VNURS 6501 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY_MIDTERM..QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS...
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facilitate testing?
Selected Answer:
Lead poisoning
• Question 69
The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism?
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
Lymphatic obstruction
• Question 70
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During the cardiac cycle, ...
NURS 6501 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY_MIDTERM
• Question 1
The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells?
Selected Platele ts
Answer:
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states
that good control is necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?
Selected Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial
Answer: hyperresponsiveness and eventual scarring.
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is an expected change in the cardiovascular system that occurs with aging?
Selected Arterial
Answer: stiffening
• Question 4
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People diagnosed with neurofibromatosis have varying degrees of the condition because
of which genetic principle?
Selected Dominan ce
Answer:
• Question 5
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When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?
Selected The release of toxic oxygen radicals that oxidize low-density
Answer: lipoproteins (LDLs)
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should
the professional assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?
Selected Increased rate of falling and dizzy
Answer: spells
,• Question 7
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What physical sign does the healthcare professional relate to the result of turbulent
blood flow through a vessel?
Selected Bounding pulse felt on
Answer: palpation
• Question 8
1 out of 1 points
What are tumor cell markers?
Selected Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are produced
Answer: by cancer cells
• Question 9
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Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do natural
killer (NK) cells actively attack?
Selected Bacteri
Answer: a
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which gastric hormone inhibits acid and pepsinogen secretion, as well as decreases
the release of gastrin?
Selected Somatosta
Answer: tin
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?
Selected Hypoxic
Answer: injury
• Question 12
1 out of 1 points
A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients
with hepatic encephalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor
should review this material?
Selected Accumulation of short-chain fatty acids are a source of
, Answer: increased ammonia.
• Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates alveolar distention and
ventilation by which mechanism?
Selected Decreasing surface tension in
Answer: the alveoli
• Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient is brought to the Emergency Department with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The healthcare professional assesses an abnormality involving a pleural rupture that
acts as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but preventing its escape
by closing during expiration. What action by the healthcare professional is the priority?
Selected Assist with a chest tube
Answer: insertion.
• Question 15
1 out of 1 points
What is the only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to
increase the reabsorptive surface area called?
Selected Proximal convoluted
Answer: tubules
• Question 16
1 out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the
healthcare professional is best?
Selected Give the patient an
Answer: antihistamine.
• Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based on knowledge of common stone
types, what self-care measure does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient
when stone analysis has returned?
Selected Ingest 1000 mg of
Answer: calcium a day.
• Question 18
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