NR507/NR 507 Advanced Pathophysiology
Midterm Exam
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Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A | Chamberlain
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SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1: Where are antibodies produced? (Points: 2)
a) Helper T lymphocytes
b) Thymus gland
c) Plasma cells
d) Bone marrow
Answer: c) Plasma cells
Question 2: The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system
via which nerve? (Points: 2)
a) Vagus
b) Phrenic
c) Brachial
d) Pectoral
Answer: a) Vagus
Question 3: What physical sign is the result of turbulent blood flow through
a vessel? (Points: 2)
,a) Increased blood pressure during periods of stress
b) Bounding pulse felt on palpation
c) Cyanosis observed on excretion
d) Murmur heard on auscultation
Answer: d) Murmur heard on auscultation
Question 4: What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome
(RDS) of the newborn? (Points: 2)
a) Immature immune system
b) Small alveoli
c) Surfactant deficiency
d) Anaemia
Answer: c) Surfactant deficiency
Question 5: What is the fundamental physiologic manifestation of anemia?
(Points: 2)
a) Hypotension
b) Hyperesthesia
c) Hypoxia
d) Ischemia
Answer: c) Hypoxia
Question 6: Which term is used to describe a muscle cell showing a
reduced ability to form new muscle while appearing highly disorganized?
(Points: 2)
a) Dysplasia
b) Hyperplasia
c) Myoplasia
d) Anaplasia
Answer: d) Anaplasia
, Question 7: Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic
anemia? (Points: 2)
a) Iron deficiency
b) Pernicious
c) Sideroblastic
d) Hemolytic
Answer: b) Pernicious
Question 8: How is most carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the blood transported?
(Points: 2)
a) Attached to oxygen
b) In the form of bicarbonate
c) Combined with albumin
d) Dissolved in the plasma
Answer: b) In the form of bicarbonate
Question 9: The coronary ostia are located in the: (Points: 2)
a) Left ventricle
b) Aortic valve
c) Coronary sinus
d) Aorta
Answer: d) Aorta
Question 10: Where in the respiratory tract do the majority of foreign
objects aspirated by children finally lodge? (Points: 2)
a) Trachea
b) Left lung
Midterm Exam
Latest 2026/2027 Update | Questions with Verified
Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A | Chamberlain
University.
SECTION A: Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1: Where are antibodies produced? (Points: 2)
a) Helper T lymphocytes
b) Thymus gland
c) Plasma cells
d) Bone marrow
Answer: c) Plasma cells
Question 2: The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system
via which nerve? (Points: 2)
a) Vagus
b) Phrenic
c) Brachial
d) Pectoral
Answer: a) Vagus
Question 3: What physical sign is the result of turbulent blood flow through
a vessel? (Points: 2)
,a) Increased blood pressure during periods of stress
b) Bounding pulse felt on palpation
c) Cyanosis observed on excretion
d) Murmur heard on auscultation
Answer: d) Murmur heard on auscultation
Question 4: What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome
(RDS) of the newborn? (Points: 2)
a) Immature immune system
b) Small alveoli
c) Surfactant deficiency
d) Anaemia
Answer: c) Surfactant deficiency
Question 5: What is the fundamental physiologic manifestation of anemia?
(Points: 2)
a) Hypotension
b) Hyperesthesia
c) Hypoxia
d) Ischemia
Answer: c) Hypoxia
Question 6: Which term is used to describe a muscle cell showing a
reduced ability to form new muscle while appearing highly disorganized?
(Points: 2)
a) Dysplasia
b) Hyperplasia
c) Myoplasia
d) Anaplasia
Answer: d) Anaplasia
, Question 7: Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic
anemia? (Points: 2)
a) Iron deficiency
b) Pernicious
c) Sideroblastic
d) Hemolytic
Answer: b) Pernicious
Question 8: How is most carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the blood transported?
(Points: 2)
a) Attached to oxygen
b) In the form of bicarbonate
c) Combined with albumin
d) Dissolved in the plasma
Answer: b) In the form of bicarbonate
Question 9: The coronary ostia are located in the: (Points: 2)
a) Left ventricle
b) Aortic valve
c) Coronary sinus
d) Aorta
Answer: d) Aorta
Question 10: Where in the respiratory tract do the majority of foreign
objects aspirated by children finally lodge? (Points: 2)
a) Trachea
b) Left lung
