ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOG
Y
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated
Answer: plasma cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is
believed to trigger depression.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to
treat this anemia?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
, Selected Periorbit
Answer: al
edema
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding
does the healthcare provider associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high
Answer: core temperature
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which
diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic
Answer: ovary
syndrome
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic
fracture. The patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What
response by the professional is best?
, Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an
Answer: abnormality already in that bone.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing
the bone surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What
treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction
Answer: and
immobilizati
on
, Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Selected Excessive
Answer: mucus
production
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The
professional explains that the baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency
Answer: from fat malabsorption
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements
of which nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects?
Selected Fola
Answer: te
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an
increase in appetite during puberty?
PATHOPHYSIOLOG
Y
• Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated
Answer: plasma cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is
believed to trigger depression.
• Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the patient is needed to
treat this anemia?
Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
• Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
, Selected Periorbit
Answer: al
edema
• Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding
does the healthcare provider associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high
Answer: core temperature
• Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the depletion of iron stores support which
diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic
Answer: ovary
syndrome
• Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic
fracture. The patient asks the professional to explain the condition. What
response by the professional is best?
, Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an
Answer: abnormality already in that bone.
• Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing
the bone surfaces to partially lose contact with each other. What
treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction
Answer: and
immobilizati
on
, Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Selected Excessive
Answer: mucus
production
• Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the
healthcare professional to explain why the baby bruises so easily. The
professional explains that the baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency
Answer: from fat malabsorption
• Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements
of which nutrient to her diet to prevent birth defects?
Selected Fola
Answer: te
• Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The
healthcare professional would explain that which hormone is linked to an
increase in appetite during puberty?
