Capriotti_Pathophysiology_250_Question_Study_Test

Test Bank for Davis Advantage for Pathophysiology 3rd
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250 Original Exam-Style Questions • All 46 Chapters • Clinical/Nursing Focus
Note: To avoid reproducing copyrighted commercial test-bank content, the questions below are newly written and designed to mirror the kinds
of high-yield clinical concepts commonly assessed from this edition. The published 3rd-edition structure contains 46 chapters and emphasizes
clinical judgment, disease mechanisms, manifestations, and nursing-relevant concepts.

Original clinical diagram: simplified circulation


→ →
Lungs Left heart Body



oxygenated blood → tissues → deoxygenated blood → lungs




Original clinical diagram: simplified nephron

tubule

Glomerulus


collecting
duct

,1. The Cell in Health and Illness
1. A patient asks how a cell maintains a high intracellular potassium concentration. Which mechanism is
responsible?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Sodium-potassium pump
2. Which organelle is the primary site of aerobic ATP production?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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■ ✓ Mitochondria
Primary bacterial infection
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3. Which change is most consistent with increased plasma-membrane permeability during cell injury?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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■ ✓ Loss of normal ionic gradients
Increased insulin secretion
•
Primary bacterial infection
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4. Which transport process requires cellular energy to move a substance against its concentration gradient?

■ ✓ Active transport
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
•
Primary bacterial infection
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5. Which structure selectively controls movement between the intracellular and extracellular environments?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Plasma membrane
2. Cellular Injury, Adaptations, and Maladaptive Changes
6. A tissue is briefly ischemic and then reperfused. Which mechanism can worsen cellular injury after blood flow
returns?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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■ ✓ Reactive oxygen species generation
Primary bacterial infection
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7. Which event occurs earliest in hypoxic cell injury?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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■ ✓ ATP depletion
Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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8. An increase in the size of individual cells in an organ is called what?

■ ✓ Hypertrophy

, Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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9. Which process removes damaged cells through programmed cell death?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Apoptosis
10. Why are neurons particularly vulnerable to prolonged hypoxia?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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■ ✓ They have high metabolic demand and limited energy reserves
Primary bacterial infection
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3. Genetic Basis of Disease
11. A disorder appears in successive generations and affects males and females. Which inheritance pattern is
most likely?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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■ ✓ Autosomal dominant
Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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12. A mutation changes one nucleotide in a DNA sequence. What type of mutation is this?

■ ✓ Point mutation
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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13. Which process uses DNA as a template to produce messenger RNA?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Transcription
14. A child has three copies of chromosome 21. What is this chromosomal abnormality called?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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■ ✓ Trisomy
Primary bacterial infection
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15. Two unaffected carrier parents have an affected child. Which inheritance pattern best fits this scenario?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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■ ✓ Autosomal recessive
Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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4. Stress, Exercise, and Immobility

, 16. Which hormone is central to the longer-term physiologic stress response?

■ ✓ Cortisol
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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Original clinical diagram: simplified alveolus


capillary
alveolus


O■ moves toward blood; CO■ moves toward alveolar air




17. Which complication is a major concern during prolonged immobility?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Venous thromboembolism
18. Regular aerobic exercise most directly improves which physiologic function?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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■ ✓ Cardiovascular conditioning
Primary bacterial infection
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19. A patient becomes dizzy when first standing after prolonged bed rest. What mechanism contributes?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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■ ✓ Orthostatic intolerance
Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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20. Why does prolonged immobility cause muscle wasting?

■ ✓ Reduced mechanical loading and protein synthesis
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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5. Obesity and Nutritional Imbalances
21. Which inflammatory mediator released from adipose tissue is associated with insulin resistance?
Reduced tissue perfusion
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Increased insulin secretion
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Primary bacterial infection
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■ ✓ Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
22. Which condition results from inadequate protein and energy intake?