Pathophysiology Exam 1 Sample Questions and
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Quiz: A report comes back indicating that muscular atrophy has occurred. A nurse recalls
that muscular atrophy involves a decrease in muscle cell:
a. number
b. size
c. vacuoles
d. lipofuscin
Ans: B. Size
Quiz: During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as what type
of atrophy?
a. Physiologic
b. Pathologic
c. Disuse
d. Neurogenic
Ans: A. Physiologic
Quiz: When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in response to an
increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will experience hypertrophy which is an:
a. increase in size
b. decrease in length
c. increase in excitability
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, d. decrease in number
Ans: A. Increase in size
Quiz: A 55-year-old male with a 30-year history of smoking is examined for respiratory
disturbance. Examination of his airway (bronchial) reveals that stratified squamous epithelial
cells have replaced the normal columnar ciliated cells. This type of cellular adaption is called:
a. anaplasia
b. hyperplasia
c. metaplasia
d. dysplasia
Ans: C. Metaplasia
Quiz: When planning care for the pregnant patient, the nurse will recall that the mammary
glands enlarge as a consequence of:
a. compensatory hyperplasia
b. hormonal hyperplasia
c. hormonal anaplasia
d. compensatory anaplasia
Ans: B. Hormonal hyperplasia
Quiz: A 24-year-old female presents with excessive menstrual bleeding. The physician
identified endometrial changes that are due to hormonal imbalances. These cellular changes
would be referred to as:
a. dysplasia
b. pathologic dysplasia
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, c. hyperplasia
d. pathologic hyperplas
Ans: D. Pathologic hyperplasia
Quiz: A 55-year-old male is diagnosed with hepatocellular cancer secondary to hepatitis C.
If the cancerous region of his liver is removed, the remaining cells would undergo:
a. pathologic hyperplasia
b. pathologic metaplasia
c. compensatory hyperplasia
d. compensatory aplasia
Ans: C. Compensatory hyperplasia
Quiz: A 40-year-old female's Pap smear indicates abnormal changes in the shape and
organization of cervical cells. Which term would be used to identify this type of change?
a. Metaplasia
b. Atrophy
c. Hypertrophy
d. Dysplasia
Ans: D. Dyspalsia
Quiz: A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most
likely due to hypoxic injury secondary to:
a. malnutrition
b. free radicals
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, c. ischemia
d. chemical toxicity
Ans: C. Ischemia
Quiz: A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to
define this process?
a. Adaptation
b. Calcification
c. Apoptosis
D. Necrosis
Ans: D. Necrosis
Quiz: Sodium and water accumulation in an injured cell are a direct result of:
a. decreased ATP production
b. karyorrhexis
c. ribosome detachment
d. dehydration
Ans: A. Decreased ATP production
Quiz: The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
a. increased aerobic metabolism
b. failure of DNA
c. reduced protein synthesis
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Quiz: A report comes back indicating that muscular atrophy has occurred. A nurse recalls
that muscular atrophy involves a decrease in muscle cell:
a. number
b. size
c. vacuoles
d. lipofuscin
Ans: B. Size
Quiz: During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as what type
of atrophy?
a. Physiologic
b. Pathologic
c. Disuse
d. Neurogenic
Ans: A. Physiologic
Quiz: When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in response to an
increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will experience hypertrophy which is an:
a. increase in size
b. decrease in length
c. increase in excitability
o
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in the number given.
, d. decrease in number
Ans: A. Increase in size
Quiz: A 55-year-old male with a 30-year history of smoking is examined for respiratory
disturbance. Examination of his airway (bronchial) reveals that stratified squamous epithelial
cells have replaced the normal columnar ciliated cells. This type of cellular adaption is called:
a. anaplasia
b. hyperplasia
c. metaplasia
d. dysplasia
Ans: C. Metaplasia
Quiz: When planning care for the pregnant patient, the nurse will recall that the mammary
glands enlarge as a consequence of:
a. compensatory hyperplasia
b. hormonal hyperplasia
c. hormonal anaplasia
d. compensatory anaplasia
Ans: B. Hormonal hyperplasia
Quiz: A 24-year-old female presents with excessive menstrual bleeding. The physician
identified endometrial changes that are due to hormonal imbalances. These cellular changes
would be referred to as:
a. dysplasia
b. pathologic dysplasia
o
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in the number given.
, c. hyperplasia
d. pathologic hyperplas
Ans: D. Pathologic hyperplasia
Quiz: A 55-year-old male is diagnosed with hepatocellular cancer secondary to hepatitis C.
If the cancerous region of his liver is removed, the remaining cells would undergo:
a. pathologic hyperplasia
b. pathologic metaplasia
c. compensatory hyperplasia
d. compensatory aplasia
Ans: C. Compensatory hyperplasia
Quiz: A 40-year-old female's Pap smear indicates abnormal changes in the shape and
organization of cervical cells. Which term would be used to identify this type of change?
a. Metaplasia
b. Atrophy
c. Hypertrophy
d. Dysplasia
Ans: D. Dyspalsia
Quiz: A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most
likely due to hypoxic injury secondary to:
a. malnutrition
b. free radicals
o
o
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in the number given.
, c. ischemia
d. chemical toxicity
Ans: C. Ischemia
Quiz: A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to
define this process?
a. Adaptation
b. Calcification
c. Apoptosis
D. Necrosis
Ans: D. Necrosis
Quiz: Sodium and water accumulation in an injured cell are a direct result of:
a. decreased ATP production
b. karyorrhexis
c. ribosome detachment
d. dehydration
Ans: A. Decreased ATP production
Quiz: The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
a. increased aerobic metabolism
b. failure of DNA
c. reduced protein synthesis
o
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