Maryville NURS 611 patho exam 1 ALL QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ - LATEST UPDATE

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Maryville NURS 611 patho exam 1 ALL QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ - LATEST UPDATE 2026-2027
Apoptosis - CORRECT ANSWER A programmed cell death that is
regulated or programmed. Cellular self-destruction for elimination or unwanted
cell populations


QUESTION : Necrosis - CORRECT ANSWER Rapid loss of the plasma
membrane structure, organelle swelling, mitochondria dysfunction


QUESTION : What is the #1 cause of cellular injury leading to necrosis
(especially the kidney and heart) - CORRECT ANSWER hypoxia


QUESTION : What is the #1 cause of hypoxia? - CORRECT ANSWER
ischemia


QUESTION : Main component of a cell - CORRECT ANSWER nucleus


QUESTION : What does the nucleus contain? - CORRECT ANSWER
nucleolus


QUESTION : What is the nucleolus composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER
RNA, most of cellular DNA, DNA binding proteins, and histones


QUESTION : Why are histone important? - CORRECT ANSWER
histones bind to DNA and fold it into chromosomes (chromatin) which is
essential for cell division



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QUESTION : What are ribosomes? - CORRECT ANSWER RNA-protein
complexes (nucleoproteins) that are synthesized in the nucleolus and secreted
into the cytoplasm through pores in the nuclear envelope called nuclear pore
complexes (NPCs)


QUESTION : Where can ribosomes be found? - CORRECT ANSWER
cytoplasm and rough ER


QUESTION : what are ribosomes chief function? - CORRECT ANSWER
provides sits for cellular protein synthesis


QUESTION : What is the Golgi apparatus (complex)? - CORRECT
ANSWER a network of flatten, smooth membranes and vesicles frequently
located near the nucleus of the cell


QUESTION : What does the Golgi apparatus do? - CORRECT ANSWER
takes proteins from the ER and processes/packages them into small membrane-
bound vesicles called "secretory vesicles, and refines and directs traffic in the
cell


QUESTION : What are lysosomes and what do they do? - CORRECT
ANSWER maintain cellular health by removal of toxic cellular components,
removal of useless organelles, termination of signal transduction, and signals
cellular adaption




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QUESTION : How does aging affect lysosomes? - CORRECT ANSWER
leads to progressive loss of lysosomal efficiency which declines the regenerative
capacity of organs and tissue


QUESTION : What functions do lysosomal components integrate? -
CORRECT ANSWER nutrient abundance, energy levels, and cell
stressors and will translate them into instructions that regulate cellular
metabolism toward either proliferation or inactivity


QUESTION : What is mitochondria responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER
cellular respiration, cellular metabolism , and energy production


QUESTION : What does the inner membrane of mitochondria contain? -
CORRECT ANSWER enzymes of the respiratory chain and are essential
to the process of oxidative phosphorylation that generates most of the cell's ATP


QUESTION : The mitochondrial matrix contains what kind of pathways (1),
involve what two things (2), and metabolizes what three things (3)? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1- metabolic
2- urea and heme synthesis
3- carbs, proteins, and lipids


QUESTION : What can accumulate intracellularly caused by stresses form
metabolic dearangements? - CORRECT ANSWER carbs, proteins, and
lipids




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