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NURS 364 Patho Questions and Correct AnswersBoth parents being carriers of an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, what is the risk
of the disorder being passed to the offsprings?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100% - ANSWER 25%
Variability in the severity of the phenotype of a disease is:
- dominance
- penetrance
- expressivity
- virulence - ANSWER expressivity
Monosomy X(45, X) would have the following condition?
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
- Spontaneous abortion
Fragile X Syndrome - ANSWER Turner Syndrome
Non-disjunction during meiosis can produce offspring with which of the following?
- Tay Sachs Disease
- Down Syndrome
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease - ANSWER Down Syndrome
,Which characteristic of cancer cells results from their high level of telomerase?
- anaplasia
- immorality
- invasion
- metastasis - ANSWER immorality
Which of the following are characteristics of malignant cancers? Select all that apply.
- able to metastasize
- cells lack contact inhibition
- dependent on exogenous growth factors
- anaplasia
- encapsulated tumor - ANSWER-
- capable of metastasis
- loss of contact inhibition of cells
- anaplasia
The esophagus will have chronic inflammation from gastroesophageal reflux disorder.
This leads to Barrett's Esophagus, which is actually an example of esophageal cells
causing:
- neoplasia
- dysplasia
- hyperplasia
- metaplasia - ANSWER metaplasia
A benign condition with enlargement of the prostate occurs in an elderly male patient,
due to hormonal stimulation. The prostatic enlargement due to this type of stimulation is
caused by prostate cells undergoing:
- hypertrophy
, - hyperplasia
- dysplasia
- neoplasia - ANSWER hyperplasia
A patient suffers a MI wherein a blood vessel supplying the heart cells is occluded
completely. This would result initially in a ________ injury to cells supplied by this vessel.
- chemical
- hypoxic
- free radical
- re-perfusion - ANSWER hypoxic
as a result of hypoxic injury the cell undergoes
increased intracellular pH
increased intracellular sodium
increased production of ATP
increased protein synthesis - ANSWER increased intracellular sodium
Upon cell death secondary to injury, _______ occurs when the cell contents and enzymes
are released into surrounding tissues.
gas gangrene
anaphylaxis
inflammation
apoptosis - ANSWER inflammation
The _____ system responsible for preparing the injured area for healing & producing
fibrin is:
- complement
- clotting
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