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Content Chapter 1: Cellular Biology ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 9 Alterations in Immunity and Inflammation .............................................................................................. 28 Chapter 9 Alterations in Immunity and Inflammation .............................................................................................. 39 Chapter 7: Innate Immu...

Acute stress ANSWER: A temporary pattern of stressor-activated arousal with a distinct onset and limited duration. Chronic stress ANSWER: •Prolonged activation of stress response to a perceived threat that does not abate rapidly •Chronic stress has been linked to diminishing immunity, cancer, heart disease, depression, and other illness Selye's Stress Response Theory ANSWER: §Stress response involves neural, endocrine, and immune responses •Short-term ‒Protective ef...

Isotonic IV solution ANSWER: Bloodstream volume expander 0.9 % same as blood no solute movement TX: med administration and blood transfusion Hypotonic IV solution ANSWER: Adds solvent to bloodstream 0.45% half normal saline TX: dehydration Hypertonic IV solution ANSWER: Adds solutes to bloodstream 3% TX: cerebral edema, Mannitol Fluid volume deficit ANSWER: "dehydration" reduced fluid intake or excess fluid loss. S/S hypovolemia, tachy, hypotension, fever H20 follows Na+...

denervation ANSWER: _________ will result in cellular atrophy antiduretic ANSWER: hormone that increases water retention by the kidneys prothrombin time ANSWER: lab test used to screen for a bleeding or clotting disorder megakaryocytes ANSWER: platelets osmolality ANSWER: refers to the osmolar concentration in 1kg of water cancer ANSWER: dysplasia is strongly considered a precursor of _______ diffusion ANSWER: the movement of charged or uncharged particles along a conc...

Illness occurs ANSWER: When cells are unable to maintain homeostasis. Illness of the whole organism is the presentation of what at is occurring at a microscopic level with in the cell. Plasma Membrane ANSWER: Protective lipid bilayer, selectively semipermeable, restricts and governs intracellular gains and losses, protects the integrity of the cell Burns damage plasma membranes ANSWER: reducing the homeostasis recovery ad exposing DNA Semi-permeable selectivity means ANSWER: ...

The serum _________ level is used to evaluate an individuals nutritional level ANSWER: albumin isotonic solution ANSWER: - no shift 0.9% NaCl "normal saline" TX keep an open IV with blood transfusion hypotonic solution ANSWER: - add water to the bloodstream causing a fluid shift form the ECF to ICF 0.45% "half normal saline" TX dehydration hypertonic solution ANSWER: - add solutes to th ebloodstrea, causing a fluid shift from ICF to ECF = shrinking cells mannitol TX ...

Chapter 01: Cellular Biology Huether & McCance: Understanding Pathophysiology, 6th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.A student is observing a cell under the microscope. It is observed to have supercoiled DNA with histones. Which of the following would also be observed by the student? a.A single circular chromosome b.A nucleus c.Free-floating nuclear material d.No organelles ANS: B The cell described is a eukaryotic cell, so it has histones and a supercoiled DNA within its nucleus; thus, the...

Patho Exam 4 Summer 23 review questions with detailed answers (graded A+)

Patho Exam 4 Summer 23 review questions with detailed answers (graded A+)

Kaplan Pathophysiology NGN review questions with detailed answers (graded A+)