NR-283 Patho quiz 1 question and answers.docx

  What is the term used to describe a relative balance in body functions? - Correct Answers: Homeostasis If the term physiology refers to a branch of biology that deals with the function and activities of life or living matter, i.e. organs, tissue, or cells, what is pathophysiology? - Correct Answers: changes that result for disease Give an example of the pathophysiology of an organ, tissue or cell. - Correct Answers: organ: Ischemia tissue: Gangrene cell: dysplasia What are the three levels of prevention? Give examples of each - Correct Answers: Primary: vaccines Secondary: screenings Tertiary: rehabilitation What are some causes of cellular damage - Correct Answers: genetics, nutritional, infectious, environmental Reduced tissue size or mass - Correct Answers: Atrophy increased tissue size or mass - Correct Answers: hypertrophy varies in size and shape - Correct Answers: Dysplasia undifferentiated cells-variable nuclear and structures - Correct Answers: Anaplasia Enlarged tissue mass - Correct Answers: hyperplasia and hypertrophy New Growth - Correct Answers: neoplasia Increase in size of individual cells - Correct Answers: hypertrophy Apoptosis - Correct Answers: programmed cell death, normal increased when cell development abnormal Ischemia - Correct Answers: circulatory obstruction (decreased supply of 02) Gangrene - Correct Answers: DM, Atherosclerosis Atrophy - Correct Answers: malnutrition, lack of exercise Hyperplasia - Correct Answers: pregnancy (enlargement of uterine wall) metaplasia - Correct Answers: smoking (stratified squamous epithelial replaces ciliated columnar epithelium in the respiratory tract) Inflammation - Correct Answers: trauma Dysplasia - Correct Answers: HPV (abnormal Pap) hypoxia - Correct Answers: COPD, Pneumonia Necrosis - Correct Answers: Bacterial infections, TB, Myocardial Infarction