Nightingale Pathophysiology Midterm exam
questions with answers
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the
most likely diagnoses for this patient? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔cystic fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protect cells from injury
If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse
asses first? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington's disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
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,is called a: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
genes and the environment, is called the disease: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is
referred to as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A "monosomy"
The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transcription
The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An euploid cell
Which is the chief function of ribosomes? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Protein synthesis
A disease results in accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of the
brain: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tay-Sachs disease
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, Cell atrophy is: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A decrease in cell
size
The process by which cells program themselves to die: -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Apoptosis
Which causes meta plasma in humans? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Cell injury from noxious stimuli
The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be
documented as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Algor Mortis
Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔cell secretions
Clastogens are agents that cause - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔chromosomal breakage
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol
(ethanol) injury? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
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questions with answers
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the
most likely diagnoses for this patient? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔cystic fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protect cells from injury
If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse
asses first? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington's disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
1 \\\\\\/ \\\\\\
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,is called a: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
genes and the environment, is called the disease: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is
referred to as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A "monosomy"
The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transcription
The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An euploid cell
Which is the chief function of ribosomes? - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Protein synthesis
A disease results in accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of the
brain: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tay-Sachs disease
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, Cell atrophy is: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A decrease in cell
size
The process by which cells program themselves to die: -
🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Apoptosis
Which causes meta plasma in humans? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Cell injury from noxious stimuli
The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be
documented as: - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Algor Mortis
Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in: - 🔹CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔cell secretions
Clastogens are agents that cause - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔chromosomal breakage
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol
(ethanol) injury? - 🔹CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
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