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HESI PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||LATEST VERSION!!!
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of
events that does not favor stability and often
abruptly displaces a system from its steady state:
what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - Answer-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - Answer-b. gums
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Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an
adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly -
Answer-d. there is less thirst perception in the
elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women -
Answer-c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than
men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the
decreased availability of oxygen at high altitude is
termed which?
a. Circadian
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b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer-b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is
unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer-d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the
disease?
a. Symptom
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b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - Answer-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding
catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous
system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - Answer-c.
They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood
volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a
decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
HESI PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS NEWEST 2025 COMPLETE 300
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||LATEST VERSION!!!
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of
events that does not favor stability and often
abruptly displaces a system from its steady state:
what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - Answer-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - Answer-b. gums
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Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an
adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly -
Answer-d. there is less thirst perception in the
elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women -
Answer-c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than
men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the
decreased availability of oxygen at high altitude is
termed which?
a. Circadian
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b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer-b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is
unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer-d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the
disease?
a. Symptom
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b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - Answer-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding
catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous
system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - Answer-c.
They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood
volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a
decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
