Portage Learning Pathophysiology Final Exam with precise answers

Portage Learning Pathophysiology Final | | | |




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When an aide asks the nurse about the purpose of the inflammatory process,
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how should the nurse respond?
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a. To lyse cell membranes of microorganisms.
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b. To create immunity against subsequent tissue injury.
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c. To prevent infection of the injured tissue.
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d. To provide specific responses toward antigens. - Correct answer ✔c
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The phase of the cell cycle during which the centromeres split and the sister
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chromatids are pulled apart is referred to as:
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a. anaphase.
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b. prophase.
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c. metaphase.
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d. telophase. - Correct answer ✔a
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While reading a textbook, a student reads the term apoptosis. The student
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recalls that apoptosis is a condition in which cells program themselves to:
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a. regenerate.
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,b. die.
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c. atrophy.
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d. age. - Correct answer ✔b
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A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype
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would reveal which of the following?
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a. XXY
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b. XYY
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c. XX
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d. XY - Correct answer ✔a
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A 30-year-old male was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The glass from the
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shattered window cut his face and neck. The scar, however, was raised and
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extended beyond the original boundaries of the wound. This pattern of scarring
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is caused by impaired:
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a. nutritional status.
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b. contraction.
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c. epithelialization.
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d. collagen synthesis. - Correct answer ✔d
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When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in response to
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an increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will experience hypertrophy
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which is an: | |

,a. increase in size.
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b. increase in excitability.
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c. decrease in number.
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d. decrease in length. - Correct answer ✔a
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The nurse identified each of the following clinical manifestations of
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inflammation. Which would the nurse classify as a local response? (select all
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that apply)
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a. Swelling
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b. Fever
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c. Heat
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d. Redness
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e. Pain - Correct answer ✔a,c,d,e
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Which finding would support the diagnosis of respiratory acidosis?
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a. Hyperventilation
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b. Pneumonia
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c. An increase in noncarbonic acids
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d. Vomiting - Correct answer ✔b
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, A patient wants to know the risk factors for Down syndrome. What is the
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nurse's best response?
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a. Increased paternal age.
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b. Fetal exposure to mutagens in the uterus.
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c. Family history of Down syndrome.
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d. Pregnancy in women over age 35. - Correct answer ✔d
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For a patient with respiratory acidosis, chronic compensation by the body will
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include:



a. protein buffering.
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b. kidney excretion of H+.
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c. kidney excretion of HCO3.
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d. prolonged exhalations to blow off CO2. - Correct answer ✔b
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Cystic fibrosis is caused by what gene abnormality?
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a. X-linked dominant
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b. Autosomal dominant
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c. Autosomal recessive
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d. X-linked recessive - Correct answer ✔c
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