NR 507 Pathophysiology Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+

endometrial cycle : The 28 days of the menstrual cycle as they apply to the events in the uterus. The endometrial cycle has four subphases: menstruation, the proliferative phase, and the secretory phase, and the ischemic phase . proliferative phase : The second phase of the uterine (endometri...

Hypersensitivity: Type 1 : -Mediated IgE -inflammation due to mast cell degranultion -anaphylactic, asthma, hay fever treatment: epinephrine Hypersensitivity: Type 2 : -Cytotoxic reaction: tissue specific -binds to the antigen ON THE CELL SURFACE -macrophages are primary effectors cells i...

body's process for adapting to high hormone level : To adapt to high levels of hormones, some cells have the capacity to decrease the number of receptors for that hormone through the process of down-regulation. Cushing's Syndrome : excessive ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone) production most ...

Infectivity : The ability of a pathogen to invade and multiply in the host. Anemia : Most common blood disorder in children Hemolytic Anemia's of Newborns : Are Inherited, Congenital, or Both Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) : Also called Erythroblastosis fetalis HDN : Alloimmune dis...

Asthma : Chronic disease due to bronchoconstriction and an excessive inflammatory response in the bronchioles What are 5 s/s of asthma : coughing wheezing shortness of breath rapid breathing chest tightness Pathophysiology of asthma (5) : -airway inflammation, bronchial hyper-reactivi...

Asthma : Chronic disease due to bronchoconstriction and an excessive inflammatory response in the bronchioles What are 5 s/s of asthma : coughing wheezing shortness of breath rapid breathing chest tightness Pathophysiology of asthma (5) : -airway inflammation, bronchial hyper-reactivi...

In a cellular metabolism, each enzyme has a high affinity for a? : Substrate An FNP student is observing a cell under the microscope, It is observed to have supercoiled DNA with histones. Which of the following would also be part of the cellular structure observed by the student? : Nucleus ...

When the maternal immune system becomes sensitized against antigens expressed by the fetus, what type of immune reaction occurs? ANSWER: alloimmune which patient will develop active immunity? A patient who: ANSWER: has natural exposure to an antigen or receives an immunization A 20 year old ...