NR 283| NR283 Exam 1 |
Pathophysiology Exam 1 |Questions
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What is level one of health prevention?
- Correct Answer - Primary - (avoid getting the disorder) -
Education on diet & exercise
- Immunization
- Avoid smoking and alcohol
What is level two of health prevention?
- Correct Answer - Secondary- (early disease identification)
Screenings
- Mammogram
- Colonoscopy
What is level three of health prevention?
- Correct Answer - Tertiary - Disease management to prevent
complications
- Rehabilitation
- Palliative care
What are qualifiers for genetic testing?
- Correct Answer - -Hx of familia illness
-maternal age 35+
-Prior birth pf child with abnormalities
-Ethnicity high risk for disease
,What are characteristics of Down syndrome?
- Correct Answer - -trisomy 21
-small head
-Flat round facial features
-3 chromosomes not 2 in the 21 position
-short stature
- small hands, single palmar crease
-Large tongue, high arched palate
-muscle joints tend to be hypotonic/loose
-delayed developmental stages
-delayed or incomplete sexual development
What is active immunity?
- Correct Answer - When your immune system makes its own
antibodies after being stimulated by an antigen
What is passive immunity?
- Correct Answer - that are formed in another body but passed
down for short term use (ex. breast milk)
What is natural immunity?
- Correct Answer - Immunity achieved through normal life
processes
What is artificial immunity?
- Correct Answer - Immunity that is acquired when a person
receives a vaccine.
, What is autoimmune type 3 hypersensitivity disorder resulting
in inflammation of tissues?
- Correct Answer - Lupus
What type of neoplasm(tumor) has well differentiated cells, has
a well defined capsule, does not metastasize and grows
slowly?
- Correct Answer - Benign
What is a malignant tumor?
- Correct Answer - A mass of cancer cells that can spread.
It grows rapidly and spreads to other tissues.
What is physiologic hyperplasia?
- Correct Answer - hormonal induced - breast in puberty or
pregnancy
What is metaplasia?
- Correct Answer - (MMM) a change in stress on an organ that
leads to a change in cell type
Most commonly involves a change of one type of surface
epithelium to another
*metaplastic cells are better able to handle the new stress
metaplasia occurs via reprogramming of stem cells which then
produce the new cell type
What is autosomal recessive?
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