UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CHAPTER 40 ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Pathophysiology in Nursing Practice.
Answer: -Understand the mechanisms of major diseases including
associated changes in function, from the cellular, to the tissue, to the
organ, to the organism level
-Understand common patterns of disease susceptibility in their
social context
-Understand the rationale for and cellular targets of pharmacologic
and therapeutic intervention
◉ Non-Genetic Contributors to
Illness, Injury, & Death (Morbidity and Mortality).
Answer: -Social determinants of health
-adverse childhood experiences
-Age
-Sex, including transgender, and sexual orientation
-Race, ethinicity
-Behaviors
-Microorganisms
, -Trauma
-Environmental hazards
-Mental illness
◉ Physiology.
Answer: study of functions of the body
◉ Pathology.
Answer: study of structural/functional changes; from greek word
meaning suffering
◉ Morphology.
Answer: fundamental structure/function of cell/tissue
◉ Histology.
Answer: Study of cells and extracellular matrix
◉ Lesion.
Answer: Pathologic abnormality in tissue which can be seen and
sampled
◉ Pathophysiology.
CHAPTER 40 ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Pathophysiology in Nursing Practice.
Answer: -Understand the mechanisms of major diseases including
associated changes in function, from the cellular, to the tissue, to the
organ, to the organism level
-Understand common patterns of disease susceptibility in their
social context
-Understand the rationale for and cellular targets of pharmacologic
and therapeutic intervention
◉ Non-Genetic Contributors to
Illness, Injury, & Death (Morbidity and Mortality).
Answer: -Social determinants of health
-adverse childhood experiences
-Age
-Sex, including transgender, and sexual orientation
-Race, ethinicity
-Behaviors
-Microorganisms
, -Trauma
-Environmental hazards
-Mental illness
◉ Physiology.
Answer: study of functions of the body
◉ Pathology.
Answer: study of structural/functional changes; from greek word
meaning suffering
◉ Morphology.
Answer: fundamental structure/function of cell/tissue
◉ Histology.
Answer: Study of cells and extracellular matrix
◉ Lesion.
Answer: Pathologic abnormality in tissue which can be seen and
sampled
◉ Pathophysiology.
