NUR 232 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM (WEEKS 1-4
CHAPTERS 3, 9, 48, 25, 8,) COMPLETE ACTUAL EXAM /
210+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS /
NEWEST 2025/2026
Terms in this set (214)
What is pathophysiology? Book Definition: "Pathology is the study and diagnosis of
disease through examination of organs, tissues, cells, and
bodily fluids. Physiology is the study of the mechanical,
physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms.
Together, as pathophysiology, the term refers to the study of
abnormalities in physiologic functioning of living beings.
How are etiology and Book Definition: "pathogenesis is a description of how
pathogenesis used to predict etiologic factors are thought to alter physiologic function
clinical manifestations and and lead to the development of clinical manifestations that
response to therapy? are observed in a particular disorder or disease."
Knowledge Question: A Metabolite accumulation in the cells
healthcare provider is caring
for a person with an inborn
error of metabolism. Which
would be an expected
finding?
Cells dismantle and cell blebs are phagocytized by macrophages.
Which statement indicates
cell death from apoptosis as
opposed to necrosis?
,Which finding indicates Bacteria in the wound
that a person has wet
gangrene, instead of an
infarction, in a lower
extremity wound?
Somatic death refers to of the entire organism.
death:
A change in a tissue marked dysplasia.
by cells that vary quite a bit
in size and shape, and with
increased mitotic divisions
indicates which of the
following:
What term should you use Metaplasia
when talking with
professional colleagues to
describe a change from
squamous to columnar
epithelium in the esophageal
lining due to chronic acid
reflux?
When a cell is injured from it may recover if oxygen is restored before the injury is irreversible.
lack of oxygen
Hyperplasia is beneficial causes cells to become larger and stronger.
because it:
, Telomere
You are preparing a poster on
cell aging for an educational
poster day at your home
health agency. Which of the
following terms should you
use to explain the concept
that most cells have a limited
number of divisions?
Billy, age 10, will have his cast smaller, due to muscle atrophy from lack of use
removed from his broken
arm later today. You explain
to Billy that his arm will
probably look different when
the cast is removed. It
probably will be:
Of the following situations, 44-year-old male with a 60 pack/year smoking history who
which one would be an was diagnosed with a histological grade-3 lung cancer
example of a maladaptive
cellular change?
A client is experiencing A reduction of skeletal muscle use secondary to the traction
muscle atrophy following 2 treatment
weeks in traction after a
motor vehicle accident.
Which factor has most likely
contributed to the atrophy of
the client's muscle cells?
, The nurse is teaching new hypertension, obesity, and decreased activity intolerance
nursing assistants on the unit
about the phenomenon of
muscle hypertrophy. Which
client on the unit is most
likely to experience muscle
hypertrophy? A client with:
44-year-old non-compliant female who forgets to take her
Which client is at high risk for
hypertensive medications
developing dilated
cardiomyopathy?
Which student statement "I know that cells, like neurons, have little capacity for hyperplastic
demonstrates a sound growth"
understanding of the
cellular processes of
hypertrophy and
hyperplasia?
A nurse in the emergency Decreased blood flow has induced hypoxia.
department admits a male
client who has experienced
severe frostbite to his hands
and toes after becoming lost
on a ski hill. The nurse
recognizes that which
phenomenon has
contributed to his tissue
damage?
CHAPTERS 3, 9, 48, 25, 8,) COMPLETE ACTUAL EXAM /
210+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS /
NEWEST 2025/2026
Terms in this set (214)
What is pathophysiology? Book Definition: "Pathology is the study and diagnosis of
disease through examination of organs, tissues, cells, and
bodily fluids. Physiology is the study of the mechanical,
physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms.
Together, as pathophysiology, the term refers to the study of
abnormalities in physiologic functioning of living beings.
How are etiology and Book Definition: "pathogenesis is a description of how
pathogenesis used to predict etiologic factors are thought to alter physiologic function
clinical manifestations and and lead to the development of clinical manifestations that
response to therapy? are observed in a particular disorder or disease."
Knowledge Question: A Metabolite accumulation in the cells
healthcare provider is caring
for a person with an inborn
error of metabolism. Which
would be an expected
finding?
Cells dismantle and cell blebs are phagocytized by macrophages.
Which statement indicates
cell death from apoptosis as
opposed to necrosis?
,Which finding indicates Bacteria in the wound
that a person has wet
gangrene, instead of an
infarction, in a lower
extremity wound?
Somatic death refers to of the entire organism.
death:
A change in a tissue marked dysplasia.
by cells that vary quite a bit
in size and shape, and with
increased mitotic divisions
indicates which of the
following:
What term should you use Metaplasia
when talking with
professional colleagues to
describe a change from
squamous to columnar
epithelium in the esophageal
lining due to chronic acid
reflux?
When a cell is injured from it may recover if oxygen is restored before the injury is irreversible.
lack of oxygen
Hyperplasia is beneficial causes cells to become larger and stronger.
because it:
, Telomere
You are preparing a poster on
cell aging for an educational
poster day at your home
health agency. Which of the
following terms should you
use to explain the concept
that most cells have a limited
number of divisions?
Billy, age 10, will have his cast smaller, due to muscle atrophy from lack of use
removed from his broken
arm later today. You explain
to Billy that his arm will
probably look different when
the cast is removed. It
probably will be:
Of the following situations, 44-year-old male with a 60 pack/year smoking history who
which one would be an was diagnosed with a histological grade-3 lung cancer
example of a maladaptive
cellular change?
A client is experiencing A reduction of skeletal muscle use secondary to the traction
muscle atrophy following 2 treatment
weeks in traction after a
motor vehicle accident.
Which factor has most likely
contributed to the atrophy of
the client's muscle cells?
, The nurse is teaching new hypertension, obesity, and decreased activity intolerance
nursing assistants on the unit
about the phenomenon of
muscle hypertrophy. Which
client on the unit is most
likely to experience muscle
hypertrophy? A client with:
44-year-old non-compliant female who forgets to take her
Which client is at high risk for
hypertensive medications
developing dilated
cardiomyopathy?
Which student statement "I know that cells, like neurons, have little capacity for hyperplastic
demonstrates a sound growth"
understanding of the
cellular processes of
hypertrophy and
hyperplasia?
A nurse in the emergency Decreased blood flow has induced hypoxia.
department admits a male
client who has experienced
severe frostbite to his hands
and toes after becoming lost
on a ski hill. The nurse
recognizes that which
phenomenon has
contributed to his tissue
damage?
