NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL REAL EXAM WITH 200+ ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND WELL EXPLAINED RATIONALES FOR GUARANTEED PASS

NURS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
FINAL REAL EXAM WITH 200+
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND WELL
EXPLAINED RATIONALES FOR
GUARANTEED PASS
Question-pathologist - Answer-physician who looks for changes in cell and tissue


Question-pathophysiology - Answer-study of functional or physiologic change that result in a
disruption of normal function


Question-physiology - Answer-normal day to day function


Question-pathology - Answer-the directly observable lab study of cell and tissue changes
associated with disease, study of observable changes


Question-health - Answer-the state of an organism when it functions in homeostasis


Question-disease - Answer-an interruption, cessation or disorder of body functions, systems or
organs


Question-homeostasis - Answer-state of equilibrium, what the body wants


Question-negative feedback loop - Answer-output of system acts to oppose changes from the
input of the system, resulting stability


Question-positive feedback loop - Answer-output is unable to attenuate an input change resulting
in an imbalance of system, often results in disease, heart failure - the body's response makes
problem worse

,Question-diagnosis - Answer-signs and symptoms together


Question-signs - Answer-what we see


Question-symptoms - Answer-what patient tells us


Question-etiology - Answer-causes of the disease, how did we get the disease


Question-predisposing factors - Answer-risk factors for developing a disease


Question-pathogeneisis - Answer-process of beginning the disease, goes with etiology, what
caused the start of the disease


Question-syndrome - Answer-compilation of signs and symptoms that point toward a diagnosis,
AIDS - signs and lab work, compilation of signs and symptoms together


Question-insidious - Answer-a gradual progression with very vague of mild signs


Question-prognosis - Answer-how bad is it? what are the chances of recovery?


Question-morbidity - Answer-how many people have the disease, negatively affects quality of
life


Question-mortality - Answer-causes death


Question-epidemiology - Answer-study of disease in a population


Question-pathophysiology - Answer-identifies disease before it shows signs and symptoms,
cellular changes

,Question-atrophy - Answer-loss of growth, muscle growth diminishes


Question-hypertrophy - Answer-increase in the size of individual cells


Question-hyperplasia - Answer-increase in the number of cells, healthy growth just more cells


Question-metaplasia - Answer-cell changes from one cell type to another. ciliated epithelial cells
in smoker changes to regular cubodal cell


Question-dysplasia - Answer-cells vary in size, shape and nucleus size/shape. less cell
differentiation, precursor to cancer


Question-anaplasia - Answer-cells lack differentiation, cancerous


Question-neoplasm - Answer-new growth, malignant or benign


Question-idiopathic - Answer-unknown cause


Question-iatrogenic - Answer-caused by treatment, procedure or error


Question-acute - Answer-initial injury, localized


Question-chronic - Answer-long term, less inflammation


Question-nosocomial - Answer-hospital acquired infection


Question-communicable - Answer-ability to spread from one person to another

, Question-sudden - Answer-fast onset of disease


Question-prevalence - Answer-how many have disease


Question-incidence - Answer-how many have disease during a certain period of time


Question-hypoxia - Answer-lack of oxygen


Question-ischemia - Answer-lack of blood flow, lack of oxygen and glucose to areas because of
lack of blood flow, decreased ability to produce energy


Question-Necrosis/death - Answer-cellular death, messy


Question-Liquefaction necrosis - Answer-tissue liquified by lysosomal enzymes


Question-coagulative necrosis - Answer-dead tissue retains form


Question-fat necrosis - Answer-fatty acids are broken down and form soap


Question-caseous necrosis - Answer-cheesy/curdled


Question-infarction/necrosis - Answer-cellular death resulting from hypoxia


Question-gangrene - Answer-an area of necrotic tissue which has been infected by bacteria


Question-exudate - Answer-fluid collection at site of increased vascular permeability


Question-serous - Answer-clear, yellow, fluid