SCI 225 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to:
Answer: protect cells from injury
●● If a patient liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse asses
first?
Answer: Brain
●● The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that
leads to progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. To which
disease is the nurse most likely referring?
Answer: Huntington's Disease
●● The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
is called a:
Answer: codon
●● The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
genes and the environment, is called the disease:
Answer: Phenotype
,●● The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is
referred to as:
Answer: a "monosomy"
●● The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis as:
Answer: transcription
●● The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called:
Answer: an euploid cell
●● Which is the chief function of ribosomes?
Answer: protein synthesis
●● A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of
the brain:
Answer: Tay-sachs disease
●● Cellular autophy is:
Answer: a decrease in cell size
, ●● The process by which cells program themselves to die:
Answer: Apoptosis
●● Which causes metaplasia in humans?
Answer: cell injury from noxious stimuli
●● The postmortem decease in a patients body temperature will be
documented as:
Answer: algor mortis
●● Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in:
Answer: cell secretions
●● Clastogens are agents that cause:
Answer: chromosomal breakage
●● Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol (ethanol)
injury?
Answer: Liver
●● The nurse documents "tattooing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have?
Answer: Gunshot wound/ wounds
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to:
Answer: protect cells from injury
●● If a patient liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse asses
first?
Answer: Brain
●● The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that
leads to progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. To which
disease is the nurse most likely referring?
Answer: Huntington's Disease
●● The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
is called a:
Answer: codon
●● The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
genes and the environment, is called the disease:
Answer: Phenotype
,●● The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is
referred to as:
Answer: a "monosomy"
●● The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis as:
Answer: transcription
●● The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called:
Answer: an euploid cell
●● Which is the chief function of ribosomes?
Answer: protein synthesis
●● A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of
the brain:
Answer: Tay-sachs disease
●● Cellular autophy is:
Answer: a decrease in cell size
, ●● The process by which cells program themselves to die:
Answer: Apoptosis
●● Which causes metaplasia in humans?
Answer: cell injury from noxious stimuli
●● The postmortem decease in a patients body temperature will be
documented as:
Answer: algor mortis
●● Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in:
Answer: cell secretions
●● Clastogens are agents that cause:
Answer: chromosomal breakage
●● Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol (ethanol)
injury?
Answer: Liver
●● The nurse documents "tattooing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have?
Answer: Gunshot wound/ wounds
