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• Question 1
The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells?


Selected Platele
ts
Answer:

• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states that good control is
necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?


Selected Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial Answer:
hyperresponsiveness and eventual scarring.


• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is an expected change in the cardiovascular system that occurs with aging?


Selected Arterial
Answer: stiffening

• Question 4
0 out of 1 points
People diagnosed with neurofibromatosis have varying degrees of the condition because of which genetic
principle?


Selected Dominan
ce
Answer:

• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?


Selected The release of toxic oxygen radicals that oxidize low-density Answer: lipoproteins (LDLs)
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should the professional
assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?

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Selected Increased rate of falling and dizzy
spells
Answer:
• Question 7
0 out of 1 points
What physical sign does the healthcare professional relate to the result of turbulent blood flow through a
vessel?


Selected Bounding pulse felt on
Answer: palpation
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
What are tumor cell markers?


Selected Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are produced Answer: by cancer cells
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do natural killer (NK) cells actively
attack?


Selected Bacteri
a
Answer:

• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which gastric hormone inhibits acid and pepsinogen secretion, as well as decreases the release of gastrin?


Selected Somatosta

Answer: tin

Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?


Selected Hypoxic
injury
Answer: Question
12

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1 out of 1 points
A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patientswith hepatic
encephalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor should review this material?


Selected Accumulation of short-chain fatty acids are a source of
Answer: increased ammonia. Question
13
1 out of 1 points
Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates alveolar distention and ventilation by which
mechanism?


Selected Decreasing surface tension in the
Answer: alveoli Question
14
1 out of 1 points
A patient is brought to the Emergency Department with a gunshot wound to the chest. The healthcare
professional assesses an abnormality involving a pleural rupture that acts as a one-way valve, permitting air to
enter on inspiration but preventing its escape by closing during expiration. What action by the healthcare
professional is the priority?


Selected Assist with a chest tube Answer:
insertion. Question 15
1 out of 1 points
What is the only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to increase the
reabsorptive surface area called?


Selected Proximal convoluted
Answer: tubules Question
16
1 out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the healthcare professional is
best?


Selected Give the patient an Answer:
antihistamine. Question 17

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