NURS 3366 PATHO TEST 2 Mechanisms of Defense:
Inflammation and Immune Function and Disorders
Questions With Complete Solutions
"itis" Correct Answers inflammation (in most cases)
Example: appendicitis or pancreatitis
3 inflammatory mediators Correct Answers leukotrienes,
histamine, and prostaglandins
A 83 year old patient tells his nurse he experiences terrible pain
in the small joints of his hands in the mornings and the pain
lessens as day goes on. What type of autoimmune reaction or
wide spread inflammatory process should the nurse suspect?
Correct Answers NONE as osteoarthritis is age related and pain
related to it tends to lessen as the day goes on. Osteoarthritis is
not a wide spread inflammatory process.
A neonate acquires antibodies from his mother's breast milk.
Did he acquire immunity actively or passively? Naturally or
Artificially? Correct Answers PASSIVE because he been given
his mom's antibodies; he did not develop the antibodies on his
own.
NATURAL because the transfer of antibodies was from mom to
baby and not injected as a part of a medical procedure.
A patient tells you he has RA. What location on his body would
you expect the most inflammation? Why? Correct Answers
small joints such as hands because inflammation develops
anywhere there is collagen but most
commonly in synovial membranes.
,A police officer comes in to the ER after a HIV positive criminal
spit in his face. The officer is concerned he maybe infected with
HIV. What should be your thoughts? Correct Answers HIV not
found in stool, urine, tears, sweat, saliva.
acute phase reactants normally cause ___ Correct Answers
fever
allergic hypersensitivity (IgE-mediated reaction) Correct
Answers reaction is initiated to environmental allergens
allergic hypersensitivity is also known as Correct Answers IgE-
mediated reaction (THINK E for ENVIRONMENT)
allergic_response Correct Answers hypersensitivity to a target
antigen from the environment, called an allergen
allommune_response Correct Answers hypersensitivity to
another person's antigens (the target antigen), such as when an
organ is transplanted
ANA looks for Correct Answers the presence of the immune
complexes made up of antibody + nucleic acid (DNA)
Antibodies Correct Answers are a group of proteins that
respond with specificity according to type of antigen that
invades the body
Antigens Correct Answers proteins that can stimulate
immunocyte reaction against them
, arachidonic pathway Correct Answers "birth pathway" of
prostaglandins
autoimmune Correct Answers response: hypersensitivity to
self-antigens (the target antigen) - a reaction of our body to our
own antigens
autoimmune hemolytic anemia Correct Answers a) a trigger
such as a drug causes autoantibodies to attack RBCs
b) the result is abnormally high hemolysis (destruction of RBCs)
&
resultant low numbers of them (anemia)
BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE REVERSE SIDE Correct Answers
becoming more common in USA because of under-vaccination
Correct Answers pertussis (whooping cough)
beta lactamase Correct Answers Microbial enzyme with the
ability to kill beta lactam antibiotics by dismantling the beta
lactam ring
biochemical mediators Correct Answers substances that act on
the body in a variety of ways
blocks inhibitory neurotransmitters & causes uninterrupted
nerve impulses to muscle cells. Can cause lockjaw or a
condition characterized by muscle twitching, cramps,
convulsions Correct Answers tetanus
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