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