Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Exam Test with Answers
1. What is pathophysiology? The study of how disease affects function-
ing of body and takes it out of homeostasis.
2. All diseases involve one of two damage/injury to the cells and that causes
things to the cells. Those are injury/disfunction/death to the cells
or .
3. What is etiology? cause of disease
4. What are risk factors? things that increase the risk for developing
the disease
5. What are pathogens and what They are what carry the disease. Ex: bac-
are some examples of them? teria, virus, fungi, etc.
6. What are symptoms? something the patient reports (subjective)
7. What are signs? something seen or measured (objec-
tive and should be repeatable by every
Dr/nurse)
8. What are the levels of biologi- molecules - cells - tissues - organs - organ
cal organization? system
9. Homeostasis is dependent on protein
.
10. changes the temperature
shape of protein cells.
11. Enzymes are a type of protein chemical reactions in the body
that causes .
12. Enzymes work best at tempera- 98.6 degrees F or 37 degrees C
tures F or C.
13. Any change in temperature will shape of the enzyme; stop
change the and
a reaction.
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, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Exam Test with Answers
14. What happens to enzymes at cells start dying
very high tempts? (40 degrees
C or 104 degrees F)
15. What is cellular communica- working together of cells, tissues, and or-
tion/integration? gans
16. What do receptors do? they receive the information
17. What are neurotransmitters? chemical messengers that cross the
synaptic gaps between neurons
18. What is a neuron? the nerve cell that travels across the sys-
tem
19. What is endocrine signaling? Hormones moving; slower than neural
20. What is local signaling? Location, close by signal (inflammatory re-
sponse, just happens at location)
21. Every reaction in body occurs cellular communication
with .
22. What is pharmacology? composition, effects and uses of drugs
23. What is pharmacokinetics? how the body processes drug
24. What is metabolism? breaking down of substances into water
soluble bits
25. Drug absorption (oral route) small intestine; stomach
is mostly absorbed in
, some in
.
26. The liver helps with the first pass metabolism
process of
.
27. liver; breaks down and changes it
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1. What is pathophysiology? The study of how disease affects function-
ing of body and takes it out of homeostasis.
2. All diseases involve one of two damage/injury to the cells and that causes
things to the cells. Those are injury/disfunction/death to the cells
or .
3. What is etiology? cause of disease
4. What are risk factors? things that increase the risk for developing
the disease
5. What are pathogens and what They are what carry the disease. Ex: bac-
are some examples of them? teria, virus, fungi, etc.
6. What are symptoms? something the patient reports (subjective)
7. What are signs? something seen or measured (objec-
tive and should be repeatable by every
Dr/nurse)
8. What are the levels of biologi- molecules - cells - tissues - organs - organ
cal organization? system
9. Homeostasis is dependent on protein
.
10. changes the temperature
shape of protein cells.
11. Enzymes are a type of protein chemical reactions in the body
that causes .
12. Enzymes work best at tempera- 98.6 degrees F or 37 degrees C
tures F or C.
13. Any change in temperature will shape of the enzyme; stop
change the and
a reaction.
1/5
, Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Exam Test with Answers
14. What happens to enzymes at cells start dying
very high tempts? (40 degrees
C or 104 degrees F)
15. What is cellular communica- working together of cells, tissues, and or-
tion/integration? gans
16. What do receptors do? they receive the information
17. What are neurotransmitters? chemical messengers that cross the
synaptic gaps between neurons
18. What is a neuron? the nerve cell that travels across the sys-
tem
19. What is endocrine signaling? Hormones moving; slower than neural
20. What is local signaling? Location, close by signal (inflammatory re-
sponse, just happens at location)
21. Every reaction in body occurs cellular communication
with .
22. What is pharmacology? composition, effects and uses of drugs
23. What is pharmacokinetics? how the body processes drug
24. What is metabolism? breaking down of substances into water
soluble bits
25. Drug absorption (oral route) small intestine; stomach
is mostly absorbed in
, some in
.
26. The liver helps with the first pass metabolism
process of
.
27. liver; breaks down and changes it
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