Cellular Injury and Pathophysiology Quiz

Test your knowledge on cellular injury causes, mechanisms, and consequences with our interactive quiz. Explore hypoxic injury, necrosis types, apoptosis, and more!

#1

Which of the following is NOT a cause of cellular injury?

Hypoxia
Ionizing radiation
Nutritional excess
Free radicals
#2

Which type of cellular adaptation is characterized by an increase in the size of cells?

Atrophy
Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
Metaplasia
#3

Which of the following is NOT a type of reversible cell injury?

Cellular swelling
Fatty change
Loss of microvilli
Pyknosis
#4

Which of the following is a hallmark feature of reversible cell injury?

Membrane blebbing
Mitochondrial swelling
Chromatin condensation
Loss of ribosomes
#5

Which of the following is NOT a feature of apoptosis?

Cellular swelling
Fragmentation into apoptotic bodies
DNA fragmentation
Activation of caspases
#6

Which cellular component is primarily affected by hypoxic injury?

Mitochondria
Lysosomes
Ribosomes
Cell membrane
#7

What is the main mechanism of cell injury caused by ionizing radiation?

Oxidative stress
Apoptosis
Cell cycle arrest
DNA damage
#8

What is the term for programmed cell death?

Necrosis
Apoptosis
Autophagy
Pyroptosis
#9

Which type of necrosis is characterized by liquefaction of tissue?

Coagulative necrosis
Caseous necrosis
Gangrenous necrosis
Fat necrosis
#10

Which organelle is responsible for the synthesis of proteins involved in the response to cellular injury?

Ribosomes
Golgi apparatus
Endoplasmic reticulum
Lysosomes
#11

Which of the following is characteristic of irreversible cell injury?

Swelling of the endoplasmic reticulum
Mitochondrial permeability transition
Chromatin condensation
Decreased cytoplasmic calcium
#12

What is the major consequence of excessive calcium influx into cells?

Activation of phospholipase A2
Activation of protein kinases
Inhibition of calmodulin
Inhibition of caspases
#13

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of apoptosis?

Cell shrinkage
Membrane blebbing
Inflammation
DNA fragmentation
#14

What is the main mediator of inflammation in necrotic cell death?

Interferons
Interleukins
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)
#15

What is the term for the process by which a cell adapts to a persistent but sublethal injury?

Hyperplasia
Atrophy
Metaplasia
Hypertrophy

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