GNRS 515 - ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 2026/2027| ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS.

GNRS 515 - ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 2026/2027| ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED PASS. What organs are affected by coagulative necrosis that results from hypoxia caused by severe ischemia or caused by chemical injury? A. Lungs and pulmonary vessels B. Brain and spinal cord C. Kidneys and heart D. Muscles and bones - ..........ANSWER.......C. Kidneys and heart What type of necrosis results from ischemia of neurons and glial cells? A. Coagulative necrosis B. Liquefactive necrosis C. Caseous necrosis 2 | P a g e D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive necrosis What type of necrosis is associated with wet gangrene? A. Coagulative necrosis B. Liquefactive necrosis C. Caseous necrosis D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive necrosis What is the single most common cause of cellular injury? A. Hypoxic injury B. Chemical injury C. Infectious injury D. Genetic injury - ..........ANSWER.......A. Hypoxic injury 3 | P a g e Which is a description of the characteristics of apoptosis? A. A programmed cell death of scattered, single cells B. Characterized by swelling of the nucleus and cytoplasm C. Has unpredictable patterns of cell death D. Results in benign malignancies - ..........ANSWER.......A. A programmed cell death of scattered, single cells All the following are characteristics of apoptosis as compared to necrosis EXCEPT: A. Starts by shrinkage of the cell B. Functions to remove cells so new cells can replace them C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the circulation D.Not associated with surrounding inflammatory reaction - ..........ANSWER.......C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the circulation 4 | P a g e What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis? A. Bacteriologic necrosis B. Caseous necrosis C. Liquefactive necrosis D. Gangrenous necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Caseous necrosis A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or squamous cell origin. What is the nurse describing? A. Tumor in differentiation B. Dysplastic C. Cancer in situ D. Cancer beyond (meta) situ - ..........ANSWER.......C. Cancer in situ A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best describes this growth? 5 | P a g e A. Neoplasm B. Lipoma C. Meningioma D. Hypertrophy - ..........ANSWER.......A. Neoplasm A primary care provider is attempting to diagnose cancer and is looking for a tumor marker. Which of the following could be a possible marker?