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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd




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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology 1
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EXAM CODE: NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOG
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Y EXAM ANSWERS-101
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EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. How are cells specialized?
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[Verified Solution]: through the process of differentiation or maturation
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Q2. What are the eight specialized cellular functions?
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[Verified Solution]: movement, conductivity, metabolic absorption, secretion, excretion, respiration, re
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production, and communication dd dd




Q3. What are the three general components of an eukaryotic cell?
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[Verified Solution]: the plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and the intracellular organelles.
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Q4. What causes the release of lysosomal enzemes?
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[Verified Solution]: Cellular injury causing cellular self-digestion
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Q5. What is the location and function of the nucleus?
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[Verified Solution]: the largest membrane-
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bound organelle and is found usually in the cell's center. The chief functions of the nucleus are cell divi
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sion and control of genetic information.
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,Q6. What is Cytoplasm?
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[Verified Solution]: an aqueous solution (cytosol) that fills the space between the nucleus and the plas
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ma membrane.
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Q7. What is the endoplasmic reticulum and what does it specialize in?
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[Verified Solution]: a network of tubular channels (cisternae) that extend throughout the outer nuclear
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membrane. It specializes in the synthesis and transport of protein and lipid components of most of the o
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rganelles




Q8. What is the Golgi complex and what does it do?
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[Verified Solution]: a network of smooth membranes and vesicles located near the nucleus. The Golgi
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dcomplex is responsible for processing and packaging proteins into secretory vesicles
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Q9. What are lysosomes and what do they do?
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[Verified Solution]: saclike structures that originate from the Golgi complex and contain digestive enz
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ymes. These enzymes are responsible for digesting most cellular substances to their basic form, such as
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amino acids, fatty acids, and carbohydrates
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Q10. What are peroxisomes?
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[Verified Solution]: involved in the production and breakdown of hydrogen peroxide
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Q11. Importance of proteins in disease
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[Verified Solution]: The major workhorses of the cell, if misfolded they can cause diseases
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Q12. What are mitochondria responsible for?
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[Verified Solution]: . Mitochondria contain the metabolic machinery necessary for cellular energy met
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abolism (Makes ATP).
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Q13. What is the cytoskeleton?
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[Verified Solution]: the "bone and muscle" of the cell. The internal skeleton is composed of a network
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of protein filaments, including microtubules and actin filaments (microfilaments).
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, Q14. What is the plasma membrane?
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[Verified Solution]: encloses the cell and, by controlling the movement of substances across it, exerts
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a powerful influence on metabolic pathways
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Q15. What is signal transduction?
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[Verified Solution]: The transfer of molecular signals from the exterior to the interior of a cell. If not
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done apoptosis occurs
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Q16. What is protein regulation and what is it composed of?
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[Verified Solution]: protein homeostasis and is defined by the proteostasis network. This network is co
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mposed of ribosomes (makers), chaperones (helpers), and protein breakdown or proteolytic systems. Mal
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function of these systems is associated with disease.
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Q17. What do protein receptors do?
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[Verified Solution]: on the plasma membrane, enable the cell to interact with other cells and with extr
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Q18. What means accomplish cell-to-cell adhesions?
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[Verified Solution]: (1) the extracellular membrane, (2) cell adhesion molecules in the cell's plasma m
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embrane, and (3) specialized cell junctions.
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Q19. What makes up the extracellular matrix and what does it do?
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[Verified Solution]: (1) fibrous structural proteins (collagen and elastin), (2) adhesive glycoproteins, an
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d (3) proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid. The matrix helps regulate cell growth, movement, and different
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iation.




Q20. How do cells communicate?
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[Verified Solution]: (1) they form protein channels (gap junctions); (2) they display receptors that affe
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ct intracellular processes or other cells in direct physical contact; and (3) they use receptor proteins insi
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de the target cell.
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Q21. How is intercellular signaling done?
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[Verified Solution]: contact-dependent, paracrine, hormonal, neurohormonal, and neurotransmitter.
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