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NURS 5315 Advanced Pathophysiology Test 1 2023. Decreases citric acid cycle production of NADH and leads to using Acetyl-CoA for ketogenesis and lipogenesis What can Reactive Oxygen Species cause? - ANSWER Heart disease, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), CV disease, HTN, HLD, DM, ischemic heart disease, HF, OSA. Lipid perioxidation, damage proteins, fragment DNA, less *protein synthesis*, chromatin destruction, damage mitochondria What is the body's defense agai...

Advanced Patho NURS 5315 Exam 1 Questions & Verified Correct Answers Action potential - ANSWER : The process by which excitable cells transmit information from one to another. How is the action potential altered by a potassium imbalance? (Hyperkalemia) - ANSWER : The ECF has more K+ ions. The membrane potential becomes more positive (hypopolarized). Cells become MORE excitable. T waves peak. QRS complexes widen. Causes dysrhythmias, weakness, paresthesia. {If membrane poten...

Atrophy - Answer E. Cells decrease in size P. Still functional Physiologic: thymus gland in early childhood Pathological: disuse Hypertrophy - Answer E. Increase in cell size P. Increased workload Physiologic: weightlifting Pathologic: cardiomegaly from HTN Hyperplasia - Answer E. Increase in cell number P. Increased cellular division Physiologic: liver regeneration Pathologic: endometrial- usually r/t hormones Dysplasia - Answer E. Cells change in size, shape, organizatio...

NURS 5315: Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 1 Latest 2023. cells increase in number, mitosis (cell division) must occur, size of cell does not change Phys: increased rate of division, increase in tissue mass after damage or partial resection; may be compensatory, hormonal, or pathologic Patho: abnormal proliferation of normal cells usually caused by increased hormonal stimulation (endometrial). increase of production of local growth factors Ex: removal of part of the liver lead to hyperplasia...

NURS 5315 UTA (Cardiac And Pulmonary) EXAM 3 – Q&A

NURS 5315 UTA Exam 2 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024 HIV EIA (3rd generation immunoassay) - answercan use urine, saliva, or serum (most accurate), need to wait until 12 weeks post exposure to see antibodies, >99% accurate 4th generation immunoassay- "gold standard" measures P24 antigen can test 10 days post exposure Mast cell - answerCellular bags of granules located in loose connective tisssue close to blood vessels. Activation initiates inflammatory process. Histamine - ...

NURS 5315 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY UTA 2024 EXAM 1 Questions and Answers Latest (2024 / 2025) (Verified Answers)

NURS 5315 Endocrine | Latest Update | 2024/2025 | Graded A+ **What are thyroid hormones composed of?** Thyroid hormones include T3 (triiodothyronine), T4 (thyroxine), and calcitonin. **Name the hormones produced by the pancreas.** The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon. **Describe the hormones secreted by the adrenal glands.** The adrenal glands consist of the cortex, which secretes steroids such as cortisone and aldosterone, and the medulla, which secretes catecholamines ...