WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam Review (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Final Exam Review (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct Q: Alzheimer's disease vs parkinson's disease Answer: Alz - affects language and memory Park - affects all executive functioning Q: Huntington's disease Answer: Genetic disorder that causes progressive deterioration of brain cells. caused by a dominant allele. symptoms do not appear until about the age of 30. involves involuntary muscle movement Q: Sclerosis Answer: abnormal condition of hardening Q: disorders that cause vision loss Answer: glaucoma - loss of pheripheral vision, cataracts - cloudy vision, retinal detachment - floaters, flashes, curtain vision Q: kyphosis Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back. Q: disorders that cause hearing loss Answer: Meniere's disease - changes in fluid in tube of inner ear (imbalance and vertigo), Otitis media - middle ear infection Q: Predisposing factors of ischemic stroke Answer: a fib, carotid stenosis, cerebral arteriosclerosis Q: rheumatoid arthritis Answer: A chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling that results in crippling deformities. Causes elevated WBC counts. Q: cerebral contusion Answer: the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull; symptoms: ringing in ears, severe headache, n/v. Q: TIA vs CVA Answer: TIA = -result when a cerebral artery is temp blocked and decreases blood flow to brain Stroke= artery completely blocked leading to death of brain and permanent loss of certain functions Q: multiple sclerosis Answer: A chronic, irreversible disease of the central nervous system marked by damage to the myelin sheath. Plaques occur in the brain and spinal cord causing tremor, weakness, incoordination, paresthesia, and disturbances in vision and speech Q: aneurysm Answer: ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall Q: thrombus vs embolus Answer: Thrombus = clot in arteries embolus = dislodged traveling clot in arteries, blocks blood flow Q: Artherosclerosis Answer: Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of cholesterol plaques helial injury cell formation