NURS 6501| NURS6501 MIDTERM
EXAM | ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY STUDY GUIDE |
CORRECTLY ANSWERED AND RATED
A+ | WALDEN
Red blood cells are primarily responsible for oxygen transport.
- Correct Answer - True
Around 55% of blood volume consists of ---------------
- Correct Answer - plasma
A 5th grade elementary student asks the school nurse how much blood
is in an entire body. The nurse should respond that the average grown-
up adult has
- Correct Answer - 5 to 6 litres of blood throughout his or her body
Persons with hemophilia often require transfusions of clotting factors
- Correct Answer - True
A hospital laboratory technologist is analyzing the complete blood count
(CBC) of a patient. Which of the following statements best reflects an
aspect of the platelets that would constitute part of the CBC?
- Correct Answer - The half-life of a platelet is typically around 8-12
days.
Sickle cell disease is an acquired defect of red blood cell production.
, - Correct Answer - False
The laboratory test that measures the volume of red cells in 100 mL of
blood is ---------------
- Correct Answer - hematocrit
A surgeon is explaining to the parents of a 6-year old boy the rationale
for the suggestion of removing the boy's spleen. Which of the following
teaching points would be most accurate?
- Correct Answer - Ferritin is a stored form of iron that indirectly shows
me whether you would benefit from iron pills.
The white blood cells include lymphocytes, macrophages, and
---------------, such as neutrophils and basophils.
- Correct Answer - granulocytes
Which of the following glycoproteins is responsible for treating such
diseases as bone marrow failure following chemotherapy and
hematopoietic neoplasms such as leukemia?
- Correct Answer - Growth factors and cytokines
Blood pressure is consistent in arteries and in veins.
- Correct Answer - False
Every metabolically active body cell has a capillary directly adjacent to it.
- Correct Answer - True
--------------- is the ability of tissues to control their own blood flow over a
range of pressures
- Correct Answer - autoregulation
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