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versity 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIO
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NS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (F101B)
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QUESTION 1 zm
Term
ANSWER
Definition
QUESTION 2 zm
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the follow
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ing will facilitate his continued muscle performance?
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ANSWER
Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
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QUESTION 3 zm
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an acti
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on potential?
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ANSWER
Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane potential from
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negative to positive.
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QUESTION 4 zm
A 12-year-
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the following?
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,ANSWER
Answer: XXY zm
QUESTION 5 zm
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nu
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rse looking for?
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ANSWER
Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
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QUESTION 6 zm
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying deg
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rees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
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ANSWER
Answer: Expressivity zm
QUESTION 7 zm
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regar
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ding cholesterol?
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ANSWER
Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its ability to
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carry oxygen. zm
QUESTION 8 zm
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
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fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene
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ANSWER
Answer: Autosomal recessive
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QUESTION 9 zm
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
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ANSWER
Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
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, QUESTION 10 zm
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
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ANSWER
Answer: Sodium zm
QUESTION 11 zm
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
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ANSWER
Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
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QUESTION 12 zm
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from dise
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ases?
ANSWER
Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from cell in
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jury.
QUESTION 13 zm
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-
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old female who has a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X chromosome wi
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th only a single X chromosome present? Her features include a short stature, widely s
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paced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow, and sparse body hair.
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ANSWER
Answer: Turner syndrome
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QUESTION 14 zm
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would mos
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t of the genetic information be contained?
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ANSWER
Answer: Nucleolus zm
Exam Solution zm
Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm 6501 Walden Uni zm zm zm zm zm
versity 2026 A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIO
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NS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (F101B)
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QUESTION 1 zm
Term
ANSWER
Definition
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A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the follow
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ing will facilitate his continued muscle performance?
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ANSWER
Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
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QUESTION 3 zm
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an acti
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on potential?
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ANSWER
Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane potential from
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QUESTION 4 zm
A 12-year-
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the following?
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,ANSWER
Answer: XXY zm
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A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nu
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rse looking for?
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ANSWER
Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
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QUESTION 6 zm
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying deg
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rees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
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ANSWER
Answer: Expressivity zm
QUESTION 7 zm
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regar
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ding cholesterol?
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ANSWER
Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its ability to
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carry oxygen. zm
QUESTION 8 zm
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
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fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene
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ANSWER
Answer: Autosomal recessive
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QUESTION 9 zm
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
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ANSWER
Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
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, QUESTION 10 zm
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
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ANSWER
Answer: Sodium zm
QUESTION 11 zm
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
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ANSWER
Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
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QUESTION 12 zm
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from dise
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ases?
ANSWER
Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from cell in
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jury.
QUESTION 13 zm
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-
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old female who has a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X chromosome wi
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th only a single X chromosome present? Her features include a short stature, widely s
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paced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow, and sparse body hair.
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ANSWER
Answer: Turner syndrome
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QUESTION 14 zm
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would mos
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t of the genetic information be contained?
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ANSWER
Answer: Nucleolus zm
