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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Exam 1 Pathophysiology FAU Nursing
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EXAM CODE: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY NURSING EXAM QUE
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STIONS-101




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Sign
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[Verified Solution]: Objective manifestation noted by the observer, e.g., elevated temperature, swollen
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extremity, changes in pupil size.dd dd dd dd




Q2. Symptom
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[Verified Solution]: Subjective complaint noted by the person with a disorder, e.g., pain, difficulty in
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Q3. World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health
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[Verified Solution]: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, & social wellbeing & not merely t
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he absence of disease and infirmity.
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Q4. Primary Prevention
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[Verified Solution]: Remove risk factors to keep the disease from occurring, e.g., administration of fol
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ic acid to pregnant women, immunizations, wearing seatbelts.
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Q5. Secondary Prevention
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[Verified Solution]: Early detection and treatment of disease that is asymptomatic, e.g., Pap smear for
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early detection of cervical cancer.
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,Q6. Tertiary Prevention
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[Verified Solution]: Clinical interventions that prevent further deterioration or reduce complications of
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a disease once diagnosed, e.g., use of B-adrenergic drugs after a heart attack.
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Q7. Disease
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[Verified Solution]: An acute or chronic illness that one acquires or is born with that causes physiolog
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ic dysfunction in one or more body systems.
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Q8. Clinical course of disease
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[Verified Solution]: The evolution of a disease, which can have acute, subacute, or chronic clinical co
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urses.




Q9. Exacerbations
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[Verified Solution]: Aggravation of symptoms and severity of the disease.
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Q10. Remissions
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[Verified Solution]: Period with decreased severity and symptoms.
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Q11. Subacute clinical course
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[Verified Solution]: Intermediate; between chronic and acute; not as severe as acute, not as prolonged
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as chronic.
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Q12. Chronic constant
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[Verified Solution]: A type of chronic disease that remains stable over time without significant fluctua
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tions.




Q13. Chronic Progressive
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[Verified Solution]: A type of chronic disease that worsens over time.
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Q14. Congenital disorder
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[Verified Solution]: A medical condition that is present at birth, which can be due to genetic or enviro
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nmental factors.
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, Q15. Congenital
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[Verified Solution]: Defects at birth; may not be evident until later in life; may never manifest; Cause
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d by genetics, environmental factors (viral infections in mom, maternal drug use, irradiation, position in
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utero) or combo of genetic and environmental factors; E.g., cystic fibrosis
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Q16. Atrophy
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[Verified Solution]: Decrease in cell size; Confronted with decrease in work demands or adverse envir
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onmental conditions, cells revert to a smaller size and lower, more efficient level of functioning; Reduce
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oxygen consumption and other cellular functions by decreasing the number and size of their organelles
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Q17. General causes of atrophy
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[Verified Solution]: Disuse, Denervation, Loss of endocrine stimulation, Inadequate nutrition, Ischemia
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or decreased blood flow
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Q18. Hypertrophy
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[Verified Solution]: Increase in cell size and an increase in the amount of functioning tissue mass; Res
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ults from increased workload imposed on an organ or body part
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Q19. Physiologic Hypertrophy
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[Verified Solution]: E.g., Increased muscle mass associated with exercise
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Q20. Pathologic Hypertrophy
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[Verified Solution]: Results from disease conditions; adaptive or compensatory; E.g., Adaptive: thicke
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ning of urinary bladder from long-
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continued obstruction of urinary outflow, myocardial hypertrophy valvular HD; E.g., Compensatory: enl
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argement of remaining organ or tissue after a portion has been surgically removed or inactive
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Q21. Hyperplasia
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[Verified Solution]: Increase in NUMBER of cells in an organ or tissue; NOT neurons; Occurs in tiss
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ues with cells capable of mitotic division: Epidermis, intestinal epithelium, glandular tissue
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