NURS 501 PATHO EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; 100% CORRECT;
GRADE A
_____ injury is cellular injury caused by the restoration of
physiologic concentrations of oxygen to cells that have
been exposed to injurious but nonlethal hypoxic
conditions.
a. Hypoxic
b. Hyperoxygenation
c. Reperfusion
d. Ischemic - correct answer- c. Reperfusion
_____ of the epidermis initiate immune responses and
provide defense against environmental antigens.
a. Langerhans cells
b. Merkel cells
,c. Keratinocytes
d. Melanocytes - correct answer- a. Langerhans
cells
A 6-year-old healthy female with mild cold symptoms for
a few days woke up this morning with her right eye glued
shut with greenish discharge that the mother reports
looked like "snot in her eye" so she had to pry her eye
open with a warm rag. The white part of the eye is
pinkish, not painful, and she is not complaining of changes
in vision. On exam, the lids appear normal without
swelling or erythema, the eye is mildly erythematous, and
there is yellowish-green discharge in the lower lid. This
diagnosis is characterized by inflammation of which
structure?
a. Eyelids
b. Sebaceous glands
c. Meibomian glands
d. Conjunctiva - correct answer- d. Conjunctiva
, A 17-year-old male from Pakistan presents for his first
exam since immigrating to the United States. He arrived
on a compassionate visa needing a bone marrow
transplant for treatment of an inherited blood disorder
called Thalassemia Major that is causing significant
anemia requiring monthly blood transfusions and
damaging his liver and pancreas. He is very ill in
appearance with bronzed, yellow-brown skin color. Blood
work reveals elevated liver functions tests (over 10 times
normal) and elevated serum ferritin (in the 1,000s, normal
is about 50-100). The nurse practitioner concludes that
these findings are consistent with:
a. Addison's disesase.
b. hemosiderosis.
c. normal for someone with Thalassemia Major.
d. liver tumor. - correct answer- b.
hemosiderosis.
A 19-year-old female presents to a substance abuse
facility voluntarily. She states, "I want to get clean
because I am pregnant" and she estimates she may be in
the second trimester of her pregnancy. Her urine drug
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS; 100% CORRECT;
GRADE A
_____ injury is cellular injury caused by the restoration of
physiologic concentrations of oxygen to cells that have
been exposed to injurious but nonlethal hypoxic
conditions.
a. Hypoxic
b. Hyperoxygenation
c. Reperfusion
d. Ischemic - correct answer- c. Reperfusion
_____ of the epidermis initiate immune responses and
provide defense against environmental antigens.
a. Langerhans cells
b. Merkel cells
,c. Keratinocytes
d. Melanocytes - correct answer- a. Langerhans
cells
A 6-year-old healthy female with mild cold symptoms for
a few days woke up this morning with her right eye glued
shut with greenish discharge that the mother reports
looked like "snot in her eye" so she had to pry her eye
open with a warm rag. The white part of the eye is
pinkish, not painful, and she is not complaining of changes
in vision. On exam, the lids appear normal without
swelling or erythema, the eye is mildly erythematous, and
there is yellowish-green discharge in the lower lid. This
diagnosis is characterized by inflammation of which
structure?
a. Eyelids
b. Sebaceous glands
c. Meibomian glands
d. Conjunctiva - correct answer- d. Conjunctiva
, A 17-year-old male from Pakistan presents for his first
exam since immigrating to the United States. He arrived
on a compassionate visa needing a bone marrow
transplant for treatment of an inherited blood disorder
called Thalassemia Major that is causing significant
anemia requiring monthly blood transfusions and
damaging his liver and pancreas. He is very ill in
appearance with bronzed, yellow-brown skin color. Blood
work reveals elevated liver functions tests (over 10 times
normal) and elevated serum ferritin (in the 1,000s, normal
is about 50-100). The nurse practitioner concludes that
these findings are consistent with:
a. Addison's disesase.
b. hemosiderosis.
c. normal for someone with Thalassemia Major.
d. liver tumor. - correct answer- b.
hemosiderosis.
A 19-year-old female presents to a substance abuse
facility voluntarily. She states, "I want to get clean
because I am pregnant" and she estimates she may be in
the second trimester of her pregnancy. Her urine drug
