HESI RN ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM 160 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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An initial disturbance in a a. positive feedback
system sets off a chain of
events that does not favor
stability and often
abruptly displaces a
system from its steady
state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis
What organ shrinks with b. gums
age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above
,Which of the following is d. there is less thirst perception in the elderly
true?
a. An infant will have a
slower heart rate than an
adult
b. The elderly have better
temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat
glands in an elderly
person
d. There is less thirst
perception in the elderly
Which of the following is c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
true?
a. Women snore more
than men
b. Men have higher
calcium levels
c. Women have a lower
hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower
creatinine level than
women
An increase in normal b. Acclimatization
adaptive response to the
decreased availability of
oxygen at high altitude is
termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal
,What does it mean when d. Iatrogenic
the cause of the disease is
unwanted medical
treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the d. Neonatal
first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively d. Sign
identifiable aberration of
the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign
Which of the following is c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
true regarding
catecholamines?
a. They are from the
parasympathetic nervous
system
b. They cross the blood
brain barrier
c. They include
epinephrine and
norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease
in heart rate
, Which of the following is a b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a
true statement? decrease in pain perception
a. Antidiuretic hormone is
not important for blood
volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase
with stress, resulting in a
decrease in pain
perception
c. Epinephrine and
cortisol act very
differently
d. Cortisol negates
epinephrine's activity
By what mechanism do d. They cross by diffusion
lipid molecules cross cell
membranes?
a. They use channel
proteins as a membrane
transport system
b. They are transported
across the plasma
membrane by endocytosis
and exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated
ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion
Which of the following a. Protein synthesis
metabolic processes is a
component of anabolic
metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Citric acid cycle
d. Oxidative
phosphorylation
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