WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY D236 ACTUAL LATEST EXAM
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Antiemetic - ✔✔a medication that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
✔✔Aphthous ulcers - ✔✔recurrent painful canker sores in the mouth
✔✔Ascites - ✔✔abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of serous fluid
✔✔Cholinergic - ✔✔an agent that produces the affect of acetylcholine at the
connections of muscles and nerves
✔✔Endoscopy - ✔✔examination of any cavity in the body with an endoscope
✔✔Fistula - ✔✔an abnormal tubelike passageway
✔✔Fulminant - ✔✔occurring with great intensity; refers to severe pain with sudden
onset
✔✔Gastroscopy - ✔✔visual examination of the stomach using a gastroscope
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔An inflammation of the gums.
✔✔Hematemesis - ✔✔vomiting up blood
✔✔Hepatomegaly - ✔✔enlargement of the liver
✔✔Hypokalemia - ✔✔low potassium levels in the blood
✔✔Inguinal - ✔✔pertaining to the groin
✔✔Intussusception - ✔✔This will cause walls of intestine to rub together, producing
inflammation, swelling & obstruction. Swelling causes decrease in blood flow, resulting
in ischemia, necrosis, perforation & hemorrhage.
✔✔Periodontitis - ✔✔Infection of gums, bone, and teeth
✔✔Peritonitis - ✔✔inflammation of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and
covers the viscera
✔✔Proctoscopy - ✔✔process of examining the rectal and anal area with an endoscope
✔✔Pseudomembranous - ✔✔a false membrane
, ✔✔Sigmoidoscopy - ✔✔visual examination of the sigmoid colon with a sigmoidoscope
✔✔Temporomandibular - ✔✔Joint on each side of the head that allows for movement of
the mandible; consists of the temporal and mandible bones
✔✔Varices - ✔✔Enlarged veins
✔✔Anosmia - ✔✔impatient or loss of smell
✔✔Anthracosis - ✔✔A lung disease caused by inhalation of coal dust. It is also called
coal-miner's lung or black lung.
✔✔Aphonia - ✔✔inability to produce normal speech sounds or loss of voice
✔✔Asbestosis - ✔✔Respiratory disease brough or by inhaling abbestos fibers
✔✔Aspiration - ✔✔drawing in or out by suction
✔✔Circumoral cyanosis - ✔✔a bluish discoloration around the mouth
✔✔Dysphonia - ✔✔hoarseness; difficulty in speaking
✔✔Epistaxis - ✔✔bleeding from the nose
✔✔Exsanguination - ✔✔excessive loss of blood from a part
✔✔Hemoptysis - ✔✔spitting up blood
✔✔Laryngectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the organ of voice (larynx)
✔✔Lymphadenitis - ✔✔inflammation of the lymph nodes
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔disease of the lymph nodes
✔✔Pneumoconiosis - ✔✔Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs, with chronic
inflammation, infection, and bronchitis.
✔✔Rhonchi - ✔✔A whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when
air channels are partially obstructed; the plural of rhonchus
✔✔Rhonchus - ✔✔dry rattling in the throat or bronchus caused by partial obstruction
2026-2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Antiemetic - ✔✔a medication that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
✔✔Aphthous ulcers - ✔✔recurrent painful canker sores in the mouth
✔✔Ascites - ✔✔abnormal intraperitoneal accumulation of serous fluid
✔✔Cholinergic - ✔✔an agent that produces the affect of acetylcholine at the
connections of muscles and nerves
✔✔Endoscopy - ✔✔examination of any cavity in the body with an endoscope
✔✔Fistula - ✔✔an abnormal tubelike passageway
✔✔Fulminant - ✔✔occurring with great intensity; refers to severe pain with sudden
onset
✔✔Gastroscopy - ✔✔visual examination of the stomach using a gastroscope
✔✔Gingivitis - ✔✔An inflammation of the gums.
✔✔Hematemesis - ✔✔vomiting up blood
✔✔Hepatomegaly - ✔✔enlargement of the liver
✔✔Hypokalemia - ✔✔low potassium levels in the blood
✔✔Inguinal - ✔✔pertaining to the groin
✔✔Intussusception - ✔✔This will cause walls of intestine to rub together, producing
inflammation, swelling & obstruction. Swelling causes decrease in blood flow, resulting
in ischemia, necrosis, perforation & hemorrhage.
✔✔Periodontitis - ✔✔Infection of gums, bone, and teeth
✔✔Peritonitis - ✔✔inflammation of the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and
covers the viscera
✔✔Proctoscopy - ✔✔process of examining the rectal and anal area with an endoscope
✔✔Pseudomembranous - ✔✔a false membrane
, ✔✔Sigmoidoscopy - ✔✔visual examination of the sigmoid colon with a sigmoidoscope
✔✔Temporomandibular - ✔✔Joint on each side of the head that allows for movement of
the mandible; consists of the temporal and mandible bones
✔✔Varices - ✔✔Enlarged veins
✔✔Anosmia - ✔✔impatient or loss of smell
✔✔Anthracosis - ✔✔A lung disease caused by inhalation of coal dust. It is also called
coal-miner's lung or black lung.
✔✔Aphonia - ✔✔inability to produce normal speech sounds or loss of voice
✔✔Asbestosis - ✔✔Respiratory disease brough or by inhaling abbestos fibers
✔✔Aspiration - ✔✔drawing in or out by suction
✔✔Circumoral cyanosis - ✔✔a bluish discoloration around the mouth
✔✔Dysphonia - ✔✔hoarseness; difficulty in speaking
✔✔Epistaxis - ✔✔bleeding from the nose
✔✔Exsanguination - ✔✔excessive loss of blood from a part
✔✔Hemoptysis - ✔✔spitting up blood
✔✔Laryngectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the organ of voice (larynx)
✔✔Lymphadenitis - ✔✔inflammation of the lymph nodes
✔✔Lymphadenopathy - ✔✔disease of the lymph nodes
✔✔Pneumoconiosis - ✔✔Abnormal condition caused by dust in the lungs, with chronic
inflammation, infection, and bronchitis.
✔✔Rhonchi - ✔✔A whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when
air channels are partially obstructed; the plural of rhonchus
✔✔Rhonchus - ✔✔dry rattling in the throat or bronchus caused by partial obstruction
