NUR 6501N Condensed Midterm Exam2 Questions And Answers
Midterm Exam
1. The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells?
Platelets
3. A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to
explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
6. What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability?
Fragile X syndrome is the second most common genetic cause of intellectual disability?
(after Down syndrome).
10. Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Glycolysis
16. A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic
cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge
about this process?
Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile canaliculi.
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, NUR 6501N Condensed Midterm Exam2 Questions And Answers
17. The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism?
Lymphatic obstruction
18 How does progressive nephron injury affect angiotensin II activity?
Angiotensin II activity is elevated
19. A student asks the professor to explain what effect natriuretic peptides have during heart
failure when the heart dilates. Which response by the professor is best?
Inhibits renin and aldosterone
20. When renin is released, it is capable of which action? formation of angiotensin
21. What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis? Injury
to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
23. What mechanisms occur in the liver cells as a result of lipid accumulation?
Increased synthesis of triglycerides from fatty acids and decreased synthesis of apoproteins
26. A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional
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Midterm Exam
1. The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells?
Platelets
3. A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to
explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration
6. What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability?
Fragile X syndrome is the second most common genetic cause of intellectual disability?
(after Down syndrome).
10. Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Glycolysis
16. A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic
cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge
about this process?
Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile canaliculi.
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, NUR 6501N Condensed Midterm Exam2 Questions And Answers
17. The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism?
Lymphatic obstruction
18 How does progressive nephron injury affect angiotensin II activity?
Angiotensin II activity is elevated
19. A student asks the professor to explain what effect natriuretic peptides have during heart
failure when the heart dilates. Which response by the professor is best?
Inhibits renin and aldosterone
20. When renin is released, it is capable of which action? formation of angiotensin
21. What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis? Injury
to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
23. What mechanisms occur in the liver cells as a result of lipid accumulation?
Increased synthesis of triglycerides from fatty acids and decreased synthesis of apoproteins
26. A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional
This study source was downloaded by 100000848398116 from CourseHero.com on 06-07-2022 14:24:10 GMT -05:00
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