WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
TERITARY |PREVENTION |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Ex: |Counseling, |Rehabilitation, |Management |
programs, |Support |groups. |



Goal |is |prevent |furthur |damage |and |maximize |quality |of |life.



SECONDARY |PREVENTION |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Ex: |Interventions, |Recommending, |Assisting
|with |finding |work, |Assisting |with |medication. |




Goal |is |to |slow |or |stop |progress.



PRIMARY |PREVENTION |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Ex: |Education, |Legistlation, |Regular |exams, |
Vaccinations



Goal |is |to |protect |healthy |people |from |developing |disease.



LATENT |VS. |PRODROMAL |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |LATENT: |

Exposure |--- |First |S/S

2) |PRODROMAL:

First |S/S |--- |Disease



Endemic |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(adj.) |native |or |confined |to |a |particular |region |or |people; |
characteristic |of |or |prevalent |in |a |field



Subclinical |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Stage |of |a |disease |or |disorder |not |severe |enough |to |
produce |symptoms |that |can |be |detected |or |diagnosed.

,Functions |NORMALLY.



What |is |an |example |of |etiology? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ETIOLOGY: |Study |of |causes |or |reason
|of |disease. |




1) |Latrogenic: |UNKNOWN

2) |Idiopathic: |UNINTENDED |or |UNWANTED



Allostasis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |body's |ability |to |maintain |a |STABLE |physiological |
environment |by |adjusting |and |CHANGING |to |meet |internal |and |external |demands.



What |hormones |secrete |during |stress |response? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |Coritsol: |
breakdowns |fat |and |protein. |

2)ACTH: |

3)Epinephrine: |

Released |by |adrenal |medullas.



Selyes |three |phases |of |stress |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1)Alarm

2)Resistance

3)Exhaustion



The |sympathetic |nervous |system |is |mediated |by |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-NOREPINEPHRINE



What |are |the |types |of |intracellular |accumulations? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |Normal |
Intracellular |accumulation: |Water, |lipids, |proteins, |and |carbohydrates, |that |accumulates |in |
EXCESS. |

,2) |Abnormal |Intracellular |accumulation: |

-Exogenous: |minerals |or |infectious |agent |product.

-Endogenous: |

-abnormal |synthesis |or |metabolism



Types |of |Cellular |Adaptation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |Hyperplasia: |INCREASE |in |the |
NUMBER |of |cells. |

-EX: |A |benign |prostatic |hypertrophy |in |middle |aged |men. |



2) |Hypertrophy: |INCREASE |in |the |SIZE |of |cells



3) |Atrophy: |REDUCTION |in |the |SIZE |of |cells. |

-EX: |Skeletal |muscle |atrophy |occurs |when |an |extremity |has |been |immobilized. |



4) |Metaplasia: |CHANGES |to |the |cells |to |adapt |to |new |environments.



5) |Anaplasia: |LOSS |of |cellular |differentiation. |

-Indication |of |malignant |tumors. |



6) |Dysplasia:Cell |MATURATION |and |differentiation |are |delayed.

-Loss |of |uniformity |of |cells. |

-Precursor |to |cancer

EX: |Pap |smear |shows |dysplasia |cells |of |the |cervix



7) |Neoplasia: |NEW |or |expended |GROWTH |in |an |area |of |the |body. |

EX: |Benign |neoplasm |is |uterine |fibroid |tumors. |

, 8) |Apoptosis: |The |genetic |instructions |provided |DNA |to |command |CELLULAR |SELF-
DESTRUCTION



Types |of |Necrosis |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |Coagulation: |Low |oxygen |levels |(blood |clot)

-Lysomal |changes

-Cyltosol |congeals/coagulates

-Stroma



2) |Liquifaction: |Bacterial |infection. |

-Neutrophils |creats |pus. |

-Cause |abcesses. |



3) |Caseous: |A |slow, |progressive |process |that |produces |thick, |cheesy |pus. |

-Tuberculosis



4) |Fat: |Inflammatory |reaction |with |large |number |of |WBC. |

-Inflammatory |disease |of |pancreas.



5) |Gangrenous: |Combination |of |coagulation |and |liquifcation. |

-Dry, |Wet, |Gas



What |are |side |effects |of |chemotherapy? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1) |Anemia

2)Nausea

3)Bleeding

4) |Infection