PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - RASMUSSEN
UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - Answer-Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood
pressure - Answer-Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space.
Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - Answer-Function
of Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - Answer-Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - Answer-Different fluid
compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - Answer-Causes of
edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom.
Symptom is something the patient is feeling. - Answer-Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - Answer-Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction
examples
Contact with allergen - Answer-Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary - Answer-Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - Answer-Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade
nearby organs - Answer-Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. - Answer-Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - Answer-Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every
year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years - Answer-Colonoscopy
, Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis - Answer-Primary
function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - Answer-Assessment findings with localized
inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - Answer-Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and
decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression - Answer-Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). - Answer-Active
immunity
Transfer of antibodies of one person to another. - Answer-Passive immunity
Abnormal uric acid metabolism - Answer-What happens with Gout?
bone loss due to aging. Increased bone reabsorption than bone formation. - Answer-
Osteoporosis
Respiratory management - Answer-Priority assessment with myasthenia crisis
produces blood glucose levels - Answer-Insulin
helps to increase blood glucose levels. Breaks down stored glycogen into glucose. -
Answer-Glucagon
Body continues to produce growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have been fused
- Answer-Acromegaly
Increased growth hormone production during the growth period. - Answer-Gigantism
calcium imbalance - Answer-Parathyroid gland problems
Priority assessment with spinal cord injury - Answer-Maintaining the airway
Change of the mental status. Indicator of brain function - Answer-Glasgow coma scale
Diving accident - Answer-Examples for compression injury
Problems during pregnancy and labor, irreversible changes before, during, and after
birth. - Answer-cause for cerebral palsy
break in the artery. Sudden bleeding - Answer-Epidural
UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - Answer-Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood
pressure - Answer-Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space.
Swelling. Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - Answer-Function
of Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - Answer-Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - Answer-Different fluid
compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - Answer-Causes of
edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom.
Symptom is something the patient is feeling. - Answer-Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - Answer-Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction
examples
Contact with allergen - Answer-Cause of contact dermatitis
Primary, secondary, tertiary - Answer-Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - Answer-Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade
nearby organs - Answer-Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. - Answer-Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - Answer-Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every
year, sigmoidoscopy every 5 years - Answer-Colonoscopy
, Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis - Answer-Primary
function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - Answer-Assessment findings with localized
inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - Answer-Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and
decreased platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression - Answer-Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). - Answer-Active
immunity
Transfer of antibodies of one person to another. - Answer-Passive immunity
Abnormal uric acid metabolism - Answer-What happens with Gout?
bone loss due to aging. Increased bone reabsorption than bone formation. - Answer-
Osteoporosis
Respiratory management - Answer-Priority assessment with myasthenia crisis
produces blood glucose levels - Answer-Insulin
helps to increase blood glucose levels. Breaks down stored glycogen into glucose. -
Answer-Glucagon
Body continues to produce growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates have been fused
- Answer-Acromegaly
Increased growth hormone production during the growth period. - Answer-Gigantism
calcium imbalance - Answer-Parathyroid gland problems
Priority assessment with spinal cord injury - Answer-Maintaining the airway
Change of the mental status. Indicator of brain function - Answer-Glasgow coma scale
Diving accident - Answer-Examples for compression injury
Problems during pregnancy and labor, irreversible changes before, during, and after
birth. - Answer-cause for cerebral palsy
break in the artery. Sudden bleeding - Answer-Epidural
