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Pathophysiology NUR 231 questions with verified answers.
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- MED SURG.
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- Rasmussen College
Pathophysiology NUR 231 questions with verified answers.
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Pathophysiology NUR 231 questions with verifiedanswers
-carcinoma Ans✓✓✓ cancer of the epithelial cells
-oma Ans✓✓✓ benign cancer
-sarcoma Ans✓✓✓ cancer of connective tissue
1st intention healing Ans✓✓✓ sutured, minimal amount of skin opening, small
amount of granulation tissue, small scar, resolution-regeneration
2nd intention healing Ans✓✓✓ open healing, large wound, chronic wound, large
area of granular tissue - large scar, repair
abcess Ans✓✓✓ walled off protected purulent exudate
ability to avoid host defense Ans✓✓✓ mutations, capsule, slime layer
Active Immunity Ans✓✓✓ body undergoes immune response and makes B/T
cells and stores memory cells
acute Ans✓✓✓ initial injury, localized
acute inflamation Ans✓✓✓ localized, fever, high level of leukocytes
,adheasion Ans✓✓✓ two areas that should move past one another don't due to
scar tissue formation - gut/intestines
adherence to tissue Ans✓✓✓ pili, fibriae,- does it have theses - if adheres to
tissue can ID better
adjuvant Ans✓✓✓ to prevent metastasis, surgery, chemo, radiation, anti-
angiogenics, hormones, biologic response modifiers
agranulocytes Ans✓✓✓ no granulocytes, lymphcytes (B/T), monocytes-
macrophages
AIDS Ans✓✓✓ starts with HIV, body destroys own T-helper cells when immune
response is activated, initial, secondary(latent) and final stages
Anaphylactic Shock Ans✓✓✓ immediate body wide hypersensitive reaction
anaplasia Ans✓✓✓ cells lack differentiation, cancerous
anti inflammatory meds Ans✓✓✓ acetysalicylic acid, acetaminophen, NSAID,
glucocorticoids
antigenic shift Ans✓✓✓ mutation, antigen becomes different
apoptosis Ans✓✓✓ cell programmed death, neat, clean
, Artificial Active Immuntity Ans✓✓✓ immunity acquired through vaccination
Artificial Passive Immunity Ans✓✓✓ immunity acquired from antibodies
produced from another organism, antivenin, rabies
atrophy Ans✓✓✓ loss of growth, muscle growth diminishes
autoantibodies Ans✓✓✓ antibodies against own cells
autoimmune disorders Ans✓✓✓ body develops antibodies against own cells
bacilli Ans✓✓✓ rod shaped bacteria
bacteria Ans✓✓✓ rigid cell wall, semipermeable cell membrane, capsule, slime
layer, flagellae, cilia, pili/fimbriae, cytoplasm, toxins
basophil Ans✓✓✓ granulocyte, histamine releasing phagocyte (type I
hypersensitivity anaphylaxis)
binary fission Ans✓✓✓ how bacteria divides, 2 identical daughter cells
cancer risks/causes Ans✓✓✓ viruses, radiation, chemicals, biologic factors, age,
diet, hormones
caseous necrosis Ans✓✓✓ cheesy/curdled
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