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NSG 211 KEY TERMS (CH.2) EXAM
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Acromegaly -correct answer -Abnormal enlargement of the
extremities
Active transport -correct answer -Energy-requiring process that
moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration
difference
Adenoid hypertrophy -correct answer -Excessive development
(enlargement) of adenoids.
Adjuvant therapy -correct answer -Used after the primary
treatments have been completed to decrease the chance that a
cancer will recur
Aerobic respiration -correct answer -Metabolism that can proceed
only in the presence of oxygen.
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Anaerobic respiration -correct answer -Respiration in the absence
of oxygen. This produces lactic acid.
Antiport -correct answer -A membrane transport process that
carries one substance in one direction and another in the opposite
direction.
Apoptosis -correct answer -Programmed cell death
Atrophy -correct answer -The wasting away of a body organ or
tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
Binding affinity -correct answer -The degree of chemical attraction
between a ligand and a receptor
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) -correct answer -Chronic
pulmonary disease that develops in premature infants who were
treated with mechanical ventilation
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Cardiac hypertrophy -correct answer -Enlargement of the heart by
increases in muscle wall thickness or chamber size or both
Cerebral atrophy -correct answer -Reduction in size of the cells in
the cerebrum of the brain
Cervical os -correct answer -The opening of the cervix; always will
be closed unless passing tissue from the cervix
Cervix -correct answer -Entrance to the uterus
Chromatin -correct answer -Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins
in the nucleus of a cell
Chromosomes -correct answer -Threadlike structures made of
DNA molecules that contain the genes
NSG 211 KEY TERMS (CH.2) EXAM
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS| ACE YOUR GRADES.
Acromegaly -correct answer -Abnormal enlargement of the
extremities
Active transport -correct answer -Energy-requiring process that
moves material across a cell membrane against a concentration
difference
Adenoid hypertrophy -correct answer -Excessive development
(enlargement) of adenoids.
Adjuvant therapy -correct answer -Used after the primary
treatments have been completed to decrease the chance that a
cancer will recur
Aerobic respiration -correct answer -Metabolism that can proceed
only in the presence of oxygen.
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Anaerobic respiration -correct answer -Respiration in the absence
of oxygen. This produces lactic acid.
Antiport -correct answer -A membrane transport process that
carries one substance in one direction and another in the opposite
direction.
Apoptosis -correct answer -Programmed cell death
Atrophy -correct answer -The wasting away of a body organ or
tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
Binding affinity -correct answer -The degree of chemical attraction
between a ligand and a receptor
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) -correct answer -Chronic
pulmonary disease that develops in premature infants who were
treated with mechanical ventilation
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Cardiac hypertrophy -correct answer -Enlargement of the heart by
increases in muscle wall thickness or chamber size or both
Cerebral atrophy -correct answer -Reduction in size of the cells in
the cerebrum of the brain
Cervical os -correct answer -The opening of the cervix; always will
be closed unless passing tissue from the cervix
Cervix -correct answer -Entrance to the uterus
Chromatin -correct answer -Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins
in the nucleus of a cell
Chromosomes -correct answer -Threadlike structures made of
DNA molecules that contain the genes
