Pathophysiology HESI
Converted Study Guide
Practice Questions Test Bank
and Detailed Solutions 2025/
2026
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not
favor stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady
state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
,d. Homeostasis - ANSWER ✔✔a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - ANSWER ✔✔b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - ANSWER ✔✔d. there
is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
,d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women - ANSWER ✔✔c.
Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of
oxygen at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - ANSWER ✔✔b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical
treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - ANSWER ✔✔d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
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, c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - ANSWER ✔✔d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - ANSWER ✔✔d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - ANSWER ✔✔c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain
perception
Converted Study Guide
Practice Questions Test Bank
and Detailed Solutions 2025/
2026
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not
favor stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady
state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
,d. Homeostasis - ANSWER ✔✔a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - ANSWER ✔✔b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - ANSWER ✔✔d. there
is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
,d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women - ANSWER ✔✔c.
Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of
oxygen at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - ANSWER ✔✔b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical
treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - ANSWER ✔✔d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
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, c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - ANSWER ✔✔d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - ANSWER ✔✔d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - ANSWER ✔✔c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain
perception
