NUR2063: Exam one 2026 Questions and
Answers
Etiology - Correct answer-cause or reason for the event.
- May include agents, age, gender, health, nutritional status, genetics, etc.
Iatrogenic - Correct answer-unintended effect of a medical treatment
Pathogenesis - Correct answer-development and evolution of a disease
- Affected by time, quantity, location, and morphologic changes
Homeostasis - Correct answer-- Dynamic process
- The relative consistency of the body's internal processes
- Give and take system
- Equilibrium is necessary for all cells
Cachexia - Correct answer-- Extreme weight loss disorder
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, Benign tumor - Correct answer-- Slow, progressive, localized, well defined,
resembles host (more differentiated), grows by expansion, does not usually cause
death
Malignant tumor - Correct answer-- Rapid growing, spreads (metastasis) quickly,
fatal, highly undifferentiated
Primary prevention - Correct answer-do not have the disease and are trying to
prevent it (vaccines)
Secondary Prevention - Correct answer-Disease detection (yearly physical)
Tertiary Prevention - Correct answer-trying to prevent problems from the disease
(rehab)
Function of the Mitochondria - Correct answer-- Power plant
- Aerobic respiration, ATP
- Contains own DNA and ribosomes
Osmosis - Correct answer-movement of water across a semipermeable membrane
from an area of low concentration to high concentration.
Diffusion - Correct answer-net movement of anything from a region of higher
concentration to a region of lower concentration.
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Answers
Etiology - Correct answer-cause or reason for the event.
- May include agents, age, gender, health, nutritional status, genetics, etc.
Iatrogenic - Correct answer-unintended effect of a medical treatment
Pathogenesis - Correct answer-development and evolution of a disease
- Affected by time, quantity, location, and morphologic changes
Homeostasis - Correct answer-- Dynamic process
- The relative consistency of the body's internal processes
- Give and take system
- Equilibrium is necessary for all cells
Cachexia - Correct answer-- Extreme weight loss disorder
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, Benign tumor - Correct answer-- Slow, progressive, localized, well defined,
resembles host (more differentiated), grows by expansion, does not usually cause
death
Malignant tumor - Correct answer-- Rapid growing, spreads (metastasis) quickly,
fatal, highly undifferentiated
Primary prevention - Correct answer-do not have the disease and are trying to
prevent it (vaccines)
Secondary Prevention - Correct answer-Disease detection (yearly physical)
Tertiary Prevention - Correct answer-trying to prevent problems from the disease
(rehab)
Function of the Mitochondria - Correct answer-- Power plant
- Aerobic respiration, ATP
- Contains own DNA and ribosomes
Osmosis - Correct answer-movement of water across a semipermeable membrane
from an area of low concentration to high concentration.
Diffusion - Correct answer-net movement of anything from a region of higher
concentration to a region of lower concentration.
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