WGU D115 OA ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM STUDY GUIDE FOR

WGU D115 OA ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM STUDY
GUIDE FOR
2025-2026

,WGU D115 OA ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
STUDY GUIDE FOR
2025-2026
WGU D115 OA ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

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1. Important Terms and
Definitions
2. Study Questions and
Answers
3. study guide / test bank

, S sTUtDuY dy guide / test bank
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('What is the most common site of diverticulosis?', 'Sigmoid colon.')

1. ('What is the complication of diverticulitis?', 'Perforation and peritonitis.')

2. ('What causes angiodysplasia?', 'Dilated vessels in cecum/right colon prone to bleeding.')

3. ('What is the hallmark of irritable bowel syndrome?', 'Chronic abdominal pain with altered bowel
habits without structural abnormality.')

STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q1: What is the primary cellular response to hypoxia?
A: Cellular swelling due to failure of ATP-dependent sodium-potassium pumps.


Q2: Which enzyme is released as a biomarker for myocardial infarction?
A: Troponin I and T.


Q3: What is the most common cause of reversible cell injury?
A: Ischemia.


Q4: What is apoptosis?
A: Programmed cell death involving caspase activation without
inflammation.

Q5: What is necrosis?
A: Unregulated cell death characterized by inflammation and loss of membrane integrity.