This BIO 322 Pathophysiology Final Exam 2026/2027 study resource contains 100+ exam questions and answers across 51 pages, providing comprehensive review of major disease processes, clinical manifestations, diagnostic testing, and treatments presented in the course material. The cardiovascular section covers coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, STEMI and NSTEMI, angina pectoris, CABG, congestive heart failure, left- and right-sided heart failure, cardiomyopathy, preload, afterload, and cor pulmonale. It also reviews cardiac biomarkers such as troponin, CK-MB, LDH and myoglobin and diagnostic approaches including ECG, echocardiography and cardiac catheterization.
The endocrine and metabolic disorders section provides extensive material on pituitary adenomas, Cushing syndrome, acromegaly, gigantism, thyroid hormone physiology, hyperthyroidism, Graves disease, thyroid storm, toxic nodular goiter, hypothyroidism, myxedema, congenital hypothyroidism, Hashimoto thyroiditis and iodine deficiency. Students also review type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose and HbA1c values, polycystic ovarian syndrome, Addison disease and pheochromocytoma. The material repeatedly connects hormonal abnormalities with their characteristic clinical signs, laboratory patterns and underlying pathophysiology.
Respiratory pathophysiology includes asthma, acute and chronic bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, tuberculosis and pneumonia. Questions address airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction, mucus production, alveolar destruction, pulmonary function testing, oxygenation, infectious causes and characteristic clinical presentations. The resource also compares important disorders, including pneumonia versus tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis versus emphysema.
The renal and urinary-system section covers interstitial cystitis, urinary tract infections, nephrolithiasis, kidney-stone types, acute and chronic pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, renal failure, urinary incontinence and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Students review prerenal, intrarenal and postrenal causes of renal failure, along with urinalysis, BUN, creatinine, imaging, biopsy, dialysis and transplantation concepts presented in the document.
A substantial neurological section examines stroke, TIA, Broca and Wernicke areas, aphasia, Bell's palsy, tension headaches, cluster headaches, migraines, meningitis, encephalitis, epidural and subdural hematomas, multiple sclerosis, ALS, Parkinson disease and myasthenia gravis. The final pages broaden the review to Alzheimer's disease, Huntington disease, anxiety disorders, OCD, panic disorder, PTSD, social anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. Ethical principles including autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, veracity, fidelity and confidentiality are also included.
Overall, this is a broad cumulative BIO 322 Pathophysiology final-exam review integrating disease mechanisms with signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, diagnostic procedures and treatment concepts. The uploaded document specifically identifies itself as “GCU PATHO Final Bio 322 2026/2027 Exam Questions and Answers.”
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GCU PATHO Final Bio 322
2026/2027 Exam Questions and
Answers | Already Graded A+
Describe coronary artery disease, how it develops, and the
pathophysiological basis of the various risk factors that can lead to this
disorder - ANSWER ✔✔- Caused: by the narrowing of the arteries
that supply the blood to they myocardium. this could be due to plaque
build up, and fatty mater
- most common is arthersclerosis.
- Risk factors: poor nutrtion/obesity, smoking, high LDL, and low HDL.
Myocardial Ischemia - ANSWER ✔✔- the decrease in the blood
supply to the heart which leds to chest pain or angina.
,- S/S: chest heaviness, possible pain in left arm, shoulder, jaw and neck,
Nausea & breathlessness
Myocardial infarction - ANSWER ✔✔AKA: heart attack
IRREVERSIBLE
- progressive ischemia with damage to myocardium (myoctye necrosis)
- Cause: cardiovascular disease
- S/S: dyspnea, decrease BP (scynocpe), nausea, diaphoresis, anxiety,
sudden sever chest pain that may radiate to left arm
- Women: jaw and back bain
- Men: chest discomfort, arm pain, and SOB.
- Tests: EKG
-- STEMI- indicates transmural MI
-- NON STEMI- indicates subendocardial MI
What are the two types of myocardial infarctions - ANSWER ✔✔1.
transmural
2. subendocardial
Transmural MI - ANSWER ✔✔thrombus remains and myocardium
involved transcend to epicardium
,- STEMI (ST elevation in MI)
-- Q- wave MI
Subendocardial MI - ANSWER ✔✔thrombus dislodges and only
myocardium directly beneath endocardium involved.
- NON STEMI (no ST elevation in mycardial infarction)
-- non Q wave MI
Transmural Vs. Subendocardial MI - ANSWER ✔✔
Transmural MI vs. Subendocardial EKG - ANSWER ✔✔ALSO
REVIEW SLIDE 6
Test for MI - ANSWER ✔✔Blood tests values increased
- TROPONIN I AND T: 12 hours- 2 weeks (most specific)
- LDH: (Lactate dehydrogenase): 72hrs-10 days
-CK-MB (creatine phophonkiase- myocardial band : 10 -48 hrs
MYOGLOBIN: 2hrs- lasts 24 hrs.
* TROPONIN AND CK0MB ARE THE TWO MAIN LABS WE LOOK AT
TO CONFIRM HEART ATTACK.
** review slide 22
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, Treatment for MI - ANSWER ✔✔ANGIOPLASTY- with in 90 mins
- thrombolytic therapy- with in 3 hours
- cardioportection after MI
-- beta-blockers: blocks sympathetic innervation
-- ACE inhibitors
Angina Pectoris - ANSWER ✔✔Chest pain caused by REVERSIBLE
myocardial ischemia
- S/S: sudden severe chest pain last *3-5 minutes*. pressure/squeezing,
fatigue, nausea, SOB.
- cause: cardiovascular disease or anemias
- tx: Rest, nitrates (dialte arteries and viens)
Tests for Angina pectoris - ANSWER ✔✔-EKG- may be normal
- stress tests
- coronary ANGIOGRAPHY and cardiac catheterization
--- dye with x rays to show coronary lumen