WCU Pathophysiology Midterm Exam Review
Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ Prinzmetal Variant
angina.
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory Pulmonary Stenosis
response to
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess bounding pulse
include
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic Septic
acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what type of
shock?
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood decreases
flow
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the Septic
pathophysiologic process of what type of shock?
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
shortness of breath during the night is experiencing
The effects of histamine release include increased vascular permeability
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is Bence Jones proteins in the urine
Emesis causes metabolic alkalosis
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ liquefactive
necrosis
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by hypokalemia
A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart "Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood
failure reports that, "My feet swell if I eat salt but I don't vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell."
understand why" The nurse's best response is
, WCU Pathophysiology Midterm Exam Review
Cancer grading is based on cell differentiation
The most common primary immune deficiency that affects Selective IgA
only B cells is
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with Preexcitation syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)
reentrant mechanisms?
A 3-year old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after Hemophilia
minor trauma and a prolonged aPTT, bu a normal platelet
count, is likely to be diagnosed with
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial apoptosis
infarction do so because of
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
hypersensitivity reactions because
What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated increased residual lung volume
with obstructive lung disease is caused by
Hypernatremia may be caused by decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1 contribute to nitric oxide
shock states because they induce production of
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR of 100?
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what Mutant tumor-suppressor gene
from parent to offspring?
Neuromuscular disorders impair lung function primarily weak muscles of respiration
because of
Which acid are the kidneys unable to excrete? Carbonic
Myocarditis should be suspected in a patient who presents acute onset of left ventricular dysfunction
with
Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ Prinzmetal Variant
angina.
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory Pulmonary Stenosis
response to
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess bounding pulse
include
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic Septic
acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what type of
shock?
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood decreases
flow
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the Septic
pathophysiologic process of what type of shock?
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
shortness of breath during the night is experiencing
The effects of histamine release include increased vascular permeability
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is Bence Jones proteins in the urine
Emesis causes metabolic alkalosis
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ liquefactive
necrosis
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by hypokalemia
A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart "Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood
failure reports that, "My feet swell if I eat salt but I don't vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell."
understand why" The nurse's best response is
, WCU Pathophysiology Midterm Exam Review
Cancer grading is based on cell differentiation
The most common primary immune deficiency that affects Selective IgA
only B cells is
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with Preexcitation syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)
reentrant mechanisms?
A 3-year old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after Hemophilia
minor trauma and a prolonged aPTT, bu a normal platelet
count, is likely to be diagnosed with
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial apoptosis
infarction do so because of
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
hypersensitivity reactions because
What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated increased residual lung volume
with obstructive lung disease is caused by
Hypernatremia may be caused by decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1 contribute to nitric oxide
shock states because they induce production of
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR of 100?
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what Mutant tumor-suppressor gene
from parent to offspring?
Neuromuscular disorders impair lung function primarily weak muscles of respiration
because of
Which acid are the kidneys unable to excrete? Carbonic
Myocarditis should be suspected in a patient who presents acute onset of left ventricular dysfunction
with
