1. An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide? 2. Why is potassium able to d iffuse easily in and out of cells? 3. A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. T...
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the
aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected c.
Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Correct c.
Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is
an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls
that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
• Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as _____
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
, Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond?
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell
death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would
the nurse use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would
most of the genetic information be contained?
Selected Answer: c.
Nucleolus
Correct Answer: c.
Nucleolus
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A nurse is discussing the movement of fluid across the arterial end of capillary
membranes into the interstitial fluid surrounding the capillary. Which process of
fluid movement is the nurse describing?
Selected Answer: a.
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