WALDEN UNIVERSITY
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH
100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
What is the link between major depression and cor5sol secre5on?
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cor5sol
levels can result in inflamma5on that is believed to trigger depression
A pa5ent has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the pa5ent is needed to treat
this anemia?
Erythropoie5n
What is the first indica5on of nephro5c syndrome in children?
Periorbital edema
A pa5ent is in the emergency department with heat stroke. What finding does
the healthcare provider associate with this condi5on?
Absence of swea5ng despite a high core temperature
Clinical manifesta5ons that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the deple5on of iron stores support which
diagnosis?
Abnormal uterine bleeding
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic
fracture. The pa5ent asks the professional to explain the condi5on. What
response by the professional is best?
A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone.
,A pa5ent has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the
bone surfaces to par5ally lose contact with each other. What treatment does
the health care professional prepare the pa5ent for?
Reduc5on and immobiliza5on
Cys5c fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus produc5on
Stroke volume (sv)
Measurement of the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle in one
contrac5on
Mul5ple sclerosis (ms)
Disease of the central nervous system characterized by the demyelina5on
(deteriora5on of the myelin sheath) of nerve fibers, with episodes of
neurologic dysfunc5on (exacerba5on) followed by recovery (remission)
Transient ischemic aNack (5a)
Minor stroke; where neurological func5on is regained quickly with 5me
Myasthenia gravis
Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary
muscles
Headaches
Pain anywhere in the cranial cavity (a.k.a. Cephalalgia)
Seizure disorders
Head injury
Spinal cord injury
The type of paralysis is determined by the level of the vertebra closest to the
injury
Inflammatory disease of the musculoskeletal system
Osteoporosis
, A condi5on in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
Osteopenia
Abnormal reduc5on of bone mass
Bursi5s
Inflamma5on of a bursa usually caused by a blow or fric5on
Tendini5s
Inflamma5on of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of the joint
Gout
A type of arthri5s characterized by deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints
Lyme disease
Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi.
Spondylosis
A degenera5ve disorder that can cause the loss of normal spinal structure and
func5on
Fractures
A crack or break in a bone
Parkinson's
A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, oZen
including tremors.
Alzheimer's
A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental
func5ons.
Osteoblasts
Bone building cells
Osteocytes
A bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it
has secreted.
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 WITH
100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
What is the link between major depression and cor5sol secre5on?
Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma cor5sol
levels can result in inflamma5on that is believed to trigger depression
A pa5ent has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What
substance does the healthcare professional tell the pa5ent is needed to treat
this anemia?
Erythropoie5n
What is the first indica5on of nephro5c syndrome in children?
Periorbital edema
A pa5ent is in the emergency department with heat stroke. What finding does
the healthcare provider associate with this condi5on?
Absence of swea5ng despite a high core temperature
Clinical manifesta5ons that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the
passage of large clots, and the deple5on of iron stores support which
diagnosis?
Abnormal uterine bleeding
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic
fracture. The pa5ent asks the professional to explain the condi5on. What
response by the professional is best?
A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already in that bone.
,A pa5ent has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the
bone surfaces to par5ally lose contact with each other. What treatment does
the health care professional prepare the pa5ent for?
Reduc5on and immobiliza5on
Cys5c fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
Excessive mucus produc5on
Stroke volume (sv)
Measurement of the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle in one
contrac5on
Mul5ple sclerosis (ms)
Disease of the central nervous system characterized by the demyelina5on
(deteriora5on of the myelin sheath) of nerve fibers, with episodes of
neurologic dysfunc5on (exacerba5on) followed by recovery (remission)
Transient ischemic aNack (5a)
Minor stroke; where neurological func5on is regained quickly with 5me
Myasthenia gravis
Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary
muscles
Headaches
Pain anywhere in the cranial cavity (a.k.a. Cephalalgia)
Seizure disorders
Head injury
Spinal cord injury
The type of paralysis is determined by the level of the vertebra closest to the
injury
Inflammatory disease of the musculoskeletal system
Osteoporosis
, A condi5on in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
Osteopenia
Abnormal reduc5on of bone mass
Bursi5s
Inflamma5on of a bursa usually caused by a blow or fric5on
Tendini5s
Inflamma5on of the tendons caused by excessive or unusual use of the joint
Gout
A type of arthri5s characterized by deposits of uric acid crystals in the joints
Lyme disease
Tick-borne disease caused by the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi.
Spondylosis
A degenera5ve disorder that can cause the loss of normal spinal structure and
func5on
Fractures
A crack or break in a bone
Parkinson's
A disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement, oZen
including tremors.
Alzheimer's
A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental
func5ons.
Osteoblasts
Bone building cells
Osteocytes
A bone cell, formed when an osteoblast becomes embedded in the matrix it
has secreted.
