NIGHTINGALE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL
STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● protect cells from injury. Answer: Adaptive cellular mechanisms
function to:
●● brain. Answer: If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ
should the nurse asses first?
●● Huntington's disease. Answer: The nurse in the genetics clinic is
describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in the
middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the nurse most likely
referring?
●● Codon. Answer: The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a
specific amino acid is called a:
●● Phenotype. Answer: The outward manifestation of a disease, often
influenced by both genes and the environment, is called the disease:
●● A "monosomy". Answer: The condition that occurs when a zygote is
missing in each cell is referred to as:
, ●● Transcription. Answer: The process by which RNA is formed from
DNA for protein synthesis as:
●● An euploid cell. Answer: The somatic cell that contains a multiple of
23 chromosomes is called:
●● Protein synthesis. Answer: Which is the chief function of ribosomes?
●● Tay-Sachs disease. Answer: A disease results in accumulation of
lipids in the nerve cells of the brain:
●● A decrease in cell size. Answer: Cell atrophy is:
●● Apoptosis. Answer: The process by which cells program themselves
to die:
●● Cell injury from noxious stimuli. Answer: Which causes meta
plasma in humans?
●● Algor Mortis. Answer: The postmortem decrease in a patient's body
temperature will be documented as:
●● cell secretions. Answer: Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal
changes in:
STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● protect cells from injury. Answer: Adaptive cellular mechanisms
function to:
●● brain. Answer: If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ
should the nurse asses first?
●● Huntington's disease. Answer: The nurse in the genetics clinic is
describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in the
middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the nurse most likely
referring?
●● Codon. Answer: The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a
specific amino acid is called a:
●● Phenotype. Answer: The outward manifestation of a disease, often
influenced by both genes and the environment, is called the disease:
●● A "monosomy". Answer: The condition that occurs when a zygote is
missing in each cell is referred to as:
, ●● Transcription. Answer: The process by which RNA is formed from
DNA for protein synthesis as:
●● An euploid cell. Answer: The somatic cell that contains a multiple of
23 chromosomes is called:
●● Protein synthesis. Answer: Which is the chief function of ribosomes?
●● Tay-Sachs disease. Answer: A disease results in accumulation of
lipids in the nerve cells of the brain:
●● A decrease in cell size. Answer: Cell atrophy is:
●● Apoptosis. Answer: The process by which cells program themselves
to die:
●● Cell injury from noxious stimuli. Answer: Which causes meta
plasma in humans?
●● Algor Mortis. Answer: The postmortem decrease in a patient's body
temperature will be documented as:
●● cell secretions. Answer: Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal
changes in:
