APPLIED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY A CONCEPTUAL
APPROACH TO THE MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
4TH EDITION BRAUN ||ALL CHAPTERS COVERED 1-18(WITH
ANSWER KEY)
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION TO PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ............................... 3
CHAPTER 2 ALTERED CELLS AND TISSUES .............................................. 10
CHAPTER 3 INFLAMMATION AND TISSUE REPAIR ................................. 18
CHAPTER 4 ALTERED IMMUNITY ........................................................... 26
CHAPTER 5 INFECTION .......................................................................... 34
CHAPTER 6 GENETIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS ..................... 41
CHAPTER 7 ALTERED CELLULAR PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
.............................................................................................................. 49
CHAPTER 8 ALTERED FLUID, ELECTROLYTE, AND ACID-BASE BALANCE . 54
CHAPTER 9 ALTERED NEURONAL TRANSMISSION ................................. 69
CHAPTER 10 ALTERED SENSORY FUNCTION AND PAIN PERCEPTION .... 77
CHAPTER 11 ALTERED HORMONAL AND METABOLIC REGULATION ..... 85
CHAPTER 12 ALTERED REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION ................................ 92
CHAPTER 13 ALTERED VENTILATION AND DIFFUSION ........................ 108
CHAPTER 14 ALTERED PERFUSION ........................................................ 54
CHAPTER 15 ALTERED NUTRITION ...................................................... 115
CHAPTER 16 ALTERED ELIMINATION ................................................... 123
CHAPTER 17 DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN AGING .............................. 130
CHAPTER 18 INTEGRATED PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC CONCEPTS: DIABETES
MELLITUS ............................................................................................ 142
,APPLIED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE
MECHANISMS OF DISEASE 4TH EDITION BRAUN
CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION TO PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
1. THE NUCLEUS , WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR FUNCTION AND
SURVIVAL OF THE CELL.
A) IS THE SITE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
B) CONTAINS THE GENETIC CODE
C) TRANSFORMS CELLULAR ENERGY
D) INITIATES AEROBIC METABOLISM
2. ALTHOUGH ENERGY IS NOT MADE IN MITOCHONDRIA, THEY ARE
KNOWN AS THE POWER PLANTS OF THE CELL BECAUSE THEY:
A) CONTAIN RNA FOR PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.
B) UTILIZE GLYCOLYSIS FOR OXIDATIVE ENERGY.
C) EXTRACT ENERGY FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
D) STORE CALCIUM BONDS FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS.
3. ALTHOUGH THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE CELL PLASMA
MEMBRANE IS FORMED BY A LIPID BILAYER, MOST OF THE SPECIFIC
MEMBRANE FUNCTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT BY:
A) BOUND AND TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS.
B) COMPLEX, LONG CARBOHYDRATE CHAINS.
C) SURFACE ANTIGENS AND HORMONE RECEPTORS.
D) A GATING SYSTEM OF SELECTIVE ION CHANNELS.
4. TO EFFECTIVELY RELAY SIGNALS, CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION
UTILIZES CHEMICAL MESSENGER SYSTEMS THAT:
, A) DISPLACE SURFACE RECEPTOR PROTEINS.
B) ACCUMULATE WITHIN CELL GAP JUNCTIONS.
C) BIND TO CONTRACTILE MICROFILAMENTS.
D) RELEASE SECRETIONS INTO EXTRACELLULAR FLUID.
5. AEROBIC METABOLISM, ALSO KNOWN AS OXIDATIVE
METABOLISM, PROVIDES ENERGY BY:
A) REMOVING THE PHOSPHATE BONDS FROM ATP.
B) COMBINING HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN TO FORM WATER.
C) ACTIVATING PYRUVATE STORED IN THE CYTOPLASM.
D) BREAKING DOWN GLUCOSE TO FORM LACTIC ACID.
6. EXOCYTOSIS, THE REVERSE OF ENDOCYTOSIS, IS IMPORTANT IN
INTO THE EXTRACELLULAR FLUID.
A) ENGULFING AND INGESTING FLUID AND PROTEINS FOR
TRANSPORT
B) KILLING, DEGRADING, AND DISSOLVING HARMFUL
MICROORGANISMS
C) REMOVING CELLULAR DEBRIS AND RELEASING SYNTHESIZED
SUBSTANCES
D) DESTRUCTION OF PARTICLES BY LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FOR
SECRETION
7. THE PROCESS RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING AND CONDUCTING
MEMBRANE POTENTIALS IS:
A) DIFFUSION OF CURRENT-CARRYING IONS.