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Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass Pathophysiology - ANSWER-Study of the body's response to dysfunction Disease - ANSWER-Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body system Etiology - ANSWER-The cause of a disease Clinical manifestations - ANSWER-Symptoms ...

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Pathophysiology - ANSWER✔✔-Study of the body's response to dysfunction


Disease - ANSWER✔✔-Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body system


Etiology - ANSWER✔✔-The cause of a disease


Clinical manifestations - ANSWER✔✔-Symptoms and chief complaints


Morphological changes - ANSWER✔✔-Structural changes that are a result of the

disease process


Etiological factors - ANSWER✔✔-Biologic agents, physical forces, chemicals, nutritional

excess or deficiency, genetic factors


What are the three mechanisms of cellular adaptation? - ANSWER✔✔-Size: atrophy and

hypertrophy


Number: hyperplasia


Irregular shape: dysplasia (severe) and metaplasia (chronic)


Intercellular accumulation - ANSWER✔✔-Results from normal substances, abnormal

endogenous or exogenous products



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, Dystrophic pathological calcification - ANSWER✔✔-In injured tissue, dead cells create

calcium deposits that can cause aortic stenosis or be a result of a fracture or TB


Metastatic Pathological Calcifications - ANSWER✔✔-Caused by an increase of serum

calcium levels in non-injured tissue


Chemical injuries - ANSWER✔✔-Lead, carbon tetrachloride, carbon monoxide, ethanol,

mercury, street drugs


Asphyxiation injuries - ANSWER✔✔-Suffocation, strangulation, drowning


Hypoxic injuries - ANSWER✔✔-Ischemia (lack of blood flow) and anoxia (lack of

oxygen)


What does cellular aging cause? - ANSWER✔✔-Atrophy, decreased functioning


Isotonic solutions - ANSWER✔✔-Will cause no change to cells


0.9% saline


Hypertonic solutions - ANSWER✔✔-Will cause cells to shrink/crenate


3% saline or 5% dextrose


Hypotonic solutions - ANSWER✔✔-Will cause cells to swell


0.45% saline


Edema - ANSWER✔✔-Accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces



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