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Porth's Pathophysiology Concepts of Altered Health 11th Edition
Test Bank for Porth's Pathophysiology Norris Test Bank Table of Content
UNIT 1 CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
Chapter 1 Concepts of Health and Disease
Concepts of Altered Health States 11th
UNIT 2 CELL FUNCTION AND GROWTH
Chapter 2 Cell and Tissue Characteristics
Edition Chapter 3 Cellular Adaptation, Injury, and Death
Chapter 4 Genetic Control of Cell Function and Inheritance

by Tommie L. Norris, Chapters 1 - 52 Chapter 5 Genetic and Congenital Disorders
Chapter 6 Neoplasia

UNIT 3 DISORDERS OF INTEGRATIVE FUNCTION
Chapter 7 Stress and Adaptation
Chapter 8 Disorders of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance

UNIT 4 INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, AND IMMUNITY
Chapter 9 Inflammation, Tissue Repair, and Wound Healing
Chapter 10 Mechanisms of Infectious Disease
Chapter 11 Innate and Adaptive Immunity
Chapter 12 Disorders of the Immune Response, Including HIV/AIDS

UNIT 5 DISORDERS OF NEURAL FUNCTION
Chapter 13 Organization and Control of Neural Function
Chapter 14 Somatosensory Function, Pain, Headache, and Temperature Regulation
Chapter 15 Disorders of Motor Function
Organization and Control of Motor Function
Chapter 16 Disorders of Brain Function
Chapter 17 Sleep and Sleep–Wake Disorders
Chapter 18 Disorders of Thought, Emotion, and Memory

UNIT 6 DISORDERS OF SPECIAL SENSORY FUNCTION
Chapter 19 Disorders of Visual Function
Chapter 20 Disorders of Hearing and Vestibular Function

UNIT 7 DISORDERS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
Chapter 21 Blood Cells and the Hematopoietic System
Chapter 22 Disorders of Hemostasis
Chapter 23 Disorders of Red Blood Cells
Chapter 24 Disorders of White Blood Cells and Lymphoid Tissues

UNIT 8 DISORDERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION
Chapter 25 Structure and Function of the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 26 Disorders of Blood Flow and Blood Pressure Regulation
Chapter 27 Disorders of Cardiac Function, and Heart Failure and Circulatory Shock

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Chapter 28 Disorders of Cardiac Conduction and Rhythm Porth’s Pathophysiology Concepts of Altered Health 11th Edition
Norris Test Bank Ch 1- Concepts of Health and Disease
UNIT 9 DISORDERS OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION
Chapter 29 Structure and Function of the Respiratory System 1. At an international nursing conference, many discussions and breakout
Chapter 30 Respiratory Tract Infections, Neoplasms, and Childhood Disorders
Chapter 31 Disorders of Ventilation and Gas Exchange sessions focused on the World Health Organization (WHO) views on
health. Of the following comments made by nurses during a discussion
UNIT 10 DISORDERS OF RENAL FUNCTION
Chapter 32 Structure and Function of the Kidney session, which statements would be considered a good representation
Chapter 33 Disorders of Renal Function of the WHO definition? Select all that apply.
Chapter 34 Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Chapter 35 Disorders of the Bladder and Lower Urinary Tract A) Interests in keeping the elderly population engaged in such
activities as book reviews and word games during social time
UNIT 11 DISORDERS OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION
Chapter 36 Structure and Function of the Gastrointestinal System B) Increase in the number of chair aerobics classes provided in
Chapter 37 Disorders of Gastrointestinal Function the skilled care facilities
Chapter 38 Disorders of Hepatobiliary and Exocrine Pancreas Function
Chapter 39 Alterations in Nutritional Status C) Interventions geared toward keeping the elderly population
diagnosed with diabetes mellitus under tight blood glucose control
UNIT 12 DISORDERS OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTION
Chapter 40 Mechanisms of Endocrine Control by providing in-home cooking classes
Chapter 41 Disorders of Endocrine Control of Growth and Metabolism D) Providing transportation for renal dialysis patients to and from
UNIT 13 DISORDERS OF GENITOURINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION their hemodialysis sessions
Chapter 42 Structure and Function of the Male Genitourinary System
E) Providing handwashing teaching sessions to a group of
Chapter 43 Disorders of the Male Reproductive System
Chapter 44 Structure and Function of the Female Reproductive System young children ANSWER: A, B, C, E
Chapter 45 Disorders of the Female Reproductive System
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Chapter 46 Sexually Transmitted Infections
The WHO definition of health is defined as “a state of complete physical,
UNIT 14 DISORDERS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
Chapter 47 Structure and Function of the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 48 Disorders of Musculoskeletal Function: Trauma, Infection, Neoplasms and infirmity.” Engaging in book reviews facilitates mental and social
Chapter 49 Disorders of Musculoskeletal Function: Developmental and Metabolic
Disorders, Activity Intolerance, and Fatigue well-being; chair aerobics helps facilitate physical well-being; and
Chapter 50 Disorders of Musculoskeletal Function: Rheumatic Disorders assisting with tight control of diabetes helps with facilitating physical

UNIT 15 DISORDERS OF INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION well-being even though the person has a chronic disease. Handwashing
Chapter 51 Structure and Function of the Skin is vital in the prevention of disease and spread of germs.
Chapter 52 Disorders of Skin Integrity and Function

2. A community health nurse is teaching a group of recent graduates
about the large variety of factors that influence an individual's
health or lack thereof. The nurse is referring to the Healthy People
2020 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services as a teaching example. Of the following aspects discussed,
which would be considered a determinant of health that is outside

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the focus of this report? C) The client has a good career with exceptional preventative health
A) The client has a diverse background by being of Asian and care benefits.

Native American descent and practices various alternative D) The client lives in an affluent, clean, suburban community with

therapies to minimize effects of stress. access to many health care facilities.

B) The client has a family history of cardiovascular disease ANSWER: B

related to hypercholesterolemia and remains noncompliant Feedback:

with the treatment regime. In Healthy People 2020, the focus is to promote good health to all (such
as using alternative therapies to minimize effects of stress); achieving
health equity and promoting health for all (which includes having good
health care benefits); and promoting good health (which includes living
in a clean community with good access to health care). A client's
noncompliance with treatments to control high cholesterol levels within
the presence of a family history of CV disease does not meet the
“attaining lives free of preventable disease and premature death”
determinant.

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3. A physician is providing care for a number of patients on a medical unit
Pathogenesis refers to the progressive and evolutionary course of
of a large, university hospital. The physician is discussing with a
disease, such as the increasing ammonia levels that accompany liver
colleague the differentiation between diseases that are caused by
disease. Bacteria, poisons, and traumatic injuries are examples of
abnormal molecules and diseases that cause disease. Which of the
etiologic factors.
following patients most clearly demonstrates the consequences of
molecules that cause disease?
A) A 31-year-old woman with sickle cell anemia who is receiving a
transfusion of packed red blood cells
B) A 91-year-old woman who has experienced an ischemic stroke
resulting from familial hypercholesterolemia
C) A 19-year-old man with exacerbation of his cystic fibrosis
requiring oxygen therapy and chest physiotherapy
D) A 30-year-old homeless man who has Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (PCP) and is HIV positive.
ANSWER: D
Feedback:
PCP is an example of the effect of a molecule that directly contributes to
disease. Sickle cell anemia, familial hypercholesterolemia, and cystic
fibrosis are all examples of the effects of abnormal molecules.




4. A member of the health care team is researching the etiology and
pathogenesis of a number of clients who are under his care in a
hospital context. Which of the following aspects of clients' situations
best characterizes pathogenesis rather than etiology?
A) A client who has been exposed to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
bacterium
B) A client who has increasing serum ammonia levels due to liver
cirrhosis
C) A client who was admitted with the effects of methyl alcohol
poisoning
D) A client with multiple skeletal injuries secondary to a motor
vehicle accident ANSWER: B

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