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WGU D027 Objective Assessment Review (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Pathopharmacological Foundations| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What is the proportion of the population affected by a disease at the specific point in time? Answer: Prevalence rate - Incidence rate refers to how many new cases there are of a disease within a period of time divided by the number of the population's individuals. The prevalence rate is affected by the incidence rate and h...

Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure Chabner: Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A combining form is the: a. word ending b. root plus combining vowel c. prefix d. prefix plus combining vowel e. root plus suffix ANS: B 2. The combining form meaning “joint” is: a. aden/o b. -itis c. -algia d. arthr/o e. oste/o ANS: D 3. A suffix meaning “inflammation” is: a. -itis b. -osis c. -ac d. -al e. -tomy ANS: A 4. A word part meaning “be...

Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest 2023/2024 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Study Guide| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct – GCU Q: hormonal hyperplasia Answer: occurs chiefly in estrogen-dependent organs, such as the uterus and breast (e.g. endometrium growing after fertilization) Q: compensatory hyperplasia Answer: adaptive mechanism that enables certain organs to regenerate Q: hyperkalemia treatment Answer: Treatment - Give diuret...

Advanced Pathophysiology UTMB 5355 EXAM 2: Questions With Verified Solutions Oncogenes - ANS cancer causing genes, promote uncontrolled growth of cells Proto-oncogenes - ANS promote normal cell growth factor and division If proto-oncogenes are mutated the become - - ANS Oncogenes Tumor Suppressor Genes (TSGs) are - ANS Antioncogenes antioncogenes - ANS inhibit tumor progression & prevent mutations Cancer develops with increase in - and decrease in - - ANS oncogenes, ...

Difference between CVD and CHD - CVD: includes heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, heart failure, arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, peripheral artery disease CHD: When atherosclerosis blocks a coronary vessel it is called CHD, the major form of CVD Heart pumps how many times in a normal lifetime? - 3 billion times Heart pumps how many gallons of blood in a lifetime? - 42 million gallons An American dies every________seconds from CVD - 34 seconds ____of 10 coffins in...

A patient has a positive family history of colon cancer. Which of the following is a recommendation you would want them to adhere to? A. Encourage baseline colonoscopy screening B. Strict physical activity C. Encourage the patient to increase dietary intake of red meats D. Encourage the patient to reduce intake of fiber - A. Encourage baseline colonoscopy screening The patient asks the nurse how radiation works to destroy cancer cells. How would you respond? A. The goal of radiation the...

TEST BANK ESSENTIALS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (4TH EDITION BY PORTH) CONTENTS Chapter 01 - Cell Structure and Function .......................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02 - Cellular Responses to Stress, Injury, and Aging .......................................................................................... 7 Chapter 03 - Inflammation, the Inflammatory Response, and Fever ..............................................

Metastatic calcification - Calcium infiltration into *normal tissue* (Hypervitaminosis D) Dystrophic calcification - Calcium infiltration into *abnormal tissue* (atherosclerosis, atheroma) Caseous degeneration - Degeneration associated with tuberculosis Enzymatic degeneration - Degeneration associated with the pancreas Fatty degeneration - This degeneration is seen in the liver (nutmeg liver)and heart (tabby cat heart). In blood vessels, it begins as a fatty dot -> fatty streak -&...

TEST BANK FOR MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SHORTCOURSE 8th EDITION BY CHABNER Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Gastrectomy: a. Gastric resection b. Intestinal incision c. Tumor of the stomach d. Incision of the stomach e. Resection of the intestine ANS: A REF: p. 9 OBJ: Analyze medical terms. 2. Osteitis: a. Incision of a bone b. Removal of a bone c. Incision of a joint d. Inflammation of a joint e. Inflammation of a bo...

AC-HPAT Biology 2023 Guide with complete solution Pancreas and Type 1 diabetes The pancreas is the organ that produces insulin, and it plays a major role in regulating blood glucose levels. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not make enough or any insulin. How does insulin work in diabetes? Insulin pumps are small, computerized devices that mimic the way the human pancreas works by delivering small doses of short acting insulin continuously (basal rate). The device also is used ...