PATHO 3505 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Located in the hypothalamus of the brain, these sensor cells are essential in
maintaining the fluid balance of the body:
Chemoreceptors
Hydroreceptors
Osmoreceptors
Isoreceptors - ✔✔Osmoreceptors
✔✔The four general causes of edema are increased capillary pressure, chronic
obstruction of lymph vessels, and:
High salt concentration in serum and dilation of arteries
Loss of plasma proteins and increased capillary permeability
Decreased venous pressure and increased heart rate
Infection and antibiotic abuse - ✔✔Loss of plasma proteins and increased capillary
permeability
✔✔Drugs that cause increased excretion of water through the kidneys and urine
production are classified as:
Histamines
Diuretics
Steroids
Emetics - ✔✔Diuretics
✔✔The condition of high serum potassium levels as a result of renal failure is referred
to as:
Hyperkalemia
Hypernatremia
Hypercalcemia
, Hyperplasia - ✔✔Hyperkalemia
✔✔Hypoparathyroidism and malabsorption with effects such as tetany are characteristic
of the electrolyte imbalance referred to as:
Hypocalcemia
Hypoplasia
Hyponatremia
Hypokalemia - ✔✔Hypocalcemia
✔✔Decrease in bone density, especially in weight-bearing areas, and depression of
neuromuscular activity are typical symptoms of the electrolyte imbalance referred to as:
Hypoplasia
Hyperkalemia
Hyponatremia
Hypercalcemia - ✔✔Hypercalcemia
✔✔A solution in which adding small amounts of acid or base will not measurably
change the pH is called a(n):
Organic acid
Electrolyte
Buffer
Neutralizer - ✔✔Buffer
✔✔In reaction to an acid-base imbalance, the body can use two corrective
mechanisms:
Compensation and decompensation
Titration and reversal
Activation and deactivation
Stimulation and destimulation - ✔✔Compensation and decompensation
✔✔Bone that is composed of units referred to as osteons that are tightly packed
together, producing a very strong rigid structure that forms the outer covering of bones,
is called:
Compact bone
Cancellous bone
Spongy bone
Rigid bone - ✔✔
✔✔Two types of inclusions that may be found in skeletal muscle fibers are:
✔✔Located in the hypothalamus of the brain, these sensor cells are essential in
maintaining the fluid balance of the body:
Chemoreceptors
Hydroreceptors
Osmoreceptors
Isoreceptors - ✔✔Osmoreceptors
✔✔The four general causes of edema are increased capillary pressure, chronic
obstruction of lymph vessels, and:
High salt concentration in serum and dilation of arteries
Loss of plasma proteins and increased capillary permeability
Decreased venous pressure and increased heart rate
Infection and antibiotic abuse - ✔✔Loss of plasma proteins and increased capillary
permeability
✔✔Drugs that cause increased excretion of water through the kidneys and urine
production are classified as:
Histamines
Diuretics
Steroids
Emetics - ✔✔Diuretics
✔✔The condition of high serum potassium levels as a result of renal failure is referred
to as:
Hyperkalemia
Hypernatremia
Hypercalcemia
, Hyperplasia - ✔✔Hyperkalemia
✔✔Hypoparathyroidism and malabsorption with effects such as tetany are characteristic
of the electrolyte imbalance referred to as:
Hypocalcemia
Hypoplasia
Hyponatremia
Hypokalemia - ✔✔Hypocalcemia
✔✔Decrease in bone density, especially in weight-bearing areas, and depression of
neuromuscular activity are typical symptoms of the electrolyte imbalance referred to as:
Hypoplasia
Hyperkalemia
Hyponatremia
Hypercalcemia - ✔✔Hypercalcemia
✔✔A solution in which adding small amounts of acid or base will not measurably
change the pH is called a(n):
Organic acid
Electrolyte
Buffer
Neutralizer - ✔✔Buffer
✔✔In reaction to an acid-base imbalance, the body can use two corrective
mechanisms:
Compensation and decompensation
Titration and reversal
Activation and deactivation
Stimulation and destimulation - ✔✔Compensation and decompensation
✔✔Bone that is composed of units referred to as osteons that are tightly packed
together, producing a very strong rigid structure that forms the outer covering of bones,
is called:
Compact bone
Cancellous bone
Spongy bone
Rigid bone - ✔✔
✔✔Two types of inclusions that may be found in skeletal muscle fibers are:
