SCI 225 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 09/19/2026
SCI 225 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
2026 LATEST PRACTICE QUESTION WITH
ANSWERS 100% Correct
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter
should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of injury does the patient
have?
Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding
the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse
explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome?
Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what
most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents?
9/19/2026
both parents could be Carriers
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, SCI 225 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 09/19/2026
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in the embryo?
Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess first?
Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too
protect cells from injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental
changes thereby protecting them from injury and death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive
inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient?
cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury
Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
9/19/2026
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
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SCI 225 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
2026 LATEST PRACTICE QUESTION WITH
ANSWERS 100% Correct
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which assesment parameter
should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of injury does the patient
have?
Gunshot wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding
the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. The nurse
explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with which chromosome?
Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait and one is normal what
most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the parents?
9/19/2026
both parents could be Carriers
1
, SCI 225 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 09/19/2026
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in the embryo?
Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess first?
Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central nervous system contains
little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too
protect cells from injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental
changes thereby protecting them from injury and death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive
inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for the patient?
cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury
Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
9/19/2026
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
2
