Updated MSN 570
Advanced
Pathophysiology
2026/2027 – Questions,
Answers & Complete
Study Guide
*Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathophysiology* - answers
100% correct✔✔
Risk - answers 100% correct✔✔ Factor that when
present increases the chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the
likelihood of encountering a stressor
,Prevalence - answers 100% correct✔✔ A measure of
disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood
of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent
cases is the total number of cases of disease existing in a
population. A prevalence rate is the total number of cases
of a disease existing in a population divided by the total
population
Indicates how widespread the disease is
Incidence - answers 100% correct✔✔ A measure of
disease that allows us to determine a person's probability
of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of
time. Therefore, incidence is the number of newly
diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence rate is the
number of new cases of a disease divided by the number
of persons at risk for the disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the
disease.
Ratio - answers 100% correct✔✔ The quantitative
relation between two amounts showing the number of
times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Primary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Altering susceptibility or reducing exposure for susceptible
persons
,*Both illness and disease are absent
example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles
Secondary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Early detection, screening, and management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present
example: screenings and testings
Tertiary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability, and
restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present
example: education
Epidemiology - answers 100% correct✔✔ study of the
patterns of disease involving populations; examining the
occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission, and
distribution of diseases in large groups of
populations/people
Endemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ A disease theat
is native to a local region
, Epidemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ When a disease
is disseninated to many individals at the same time
(spread to many people at the same time)
Pandemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ Epidemics that
affect large geographic regions, perhaps spreading
worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)
*Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to
Stressors* - answers 100% correct✔✔
Homeostasis - answers 100% correct✔✔ A state of
being in which all systems are in balance around a
articular ideal "set-point"
Exhausation - answers 100% correct✔✔ Point where
body can no longer return to homeostasis following a
prolonged exposure to noxious agents
Allostatic Overload - answers 100% correct✔✔ "Cost"
of body's organs and tissues for an excessive or
ineffectively regulated allostatic response; effect of "wear
and tear" on the body
Advanced
Pathophysiology
2026/2027 – Questions,
Answers & Complete
Study Guide
*Chapter 1: Introduction to Pathophysiology* - answers
100% correct✔✔
Risk - answers 100% correct✔✔ Factor that when
present increases the chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the
likelihood of encountering a stressor
,Prevalence - answers 100% correct✔✔ A measure of
disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood
of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent
cases is the total number of cases of disease existing in a
population. A prevalence rate is the total number of cases
of a disease existing in a population divided by the total
population
Indicates how widespread the disease is
Incidence - answers 100% correct✔✔ A measure of
disease that allows us to determine a person's probability
of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of
time. Therefore, incidence is the number of newly
diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence rate is the
number of new cases of a disease divided by the number
of persons at risk for the disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the
disease.
Ratio - answers 100% correct✔✔ The quantitative
relation between two amounts showing the number of
times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Primary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Altering susceptibility or reducing exposure for susceptible
persons
,*Both illness and disease are absent
example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles
Secondary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Early detection, screening, and management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present
example: screenings and testings
Tertiary Prevention - answers 100% correct✔✔
Rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing disability, and
restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present
example: education
Epidemiology - answers 100% correct✔✔ study of the
patterns of disease involving populations; examining the
occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission, and
distribution of diseases in large groups of
populations/people
Endemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ A disease theat
is native to a local region
, Epidemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ When a disease
is disseninated to many individals at the same time
(spread to many people at the same time)
Pandemic - answers 100% correct✔✔ Epidemics that
affect large geographic regions, perhaps spreading
worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)
*Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to
Stressors* - answers 100% correct✔✔
Homeostasis - answers 100% correct✔✔ A state of
being in which all systems are in balance around a
articular ideal "set-point"
Exhausation - answers 100% correct✔✔ Point where
body can no longer return to homeostasis following a
prolonged exposure to noxious agents
Allostatic Overload - answers 100% correct✔✔ "Cost"
of body's organs and tissues for an excessive or
ineffectively regulated allostatic response; effect of "wear
and tear" on the body
