Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Pathophysiology -
correct answer ✅Study of the body's response to dysfunction
Disease -
correct answer ✅Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body
system
Etiology -
correct answer ✅The cause of a disease
Clinical manifestations -
correct answer ✅Symptoms and chief complaints
Morphological changes -
correct answer ✅Structural changes that are a result of the
disease process
Etiological factors -
correct answer ✅Biologic agents, physical forces, chemicals,
nutritional excess or deficiency, genetic factors
What are the three mechanisms of cellular adaptation? -
correct answer ✅Size: atrophy and hypertrophy
,Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Number: hyperplasia
Irregular shape: dysplasia (severe) and metaplasia (chronic)
Intercellular accumulation -
correct answer ✅Results from normal substances, abnormal
endogenous or exogenous products
Dystrophic pathological calcification -
correct answer ✅In injured tissue, dead cells create calcium
deposits that can cause aortic stenosis or be a result of a fracture or
TB
Metastatic Pathological Calcifications -
correct answer ✅Caused by an increase of serum calcium levels in
non-injured tissue
Chemical injuries -
correct answer ✅Lead, carbon tetrachloride, carbon monoxide,
ethanol, mercury, street drugs
Asphyxiation injuries -
correct answer ✅Suffocation, strangulation, drowning
, Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Hypoxic injuries -
correct answer ✅Ischemia (lack of blood flow) and anoxia (lack of
oxygen)
What does cellular aging cause? -
correct answer ✅Atrophy, decreased functioning
Isotonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause no change to cells
0.9% saline
Hypertonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause cells to shrink/crenate
3% saline or 5% dextrose
Hypotonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause cells to swell
0.45% saline
Edema -
correct answer ✅Accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Pathophysiology -
correct answer ✅Study of the body's response to dysfunction
Disease -
correct answer ✅Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body
system
Etiology -
correct answer ✅The cause of a disease
Clinical manifestations -
correct answer ✅Symptoms and chief complaints
Morphological changes -
correct answer ✅Structural changes that are a result of the
disease process
Etiological factors -
correct answer ✅Biologic agents, physical forces, chemicals,
nutritional excess or deficiency, genetic factors
What are the three mechanisms of cellular adaptation? -
correct answer ✅Size: atrophy and hypertrophy
,Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Number: hyperplasia
Irregular shape: dysplasia (severe) and metaplasia (chronic)
Intercellular accumulation -
correct answer ✅Results from normal substances, abnormal
endogenous or exogenous products
Dystrophic pathological calcification -
correct answer ✅In injured tissue, dead cells create calcium
deposits that can cause aortic stenosis or be a result of a fracture or
TB
Metastatic Pathological Calcifications -
correct answer ✅Caused by an increase of serum calcium levels in
non-injured tissue
Chemical injuries -
correct answer ✅Lead, carbon tetrachloride, carbon monoxide,
ethanol, mercury, street drugs
Asphyxiation injuries -
correct answer ✅Suffocation, strangulation, drowning
, Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1
Questions And Answers Latest Update
Hypoxic injuries -
correct answer ✅Ischemia (lack of blood flow) and anoxia (lack of
oxygen)
What does cellular aging cause? -
correct answer ✅Atrophy, decreased functioning
Isotonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause no change to cells
0.9% saline
Hypertonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause cells to shrink/crenate
3% saline or 5% dextrose
Hypotonic solutions -
correct answer ✅Will cause cells to swell
0.45% saline
Edema -
correct answer ✅Accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces
