NURS 611 Advanced Pathophysiology Exam Bundle (Rated A+)

Pathology vs Physiology - Answer-Pathology- structural and functional changes to cells, tissues, organs that cause disease Physiology- functions of the human body Pathophysiology - Answer-changes that happen to cells, tissues, organs that occur with disease and the effects of those changes on bo...

the study of the causes of a disease - Answer-Etiology a tissue in which the cells vary in size and shape - Answer-Dysplasia when a group of cells in the body dies - Answer-Necrosis wasting of skeletal muscle - Answer-Atrophy ingestion of foreign material or cell debris by white blood ce...

Failure to compensate to changes results in? - Answer-disease, death Define Pathophysiology? - Answer-study of the structural and function changes in cells, tissues and organs of the body that cause or caused by disease./failure to compensate Define homeostasis? - Answer-external change in env...

atrophy - Answer-decrease in size phy: thymus path: muscle and bone hypertrophy - Answer-increase in size phy:musccle path: of heart=heart failure hyperplasia - Answer-increase in number phy:callus path: endothelial cell metaplasia - Answer-replacement of one cell type with another ce...

An ordered photographic display of a set of chromosomes from a single cell is a(n): A) metaphase spread. B) autosomal spread. C) karyotype. D) anaphase spread. - Answer -c An error in which homologous chromosomes fail to separate during meiosis is termed: A) aneuploidy. B) nondisjunction. ...

____ is the maintainence of a steady state within the body. - Answer -homeostasis ____ is the state of functional disequilibrium that may be resolved by recovery or death. - Answer -disease ____ is the study of the physiological processes leading up to disease. - Answer -Pathophysiology ...

Etiology - Answer-Study of the causes or reasons for a particular disease or injury. Idiopathic - Answer-Cause is unknown. Iatrogenic - Answer-Cause results from unintended or unwanted medical treatment. Pathogenesis - Answer-The development or evolution of a disease, from the initial stimulus to...

Pathophysiology - Answer-the study of the functional changes that occur in the body as a result of an injury, disorder or disease Pathology - Answer-Study of changes in cells and tissues as a result of injury or disease Pathogenesis - Answer-The disease beginning Disease - Answer-The functi...

Phenotype - Answer-A phenotype is a trait we can observe. Genes carry instructions, and the result of our body following those instructions (for example, making a pigment in our eyes), is a phenotypic trait, like eye color. Sometimes a trait is the result of many different genes, like the 16 genes r...

A nurse is teaching a client about the cause of Prinzmetal angina. Which information from the client indicates teaching was successful? - Answer-Its a spasm of the heart artery A client had an occlusion of a blood vessel from a bolus of circulating matter in the bloodstream. The nurse will use wh...

Explain the role of pathophysiology in the diagnosis and treatment of disease - Answer-Pathophysiology is the study of physiologic changes in the body that result from disease processes, and can therefore help identify a disease due to the cause and effect relationships the body's organs and tissue...

Pathophysiology - Answer-Study of the body's response to dysfunction Disease - Answer-Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body system Etiology - Answer-The cause of a disease Clinical manifestations - Answer-Symptoms and chief complaints Morphological changes - Answer-Structural ch...

Reproductuon requires not only the ____________ but the __________ - Answer-body, brain infertility issues - Answer-inability to contribute to reproduction erectile dysfunction (ED) - Answer-inability to achieve or maintain erection sufficient for intercourse. Can affect all age ranges in male...

Sodium - Answer-Main ECF ion. Potassium - Answer-Main ICF ion. Mitochondria - Answer-Organelle that produces ATP. Ribosomes - Answer-Organelles responsible for protein synthesis. Lysosomes - Answer-Organelles that degrade and recycle waste. Peroxisomes - Answer-Organelles that break d...