PATHO HESI Exam 2026
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS | 100% VERIFIED
CORRECT | GRADE A+
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - ANSWER-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - ANSWER-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - ANSWER-c. They include epinephrine and
,norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
,b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity - ANSWER-b. Endorphins increase with
stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by endocytosis and
exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion - ANSWER-d. They cross by diffusion
Which of the following metabolic processes is a component of anabolic
metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Citric acid cycle
d. Oxidative phosphorylation - ANSWER-a. Protein synthesis
Which of the following electrochemical mechanism is responsible for maintaining
cell volume?
a. The calcium pump
b. Glucose transporters
c. The sodium-potassium pump
, d. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters - ANSWER-c. The sodium-potassium
pump
Cellular hypoxia results in:
a. Enhanced ATP activity
b. Loss of intracellular calcium
c. Increased pH
d. Failure of the sodium-potassium pump - ANSWER-d. Failure of the sodium-
potassium pump
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - ANSWER-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - ANSWER-b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ANSWERS | 100% VERIFIED
CORRECT | GRADE A+
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - ANSWER-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - ANSWER-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - ANSWER-c. They include epinephrine and
,norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
,b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity - ANSWER-b. Endorphins increase with
stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by endocytosis and
exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion - ANSWER-d. They cross by diffusion
Which of the following metabolic processes is a component of anabolic
metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Citric acid cycle
d. Oxidative phosphorylation - ANSWER-a. Protein synthesis
Which of the following electrochemical mechanism is responsible for maintaining
cell volume?
a. The calcium pump
b. Glucose transporters
c. The sodium-potassium pump
, d. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters - ANSWER-c. The sodium-potassium
pump
Cellular hypoxia results in:
a. Enhanced ATP activity
b. Loss of intracellular calcium
c. Increased pH
d. Failure of the sodium-potassium pump - ANSWER-d. Failure of the sodium-
potassium pump
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - ANSWER-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - ANSWER-b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
