PATHO 370 Final Exam Practice Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
What is a common site for bone metastases to occur?
Vertebral bodies
Midshaft femur
Carpal bones
Radius - ANSWER✔✔-Vertebral bodies
A child presents with bone deficiency and a bowlegged appearance. This
assessment data supports a diagnosis of
Rickets
Osteoporosis
Osteomalacia
Paget disease - ANSWER✔✔-Rickets
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,Symptoms such as headache, lethargy, mood alterations, and epigastric
sensations occur during which phase of a seizure?
Prodromal
Postictal
Complex
Status epilepticus - ANSWER✔✔-Prodromal
Which of the following is true about ischemic stroke? (Select all that apply)
Has risk factors that include atherosclerosis
Can be a result of a hypercoagulable state
Often caused by emboli from the basilar arteries
Results from hemorrhage into brain tissue
Is associated with acute hypertension - ANSWER✔✔-Has risk factors that
include atherosclerosis
Can be a result of a hypercoagulable state
Which is a pathophysiologic change that is consistent with Alzheimer's
disease? (Select all that apply)
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,Amyloid plaques
Epileptogenic focus
Focal cerebral infarct
Neurofibrillary tangles
Abnormal serotonin system - ANSWER✔✔-Amyloid plaques
Neurofibrillary tangles
Which is associated with early increased intracranial pressure?
Inability to move
Unresponsiveness
Inability to verbalize
Headache - ANSWER✔✔-Headache
A 6-year-old boy presents with polyarthritis. His parents report no past
medical history except for a sore throat 6 weeks previously. On physical
exam a murmur is noted. The assessment data supports a diagnosis of
Acute Rheumatic Fever
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, Rheumatoid arthritis
Lyme disease
Reiter syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-Acute Rheumatic Fever
What is responsible for producing rheumatoid factor antibodies?
T lymphocytes
Macrophages
Tumor necrosis factor-
B cells - ANSWER✔✔-B cells
A motor vehicle accident has resulted in a factor where the articular
surfaces of the tibial surface and femoral condyles are no long in contact
with one another. Which term best describes the condition?
Subluxation
Dislocation
Malunion
Nonunion
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Answers 100% Pass
What is a common site for bone metastases to occur?
Vertebral bodies
Midshaft femur
Carpal bones
Radius - ANSWER✔✔-Vertebral bodies
A child presents with bone deficiency and a bowlegged appearance. This
assessment data supports a diagnosis of
Rickets
Osteoporosis
Osteomalacia
Paget disease - ANSWER✔✔-Rickets
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,Symptoms such as headache, lethargy, mood alterations, and epigastric
sensations occur during which phase of a seizure?
Prodromal
Postictal
Complex
Status epilepticus - ANSWER✔✔-Prodromal
Which of the following is true about ischemic stroke? (Select all that apply)
Has risk factors that include atherosclerosis
Can be a result of a hypercoagulable state
Often caused by emboli from the basilar arteries
Results from hemorrhage into brain tissue
Is associated with acute hypertension - ANSWER✔✔-Has risk factors that
include atherosclerosis
Can be a result of a hypercoagulable state
Which is a pathophysiologic change that is consistent with Alzheimer's
disease? (Select all that apply)
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,Amyloid plaques
Epileptogenic focus
Focal cerebral infarct
Neurofibrillary tangles
Abnormal serotonin system - ANSWER✔✔-Amyloid plaques
Neurofibrillary tangles
Which is associated with early increased intracranial pressure?
Inability to move
Unresponsiveness
Inability to verbalize
Headache - ANSWER✔✔-Headache
A 6-year-old boy presents with polyarthritis. His parents report no past
medical history except for a sore throat 6 weeks previously. On physical
exam a murmur is noted. The assessment data supports a diagnosis of
Acute Rheumatic Fever
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, Rheumatoid arthritis
Lyme disease
Reiter syndrome - ANSWER✔✔-Acute Rheumatic Fever
What is responsible for producing rheumatoid factor antibodies?
T lymphocytes
Macrophages
Tumor necrosis factor-
B cells - ANSWER✔✔-B cells
A motor vehicle accident has resulted in a factor where the articular
surfaces of the tibial surface and femoral condyles are no long in contact
with one another. Which term best describes the condition?
Subluxation
Dislocation
Malunion
Nonunion
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