3280 Pathophysiology Exam WITH QUESTION AND WELL
VERIFIED ANSWERS @2026!!!
Define the stages of an illness - ANSWERS💫✔️-Latent period: time between exposure of tissue to
injurious agent and first appearance of signs or symptoms also known as incubation period
Prodromal period: time during which first signs or symptoms appear indicating onset of disease
Acute clinical course: short-lived, may have severe signs and symptoms
Chronic clinical course: may last months to years, may follow an acute course
What are the stages of Selye's general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWERS💫✔️-Alarm
Resistance/Adaptation
Exhaustion
What is the role of catecholamines in Selye's general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWERS💫✔️-
Epinephrine: enhances myocardial contractility, increases heart rate, and increases cardiac output
Norepinephrine: Constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure, reduces gastric secretions, increases
night and far vision (pupil dilation)
Primary prevention and secondary prevention - ANSWERS💫✔️-Primary: Altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure for susceptible persons Ex: vaccines, exercise, diet, and education
Secondary: Early detection, screening and management of disease Ex: colonoscopy, mammogram, self-
testicular exam
Risk factors in disease - ANSWERS💫✔️-A factor that when present, increases the likelihood of disease
Name and define 5 cellular adaptations - ANSWERS💫✔️-Atrophy: cells shrink and reduce their
differentiated functions in response to normal and injurious factors
Hypertrophy: increase in cell mass accompanied by an augmented functional capacity in response to
physiologic and pathophysiologic demands
Hyperplasia: increase in functional capacity related to an increase in cell number because of mitotic
division, more cells in the tissue
Metaplasia: replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
VERIFIED ANSWERS @2026!!!
Define the stages of an illness - ANSWERS💫✔️-Latent period: time between exposure of tissue to
injurious agent and first appearance of signs or symptoms also known as incubation period
Prodromal period: time during which first signs or symptoms appear indicating onset of disease
Acute clinical course: short-lived, may have severe signs and symptoms
Chronic clinical course: may last months to years, may follow an acute course
What are the stages of Selye's general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWERS💫✔️-Alarm
Resistance/Adaptation
Exhaustion
What is the role of catecholamines in Selye's general adaptation syndrome? - ANSWERS💫✔️-
Epinephrine: enhances myocardial contractility, increases heart rate, and increases cardiac output
Norepinephrine: Constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure, reduces gastric secretions, increases
night and far vision (pupil dilation)
Primary prevention and secondary prevention - ANSWERS💫✔️-Primary: Altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure for susceptible persons Ex: vaccines, exercise, diet, and education
Secondary: Early detection, screening and management of disease Ex: colonoscopy, mammogram, self-
testicular exam
Risk factors in disease - ANSWERS💫✔️-A factor that when present, increases the likelihood of disease
Name and define 5 cellular adaptations - ANSWERS💫✔️-Atrophy: cells shrink and reduce their
differentiated functions in response to normal and injurious factors
Hypertrophy: increase in cell mass accompanied by an augmented functional capacity in response to
physiologic and pathophysiologic demands
Hyperplasia: increase in functional capacity related to an increase in cell number because of mitotic
division, more cells in the tissue
Metaplasia: replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
