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NYU Pathophysiology Week 1 QuestionsTrue or False: Breast cancer screening programs are an example of a primary level of
prevention - answer False, it's a secondary level of prevention
True or False: Skin is categorized as a type of connective tissue - answer True, Skin's
1st layer is epithelial and 2nd + 3rd are connective
True or False: Muscle Hypertrophy involves an increase in the number of cells - answer
False, it's an increase in size of cells
True or False: Apoptotic cell death can be characterized as "cell suicide" - answer True,
it's programmed cell death with no inflammation
True or False: Primary prevention of disease is aimed at keeping the diseases from
occurring by identifying and removing risk factors - answer True
True or False: Cell death is an organ or tissue that is still part of a living person is known
as necrosis - answer True
Metaplasia is characterized by deranged cell growth that results in variations in size and
shape - answerFalse, it is the replacement of a mature cell type by another mature cell
type. (Not deranged)
A member of the health care team is researching the etiology and pathogenesis of a
number of clients who are under his care in a hospital contect. Which of the following
aspects of client situations best characterizes pathogenesis rather than etiology? -
answerA client who has increasing serum ammonia levels due to liver cirrhosis
A nurse is teaching a client with a recent diagnosis of diabetes about the roles that
glucose and insulin play in the disease pathology and the fact that glucose must enter
the body cell in order to provide energy for the client. The nurse knows that which of the
following processes allow glucose to enter body cells? - answerFacilitated Diffusion
The nurse is teaching new nursing assistant on the unit about the phenomenon of
muscle hypertrophy. Which of the following clients on the unit is most likely to
experience muscle hypertrophy? - answerA client with hypertension related to obesity
and sedentary lifestyle
A public health nurse is providing community education related to risks for heart failure.
He should be sure to include which of the following? - answera.Exercise
B. HYPERTENSION
c.Low cholesterol
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