angiotensin II

A patient is diagnosed with irondeficiencysideroachrestic anemia, progression of which is characterisedby skin hyperpigmentation, pigmentarycirrhosis, heart and pancreasaffection. Iron level in the blood serumis increased. What disorder of ironmetabolism causes this disease?

Failure to assimilate iron leading toiron accumulation in tissues

In a village, a case of anthraxhad been registered. Medical servicesbegan epidemiologically indicatedspecific prophylaxis of population againstanthrax. What preparation wasused for this purpose?

Live vaccine

Experimental stimulation of thesympathetic nerve branches thatinnervate the heart caused an increasein force of heart contractions becausethe membrane of typical cardiomyocytespermitted an increase in:

Calcium ion entry

According to the results of glucosetolerance test, the patient has nodisorder of carbohydrate tolerance.Despite that, glucose is detected inthe patients’s urine (5 mmol/l). Thepatient has been diagnosed with renaldiabetes. What renal changes causeglucosuria in this case?

Decreased activity of glucosereabsorption enzymes

As a result of past encephalitis, amale patient has developed an increasein cerebrospinal fluid pressure in theright lateral ventricle. What can be thecause of this condition?

Closure of right interventricularforamen

Parents of 5-year-old child reporthim o have frequent colds that developinto pneumonias, presence of purulentrashes on the skin. Laboratory testshave revealed the following: absenceof immunoglobulins of any type, andnaked cells are absent from the lymphnodes punctate. What kind of immunedisorder is it?

X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia(Bruton type agammaglobulinemia

A 3-year-old child has continuousfever, lymph nodes are enlarged,the amount of lymphocytes in bloodis significantly increased. Enzymelinkedimmunosorbent assay (ELISA)revealed antigen of Epstein-Barr virus.What diagnosis can be made based onthe information given above?

Infectious mononucleosis

Amicroslide contains the preparationof a gland composed of severalsecretory saccule-shaped parts thatopen in the common excretory duct.What gland is it?

Simple branched alveolar gland

A patient intending to undergoa gender reassignment surgery hasbeen admitted to a specialised clinic.In the course of examinationboth male and female gonades havebeen revealed, with male structure ofexternal genitals. What kind of genitalmaldevelopment has the patient?

True hermaphroditism

An 18-year-old male hasbeen diagnosed with Marfansyndrome. Examination revealed adevelopmental disorder of connectivetissue and eye lens structure,abnormalities of the cardiovascularsystem, arachnodactylia. Whatgenetic phenomenon has caused thedevelopment of this disease?

Pleiotropy

In case of alkaptonuria, homogentisicacid is excreted in urine in largeamounts. The development of this diseaseis associated with a disorder ofmetabolism of the following aminoacid:

Tyrosine

A male patient complains of skininsensitivity of inferior eyelid, externallateral surface of nose and upper lip.A doctor in the course of examinationhas revealed inflammation of thesecond branch of trigeminal nerve.What cranial foramen does this branchgo through?

Supraorbital

An patient with insomnia inducedby allergic rash and itch has beenprescribed the drug that has antihistamineand hypnotic effect. Specifythis drug:

Benadryl

In a cat with decerebrate rigiditythemuscle tone is to be decreased. Thiscan be achieved by:

Destruction of the vestibular nucleiof Deiters

When studying the signs ofpulmonary ventilation, reduction offorced expiratory volume has beendetected.What is the likely causeof thisphenomenon?

Obstructive pulmonary disease

X-ray examination of a patientallowed to diagnose a tumor in thesuperior lobe of the right lung. Thereis a probability of metastases spread tothe following lymph nodes

Sternal

A 55-year-old patient with acharacteristic rash, fever, dizzinesshas been admitted to a hospital. Hehas been provisionally diagnosed withtyphus. No similar cases have beenreported. In his youth (15 years old)the patient suffered typhus in a boardingschool.What disease is it?

Brill’s disease

A young woman suddenlydeveloped fever up to 39oC accompaniedby a strong headache. Examinationrevealed marked nuchal rigidity.Spinal puncture was performed.Gram-stained smear of cerebrospinalfluid contained many neutrophilsand Gram-positive diplococci. Whatbacteria could be the cause of this disease?

Neisseria meningitidis

In the course of an experimentadenohypophysis of an animal hasbeen removed. The resulting atrophyof thyroid gland and adrenal cortexhas been caused by deficiency of thefollowing hormone:

Tropic hormones

Degenerative changes in posteriorand lateral columns of spinalcord (funicular myelosis) caused bymethylmalonic acid accumulationoccur in patients with B12-deficiencyanemia. This results in synthesis disruptionof the following substance

Myelin

patient with suspected tumorof lung had been admitted to theoncological department. Examinationrevealed localised pathology in theinferior lobe of the left lung. Howmany bronchopulmonary segmentsdoes this lobe have?

5

During local anesthetization thepatient has gone into anaphylacticshock. What drug must be administeredto the patient?

Epinephrine hydrochloride

As a result of an injury, the integrityof the anterior spinal cord root wasbroken. Specify the neurons and theirprocesses that had been damaged

Axons of motor neurons

A patient who had been taking diclofenacsodium for arthritis of mandibularjoint developed an acute conditionof gastric ulcer. Such side effect ofthis medicine is caused by inhibition ofthe following enzyme:

Cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1)

In one of Polessye regions therewas an outbreak of helminthiasismanifestedby cramps and facial edmata. The developed preventive measuresin particular included ban for eatinginfested pork even after heat processing.What helminthiasis was the case?

Trichinosis

A female patient saught medicalgeneticconsultation. Physical examinationrevealed pterygium collideformity (webbed neck), broad chest,underdeveloped breasts. Study ofbuccal epithelium cells revealed noX-chromatin in the nuclei. This indicatesthat the patient has the followingsyndrome:

Turner’s

During blood transfusion apatient has developed intravascularerythrocyte hemolysis. What kind ofhypersensitivity does the patient have?

II type (antibody-dependent)

Patients with erythropoieticporphyria (Gunther’s disease) haveteeth that fluoresce with bright redcolor when subjected to ultravioletradiation; their skin is light-sensitive,urine is red-colored. What enzyme cancause this disease, when it is deficient?

Uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase

During the air and bone conductiontests it was revealed that in theleft ear the tones were louder by boneconduction. This might be associatedwith the disease of:

Left middle ear

In course of invasive abdominalsurgery a surgeon has to locate the originof the mesenteric root. Where is itnormally localized

Duodenojejunal flexure

A 55-year-old male had beendelivered to the resuscitation unitunconscious. Relatives reported himto have mistakenly drunk an alcoholicsolution of unknown origin. On examinationthe patient was diagnosed withmethanol intoxication. What antidoteshould be used in this case?

Ethanol

Due to the use of poorqualitymeasles vaccine for preventivevaccination, a 1-year-old childhas developed an autoimmunerenal injury. The urine was foundto contain macromolecular proteins.What process of urine formation hasbeen disturbed?

Filtration

As a result of a road accident a 37-year-old female victim developed urinaryincontinence. What segments ofthe spinal cord had been damaged

S2 − S4

An 8-week-pregnant woman with acute respiratory disease andtemperature rise up to 39, 0oC hascalled in a doctor. The doctor insistedon her avoiding taking paracetamol,because in this period of pregnancythere is a risk of its:

Teratogenicity

A pneumonia patient has beenadministered acetylcysteine as a partof complex therapy. What principleof therapy has been taken into considerationwhen applying this drug?

Pathogenetic

A 26-year-old female patient withbronchitis has been administered abroad spectrum antibiotic as a causaltreatment drug. Specify this drug:

Doxycycline

When defining blood groupaccording to the AB0 system, usingsalt solutions of monoclonal antibodies,agglutination didn’t occur with anyof the solutions. What blood group isit?

0 (I)

Examination of a 56-year-oldfemale patient with a history of type1 diabetes revealed a disorder ofprotein metabolism that is manifestedby aminoacidemia in the laboratoryblood test values, and clinically by thedelayed wound healing and decreasedsynthesis of antibodies. Which ofthe following mechanisms causes thedevelopment of aminoacidemia?

Increased proteolysis

Symptoms of pellagra (vitamin PPdeficiency) is particularly pronouncedin patients with low protein diet,because nicotinamide precursor inhumans is one of the essential aminoacids, namely:

Tryptophan

A 68-year-old patient consultsa cardiologist, complaining of higharterial blood pressure, pain in theheart egion, intermittent pulse. Prescribethe β1-adrenoreceptor blockerfor the treatment of the describedpathology:

Metoprolol

A female suffered rubella duringpregnancy. The child was bornwith developmental abnormalities,namely cleft lip and palate. The child’sgenotype is normal. These malformationsare a manifestation of

Modification variability

An electron micrograph showsa cell-to-cell adhesion consisting, ineach cell, of an attachment plaque.The intercellular space is filled withelectron-dense substance includingtransmembrane fibrillar structures.Specify this adhesion:

Desmosome

For biochemical diagnostics ofmyocardial infarction it is necessaryto measure activity of a number ofenzymes and their isoenzymes. Whatenzymatic test is considered to be thebest to prove or disprove the diagnosisof infarction in the early period afterthe chest pain is detected?

Creatine kinase isoenzyme CK-MB

A patient complains of pain inthe heart area during acute attack ofgastric ulcer. What vegetative reflexcan cause this painful feeling?

Viscerovisceral reflex

A patient is diagnosed with acutemorphine hydrochloride intoxication.Prescribe an oxidizing agent for gastriclavage:

Potassium permanganate

In the course of puncture biopsyof transplanted kidney the followinghas been revealed: diffuse infiltrationof stroma by lymphocytesand plasmocytes and necrotic arteritis.What pathological process hasdeveloped in the transplant?

Immune rejection

During cell division, DNA replicationoccurs by a signal from thecytoplasm, and a certain portion of theDNA helix unwinds and splits into twoindividual strains. What enzyme facilitatesthis process

Helicase

A female patient, having visitedthe factory premises with lots of dust inthe air for the first time, has got coughand burning pain in the throat. Whatrespiratory receptors, when irritated,cause this kind of reaction?

Irritant receptors

Since a patient has had myocardialinfarction, his atria and ventriclescontract independently from eachother with a frequency of 60-70 and 35-40 perminute. Specify the type of heartblock in this case:

Complete atrioventricular

A 35-year-old female patient hasbeen hospitalised with acute intoxicationcaused by salts of high-densitymetals (lead,most probably).As a partof complex therapy the antidote thatcontains two active sulfhydric groupshas been prescribed. Specify this antidote:

Dimercaprol

A 60-year-old male patient hastype II diabetes. A doctor has prescribedhim synthetic hypoglycemic longactingdrug that is sulfonylurea derivative.What drug is it?

Glibenclamide

A patient has been given atropinesulfate for rapid relief of spasticcolon symptoms. The use of this drugis contraindicated during the followngdisease:

Glaucoma

As an example of specific humanparasites one can name Plasmodiumfalciparum, human pinworm and someothers. The source of parasite invasionis always a human. Such specific humanparasites cause the diseases that arecalled:

Anthroponoses

In an experiment a dog had beenconditioned to salivate at the sight offood and a flash of light. After conditioningthe reflex, the light was then pairedwith the bell. The dog didn’t startto salivate.What type of inhibition wasobserved?

External

A newborn baby has numeroushemorrhages. Blood coagulation testsreveal increased prothrombin time.The child is most likely to have a disorderof the following biochemicalprocess:

Production of gammacarboxyglutamate

A 63-year-old male patient withbladder atony had been prescribed amedication, which he had been arbitrarilytaking at a higher dose. Thepatient developed hypehydration, salivation,diarrhea, muscle spasms. Theprescribed drug relates to the followinggroup:

Cholinomimetics

A 67-year-old male patientconsumes eggs, pork fat, butter, milkand meat. Blood test results:cholesterol - 12,3 mmol/l, total lipids- 8,2 g/l, increased low-density lipoproteinfraction (LDL). What typeof hyperlipoproteinemia is observed inthe patient?

Hyperlipoproteinemia type IIa

Tissue sampling of a 37-year-oldmale patient with chronic renal diseasehas revealed the following: sclerosis,lymphocytic and plasmocytic infiltrationof renal pelvis and calices walls,dystrophy and atrophy of tubules.Remaining tubules are enlarged andstretched with colloid masses, epitheliumis flattened out ("scutiform"or"shield-shaped"kidney). What is themost likely diagnosis?

Chronic pyelonephritis

During the hystological studyof cortical shaft, basophilic cells withdeveloped synthesis organelles canbe seen on the bone surface under thelayer of fibers. These cells take part inbone tissue regeneration. What shaftlayer are they located in?

Periosteum

had tuberculosis revealed a densegray-white nidus in form of a nodule2 cm in diameter in the subpleuralportion of the upper right lobe. Thepleura in this region was thickened,in the pleural cavity there was asmall amount of serous hemorrhagicfluid. Histological study of the regionrevealed some glandular structures withsigns of cellular atypia and abnormalmitoses, which were found within thefibrous connective tissue. What otherpathology had developed in the lungs?

Adenocarcinoma

In course of an experimentthere has been an increase in thenerve conduction velocity. This maybe caused by an increase in theconcentration of the following ionsthat are present in the solution aroundthe cell:

Na+

Hepatitis B is diagnosed throughlaboratory tests that determine thepresence of HBA-DNAin blood serumof the patient. What reference methodis applied for this purpose?

Polymerase chain reaction

On the 24th day since the onsetof disease, a male patient diagnosedwith typhoid fever and undergoingtreatment in an infectious diseaseshospital has suddenly developed clinicalpresentations of acute abdomenleading to the death of the patient.During autopsy peritonitis has beenrevealed, with numerous ulcers coveringthe colon mucosa and reaching asdeep as muscular and, in places, seroustunic. The ulcers have smooth edgesand even floor. The intestinal wallis perforated. What stage of typhoidfever has the lethal complication arisenat?

Clean ulcer

An HIV-positive patient’s causeof death is acute pulmonary insufficiencyresulting from pneumonia.Pathohistological investigation of lungshas revealed interstitial pneumonia,alveolocyte desquamation andtheir methamorphoses: alveolocyteenlargement, large intranuclearinclusions surrounded by lightlycoloredareas. Transformed cellsresemble owl’s eye. Name thepneumonia causative agent:

Cytomegalovirus

The organisms to be identifiedhave a nucleus surrounded by anuclear membrane. Genetic materialis concentrated predominantly in the chromosomes which consist of DNAstrands and protein molecules. Thesecells divide mitotically. Identify theseorganisms:

Eukaryotes

A 37-year-old male patientdeveloped pseudoarthrosis after aclosed fracture of the femur. Specifythe type of regeneration in the patient:

Pathological hypo-regeneration

Nucleolar organizers of the 13-15,21, 22 human chromosomes containabout 200 cluster genes that synthesizeRNA. These regions of chromosomesbear the information on the followingtype of RNA:

rRNA

The resuscitation unit has admitteda patient in grave condition.It is known that he had mistakenlytaken sodium fluoride which blockscytochrome oxidase. What type ofhypoxia developed in the patient?

Tissue

Steatosis is caused by theaccumulation of triacylglycerols inhepatocytes. One of the mechanismsof this disease development is adecrease in the utilization of VLDLneutral fat. What lipotropics preventthe development of steatosis

Methionine, B6, B12

A 2-year-old boy is diagnosed withDown syndrome. What chromosomalchanges may be the cause of this disease?

Trisomy 21

A patient who has recently arrivedfrom an endemic area presentswith elevated body temperature,headache, chills, malaise, that is withthe symptoms which are typical for acommon cold. What laboratory testsare necessary to prove or to disprovethe diagnosis of malaria?

Microscopy of blood smears

A patient has severe blood losscaused by an injury. What kind ofdehydration will be observed in thisparticular case?

Iso-osmolar

A 30-year-old patient has dyspneafits, mostly at night. He has been diagnosedwith bronchial asthma. Whattype of allergic reaction according tothe Gell-Coombs classification is mostlikely in this case?

Anaphylactic

Decarboxylation of glutamateinduces production of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA )neurotransmitter. After breakdown,GABA is converted into a metaboliteof the citric acid cycle, that is:

Succinate

An outbreak of an intestinalinfection occurred in a kindergarten onthe eve of New Year holidays. Bacteriologicalexamination of patients’faeces didn’t reveal any pathogenicbacteria. Electronmicroscopy revealedroundish structures with clear outeredges and a thick core resembling awheel. Specify the most likely causativeagent of this infection:

Rotavirus

A smear of streptobacilluspreparation stained by Ozheshkomethod has been studied microscopicallywith oil immersion. Whatstructural feature of the bacteria hasbeen studied?

Spores

After a road accident a victimhas tachycardia, arterial blood pressure130/90 mm Hg, tachypnoe, the skinis pale and dry, excitation of centralnervous system is observed. Whatshock stage is the patient most likelyin?

Erectile

Autopsy has revealed shrunkenkidneys weighing 50 mg, with finegrainedsurface and uniformly thinnedsubstance. Microscopic investigationhas shown the thickening ofarteriole walls due to accumulation ofhomogeneous anhistic pink-colouredmasses in them. Glomerules wereundersized, sclerotic, with atrophiedtubules. What disease are thesechanges characteristic of?

Essential hypertension

A fixed-run taxi passenger hasa sudden and expressed attack oftachycardia. A doctor travelling by thesame taxi has managed to slow downhis heart rate by pressing upon theeyeballs and thus causing the followingreflex:

Dagnini-Aschner refle

Histological examination of biopsysamples taken from the thickenededges of a gastric ulcer revealed smallclusters of small, markedly atypicalhyperchromatic epithelial cells thatwere localized in the overdevelopedstroma. Specify the tumor

Scirrhous undifferentiated carcinoma

A 10-year-old child was found tohave a congenital hypoplasia of theleft kidney. Ultrasound examinationrevealed that the right kidney wasmarkedly enlarged and had regularshape. No functional disorders wererevealed. Specify the process thatdeveloped in the right kidney:

Vicarious hypertrophy

In allergic diseases, a dramaicincrease in basophilic leukocytenumber in patients’ blood is observed.This phenomenon is due to the followingbasophil function

Participation of heparin and histaminein metabolism

A 47-year-old male patientdeveloped intestinal colic against thebackground of essential hypertension.In this situation it would be most efficientto arrest the colic by using drugsof the following group:

Myotropic antispasmodics

Apatient has been admitted to thecontagious isolation ward with signsof jaundice caused by hepatitis virus.Which of the symptoms given belowis strictly specific for hepatocellularjaundice?

Increase of ALT, AST level

An underage patient has signs ofachondroplasia (dwarfism). It is knownthat this is a monogenic disease andthe gene that is responsible for thedevelopment of such abnormalities isa dominant one. The development ofthat child’s brother is normal. Specifythe genotype of the healthy child

aa

A patient has acute bronchitis.The fever up to 38, 5oC had lasted for aweek, presently there is a decrease intemperature down to 37, 0oC. Specifythe leading mechanism in the 3rd stageof fever:

Peripheral vasodilation

A 35-year-old female patienthas undergone biopsy of the breastnodules. Histological examination hasrevealed enhanced proliferation ofthe small duct and acini epithelialcells, accompanied by the formation ofglandular structures of various shapesand sizes, which were located in the fibrousstroma. What is the most likelydiagnosis?

Fibroadenoma

At a bacteriological laboratoryanimal skins are analyzed by meansof Ascoli precipitaion test. What isdetected if the reaction is positive

Anthrax agent antigens

Examination of the duodenalcontents revealed some pear-shapedprotozoa with two nuclei and four pairsof flagella. The organisms had alsotwo axostyles between the nuclei and aventral adhesive disc. What protozoanrepresentative was found in the patient?

Lamblia

A 36-year-old female patienthas a history of B2-hypovitaminosis.The most likely cause of specificsymptoms (epithelial, mucosal,cutaneous, corneal lesions) is the deficiency of

Flavin coenzymes

A 54-year-old female was broughtto the casualty department after a caraccident. A traumatologist diagnosedher withmultiple fractures of the lowerextremities. What kind of embolism ismost likely to develop in this case?

Fat

A blood drop has been put into atest tube with 0,3% solution of NaCl.What will happen to erythrocytes?

Osmotic haemolysis

There are cortical and medullarysubstances separated by connectivetissue layer in the endocrine glandspecimen. Parenchyma cells make upthree zones in cortical substance, withrounded masses in the superficialzone, parallel chords in themiddle one,reticular structure of cell chords in thedeep one.What gland is it?

Adrenal gland

Histological specimen of a 10-dayhuman embryo represents 2 contactingsacs (amniotic and yolk sacs). Specifythe structure that separates the amnioticcavity from the yolk sac

Embryonic shield

An electron micrograph showsa cell of neural origin. The terminalportion of the cell dendrite has cylindricalshape and consists of 1000closed membrane disks. What cell isrepresented by the micrograph

Rod receptor cell

Disruption of nerve fiber myelinogenesiscauses neurological disordersand mental retardation. Thesesymptoms are typical for hereditaryand acquired alterations in themetabolism of:

Sphingolipids

A patient underwent surgicalremoval of a cavitary liver lesion 2cm in diameter. It was revealed thatthe cavity wall was formed by densefibrous connective tissue; the cavitycontained muddy, thick, yellowishgreenishfluid with an unpleasantodor. Microscopically, the fluid consistedmainly of polymorphonuclearleukocytes. What pathological processare these morphological changes typicalfor?

Chronic abscess

A patient complains ofphotoreception disorder and frequentacute viral diseases. He has beenprescribed a vitamin that affectsphotoreception processes by producingrhodopsin, the photosensitive pigment.What vitamin is it?

Retinol acetate

A 7-year-old boy got ill with diphtheria.On the third day he diedof asphyxiation. At autopsy themucosa of the larynx, trachea andbronchi had thickened, edematous,lustreless appearance and was coveredwith gray films which could be easilyremoved. Specify the type of laryngealinflammation:

Croupous

A child has a history ofhepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, seizures,especially on an empty stomach andin stressful situations. The child is diagnosedwith Gierke disease. This diseaseis caused by the genetic defect ofthe following enzyme:

Glucose-6-phosphatase

A public utility specialist wentdown into a sewer well withoutprotection and after a while lostconsciousness. Ambulance doctors diagnosedhim with hydrogen sulfideintoxication. What type of hypoxiadeveloped?

Hemic

A child with a normal karyotypeis diagnosed with cleft lip andhard palate, defects of the cardiovascularsystem, microcephaly. Thechild’s mother suffered rubella duringpregnancy. This pathology in the childmay be an example of:

Genocopy

A 28-year-old patient undergoingtreatment in the pulmonologicaldepartment has been diagnosed withpulmonary emphysema caused bysplitting of alveolar septum by tissulartripsin. The disease is cased by thecongenital deficiency of the followingprotein:

α1-proteinase inhibitor

A patient with signs ofosteoporosis and urolithiasis hasbeen admitted to the endocrinologydepartment. Blood testhas revealed hypercalcemia andhypophosphatemia. These changes areassociated with abnormal synthesis ofthe following hormone

Parathyroid hormone

During a surgery for femoralhernia a surgeon operates within theboundaries of femoral trigone. Whatstructure makes up its upper margin

Lig.inguinale

A 19-year-old victim has beendelivered to the casualty departmentwith a cut wound of the trapeziusmuscle. Which of the cervical fasciaeforms a sheath for this muscle?

Investing layer of cervical fascia

A patient with acne has beenprescribed doxycycline hydrochloride.What recommendations should be givento the patient, while he is takingthis drug?

Avoid long stay in the sun

A 30-year-old patient with a pasthistory of virus B hepatitis complainsof prolonged nosebleeds. What drugwill be most efficient in remedying thiscondition?

Vicasolum

A patient has arterial hypertension.What long-acting drug from thegroup of calcium channel blockersshould be prescribed?

Amlodipine

A patient has been diagnosedwith ARVI. Blood serum containsimmunoglobulin M. What is the stageof infection in this case?

Acute

In a dysentery patient undergoingtreatment in the contagious isolationward, a significant increase in packedcell volume has been observed (60%).What other value will be affected bythis change?

Increasing blood viscosity

A patient complains of palpitationafter stress. The pulse is 104bpm, P-Q=0,12 seconds, there are nochanges of QRS complex. What typeof arrhythmia does the patient have?

Sinus tachycardia

A 30-year-old patient hasundergone keratoplasty in thetransplantation center, cornea has beentaken fron a donor, who died in a roadaccident. What kind of transplantationwas performed?

Allotransplantation

A 29-year-old male with a knifewound of neck presents with bleeding.During the initial d-bridement ofthe wound the surgeon revealed theinjury of a vessel found along thelateral edge of the sternocleidomastoidmuscle. Specify this vessel:

V. jugularis externa

A histologic specimen representsan organ with walls comprisedof mucous, submucous, fibrouscartilaginousand adventitial membranes.Epithelium is multirowed and ciliated,muscular layer of mucous membrane isabsent, submucous membrane contains serous-mucous glands, hyalinecartilage forms open circles. Whatorgan has the described morphologicalfeatures?

Trachea

In cancer patients who have beencontinuously receiving methotrexate,the target cells of tumor with timebecome insensitive to this drug. In thiscase, gene amplification of the followingenzyme is observed:

Dihydrofolate reductase

Pancreas is known as a mixedgland. Endocrine functions includeproduction of insulin by beta cells. Thishormone affects the metabolism ofcarbohydrates. What is its effect uponthe activity of glycogen phosphorylase(GP) and glycogen synthase (GS)?

It inhibits GP and activates GS

A patient has the oxyhemoglobindissociation curve shifted to the left.What blood changes induce this condition?

lkalosis, hypocapnia, temperaturedrop

Administration of doxycyclinehydrochloride caused an imbalanceof the symbiotic intestinal microflora.Specify the kind of imbalance causedby the antibiotic therapy

Dysbacteriosis

A patient with signs of emotionallability that result in troubled sleep hasbeen prescribed nitrazepam. Specifythe sleep-inducing mechanism of thisdrug:

GABA-ergic system activation

A patient has been found to havea marked dilatation of saphenous veinsin the region of anterior abdominalwall around the navel. This issymptomatic of pressure increase inthe following vessel:

V. portae hepatis