A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
muscle energy. Which of the following will facilitate
his continued muscle performance?
What causes the rapid change in the resting Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the
membrane potential that initiates an action potential? membrane potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter Answer: XXY
syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the
following?
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
An aide asks the nurse why people who have Answer: Expressivity
neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse
explain to the aide?
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte,
should the nurse include regarding cholesterol? which reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
, When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how Answer: Autosomal recessive
should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by
an _____ gene
How are potassium and sodium transported across Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
plasma membranes?
The nurse would be correct in identifying the Answer: Sodium
predominant extracellular cation as:
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
reticulum results in:
What principle should the nurse remember when Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are
trying to distinguish aging from diseases? believed to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has Answer: Turner syndrome
a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X
chromosome with only a single X chromosome
present? Her features include a short stature, widely
spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow,
and sparse body hair.
muscle energy. Which of the following will facilitate
his continued muscle performance?
What causes the rapid change in the resting Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the
membrane potential that initiates an action potential? membrane potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter Answer: XXY
syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the
following?
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
An aide asks the nurse why people who have Answer: Expressivity
neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse
explain to the aide?
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte,
should the nurse include regarding cholesterol? which reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
, When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how Answer: Autosomal recessive
should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by
an _____ gene
How are potassium and sodium transported across Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
plasma membranes?
The nurse would be correct in identifying the Answer: Sodium
predominant extracellular cation as:
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
reticulum results in:
What principle should the nurse remember when Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are
trying to distinguish aging from diseases? believed to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has Answer: Turner syndrome
a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X
chromosome with only a single X chromosome
present? Her features include a short stature, widely
spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow,
and sparse body hair.
