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Pathophysiology Midterm
6501 | Walden University
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, A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
An aide asks the nurse why people who have Answer: Expressivity
neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse
explain to the aide?
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which
should the nurse include regarding cholesterol? reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how Answer: Autosomal recessive
should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by
an _____ gene
How are potassium and sodium transported across Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
plasma membranes?
The nurse would be correct in identifying the Answer: Sodium
predominant extracellular cation as:
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
reticulum results in:
What principle should the nurse remember when trying Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed
to distinguish aging from diseases? to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has a Answer: Turner syndrome
karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X
chromosome with only a single X chromosome
present? Her features include a short stature, widely
spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow,
and sparse body hair.
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In Answer: Nucleolus
which region of the cell would most of the genetic
information be contained?
The nurse is teaching staff about the most common Answer: Maternal nondisjunction
cause of Down syndrome. What is the nurse
describing?
Pathophysiology Midterm
6501 | Walden University
Study Guide, Practice
Questions & Exam
Review
|Guaranteed success|
, A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
An aide asks the nurse why people who have Answer: Expressivity
neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse
explain to the aide?
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which
should the nurse include regarding cholesterol? reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how Answer: Autosomal recessive
should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by
an _____ gene
How are potassium and sodium transported across Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
plasma membranes?
The nurse would be correct in identifying the Answer: Sodium
predominant extracellular cation as:
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
reticulum results in:
What principle should the nurse remember when trying Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed
to distinguish aging from diseases? to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has a Answer: Turner syndrome
karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X
chromosome with only a single X chromosome
present? Her features include a short stature, widely
spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow,
and sparse body hair.
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In Answer: Nucleolus
which region of the cell would most of the genetic
information be contained?
The nurse is teaching staff about the most common Answer: Maternal nondisjunction
cause of Down syndrome. What is the nurse
describing?
