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Prepare for the WCU Pathophysiology Final Exam with a comprehensive study guide covering disease processes, cellular injury, inflammation, immune response, fluid and electrolyte balance, and practice questions for nursing students.

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1. A patient with high blood pressure who is Secondary prevention
otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict
sodium intake. This is an example of?

2. The stage during which the patient Subclincial
functions normally, although the disease
processes are well established is referred
to as?

3. All these cellular responses are potentially Necrosis
reversible except?

4. Many of the responses to stress are attrib- Norepinephrine
uted to the activation of the sympathetic
nervous system and are mediated by?

5. Coagulative necrosis is caused by? Interrupted blood supply

6. After surgery to remove a lung tumor, Kill rapidly dividing cells
your patient is scheduled for chemothera-
py, which will?

7. Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin are Carcinomas
known as?

8. Apoptosis is a process that results in cellu- Death
lar?

9. An increase in organ size and function due Hypertrophy
to increased workload is termed

10. Necrotic death of brain tissue usually pro- Liquefactive
duces __ necrosis



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11. Your patient is scheduled for a staging Determining extent of the tumor spread
procedure. She wants to know what that
means. The correct response is which of
the following?

12. Tumor markers (select all that apply) Everything except (a) - produced by nor-
mal cells, determine cancer origin, idenitfy
cancer progression, include anitgen

13. A disease that is native to a particular re- Endemic
gion is called?

14. After suffering a heart attack, a mid- Tertiary prevention
dle-aged man is counseled to take a cho-
lesterol-lowering medication. This is an ex-
ample of?

15. C.Q was recently exposed to a group A Streptococcal infection
hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently
developed a pharyngeal infection...

16. A 17-year old college-bound student re- Primary prevention
ceives a vaccine against an organism that
causes meningitis. This is an example of

17. Allostasis is best defined as? The overall process of adaptive change
necessary to maintain survival and well be-
ing

18. Metaplasia is The replacement of one differentiated cell
type with another

19. Deficits in immune system function occur
in cancer due to (select all that apply)


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20. Everything except (d) chemotherapy, can-
cer cells, cancer to bone marrow, malnutri-
tion NOT immunotherapy

21. Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a Cigarette smoking
"stressful" life, and has smoked "about two
packs a day for the last 40 years."...

22. The principle Ig mediator of Type 1 hyper- IgE
sensitivity reaction is

23. Risk factors for atherosclerosis include Hyperlipidemia

24. Dysfunction of which organ would lead to Liver
clotting factor deficiency?

25. A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin con- Iron deficiency
centration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular
volume (MCV) are characteristic of which
type of anemia?

26. A commonly ingested substance associat- Aspirin
ed with prolongation of the bleeding time
is?

27. What is necessary for red blood cell pro- Iron
duction?

28. The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (inter- Extrinsic pathway
national normalized ratio) measure the in-
tegrity of

29. Develop recurrent infections

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