SCI 225 Pathophysiology Midterm Study Guide A+GRADED
1. The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis
for this patient? (NC): Cystic Fibrosis
2. Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: (NC): protect the cells from injury
3. The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads
to progressve dementia in middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? (NC): Huntington Disease
4. The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called
a? (NC): Codon
5. The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and
the environment, is called the disease? (NC): Phenotype
6. The condition that occurs when a zygot is missing in each cell is referred to
as? (NC): monosomy
7. The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein synthesis is?
(NC): Transcription
8. The somatic cell that contians a multiple of 23 chromosomes is called?
(NC): euploid cell
9. Which is the chief function of ribosomes? (NC): protein synthesis
10. A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of the brain
is? (NC): Tay-Sachs Disease
, 11. Cellular Atrophy: (NC) **: a decrease in cell size
12. The process by which cells program themselves to die? (NC) **: Apoptosis
13. Which causes metaplasia in humans? (NC): cell injury from noxious stimuli
14. The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be docu-
mented as? (NC): Algor Mortis
15. Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in? (NC): Cell secretions
16. Clastogens are agents that cause? (NC): Chromosomal breakage
17. Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol (ethanol)
injury? (NC): Liver
18. The nurse documents "tattoing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have? (NC): Gunshot wounds
19. When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which
medical term should the nurse document on the chart? (NC): An Avulsion
20. A patient with a combined immune deficieny lacks: (NC): T and B lympocytes
21. When assessing a patient with SLE, you should expect to identify? (NC): -
Arthralgia, anemia, and rash
22. Your patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. Which type of hypersensi-
tivity are they displaying? (NC): Type 1
23. The major phagocytic cells in inflammation are? (NC): Neutrophils and Macrophages
24. What is the role of plasmin in the inflammatory response cycle? (NC): It controls
1. The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis
for this patient? (NC): Cystic Fibrosis
2. Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: (NC): protect the cells from injury
3. The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads
to progressve dementia in middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? (NC): Huntington Disease
4. The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called
a? (NC): Codon
5. The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and
the environment, is called the disease? (NC): Phenotype
6. The condition that occurs when a zygot is missing in each cell is referred to
as? (NC): monosomy
7. The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein synthesis is?
(NC): Transcription
8. The somatic cell that contians a multiple of 23 chromosomes is called?
(NC): euploid cell
9. Which is the chief function of ribosomes? (NC): protein synthesis
10. A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of the brain
is? (NC): Tay-Sachs Disease
, 11. Cellular Atrophy: (NC) **: a decrease in cell size
12. The process by which cells program themselves to die? (NC) **: Apoptosis
13. Which causes metaplasia in humans? (NC): cell injury from noxious stimuli
14. The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be docu-
mented as? (NC): Algor Mortis
15. Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in? (NC): Cell secretions
16. Clastogens are agents that cause? (NC): Chromosomal breakage
17. Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol (ethanol)
injury? (NC): Liver
18. The nurse documents "tattoing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have? (NC): Gunshot wounds
19. When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which
medical term should the nurse document on the chart? (NC): An Avulsion
20. A patient with a combined immune deficieny lacks: (NC): T and B lympocytes
21. When assessing a patient with SLE, you should expect to identify? (NC): -
Arthralgia, anemia, and rash
22. Your patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. Which type of hypersensi-
tivity are they displaying? (NC): Type 1
23. The major phagocytic cells in inflammation are? (NC): Neutrophils and Macrophages
24. What is the role of plasmin in the inflammatory response cycle? (NC): It controls
