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WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
WITH WELL SORTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS /GRADED A+/BEST
FOR THAT GOOD GRADE
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral - ANSWER-d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs
and diseases
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c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease - ANSWER-b. A disease accompanied
by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific
response to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin - ANSWER-c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a
serious condition
called?
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a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome - ANSWER-a. serum sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each
other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus - ANSWER-b. interatrial septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat
contraction and relaxation?
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a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output - ANSWER-c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering
sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent - ANSWER-d. beta-adregenic
blocking agent
What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
WITH WELL SORTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS /GRADED A+/BEST
FOR THAT GOOD GRADE
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral - ANSWER-d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs
and diseases
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c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease - ANSWER-b. A disease accompanied
by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific
response to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin - ANSWER-c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a
serious condition
called?
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a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome - ANSWER-a. serum sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each
other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus - ANSWER-b. interatrial septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat
contraction and relaxation?
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a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output - ANSWER-c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering
sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent - ANSWER-d. beta-adregenic
blocking agent
What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue