WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM NEW
VERSION 2024- 2026 D236 WGU
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY REAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and
diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️b. A disease
accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response
to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
,c. neutrofils
d. skin -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious
condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️a. serum
sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each
other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️b. interatrial
septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction
and relaxation?
, a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic
response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️d.
beta-adregenic blocking agent
What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. regular, dense
connective tissue
Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple
nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
d. nervous -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. skeletal muscle
VERSION 2024- 2026 D236 WGU
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY REAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and
diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️b. A disease
accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response
to infection?
a. tears
b. saliva
,c. neutrofils
d. skin -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious
condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️a. serum
sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each
other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️b. interatrial
septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction
and relaxation?
, a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic
response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️d.
beta-adregenic blocking agent
What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. regular, dense
connective tissue
Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple
nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
d. nervous -CORRECT ANSWER ✔️c. skeletal muscle
