SCI 225: Pathophysiology Exam
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The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis for
this patient? - ✔✔Cystic fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: - ✔✔protect cells from injury
If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse assess first? -
✔✔Brain
The Nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to
progressive dementia in the middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? - ✔✔Huntington Disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called a: -
✔✔codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and the
environment is called the disease: - ✔✔phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is referred to as: -
✔✔a monosomy
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved |
Graded A+
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis for
this patient? - ✔✔Cystic fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: - ✔✔protect cells from injury
If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse assess first? -
✔✔Brain
The Nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to
progressive dementia in the middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? - ✔✔Huntington Disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called a: -
✔✔codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and the
environment is called the disease: - ✔✔phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is referred to as: -
✔✔a monosomy
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