PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM- RASMUSSEN
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER -Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood pressure -
CORRECT ANSWER -Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space. Swelling.
Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of
Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER -Different fluid
compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - CORRECT ANSWER -Causes
of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is
something the patient is feeling. - CORRECT ANSWER -Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - CORRECT ANSWER -Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction
examples
Contact with allergen - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause of contact dermatitis
, Primary, secondary, tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER -Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - CORRECT ANSWER -Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade nearby
organs - CORRECT ANSWER -Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - CORRECT ANSWER -Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every year,
sigmoidoscopy every 5 years - CORRECT ANSWER -Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment findings with localized
inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - CORRECT ANSWER -Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and decreased
platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression - CORRECT ANSWER -Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). - CORRECT ANSWER -Active
immunity
UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
Monitor heart. Complications of the heart. - CORRECT ANSWER -Low potassium (Hypokalemia)
Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol. Increase heart rate and increase in blood pressure -
CORRECT ANSWER -Catecholamines - Flight or fight response
Plasma protein. It keeps water along with it. Water escapes into interstitial cell space. Swelling.
Fluid is in the wrong places. Fluid in the peritoneal cavity. - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of
Albumin - decrease albumin - ascites
Sodium and water retention - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of aldosterone
extracellular, interstitial, intracellular, intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER -Different fluid
compartments
increased capillary hydrostatic pressure. Decreased albumin levels. - CORRECT ANSWER -Causes
of edema
Sign is something you see. Objective you observe is a sign. Subjective is a symptom. Symptom is
something the patient is feeling. - CORRECT ANSWER -Signs and Symptoms
Immune complex reaction. RA and SLE - CORRECT ANSWER -Type 3 hypersensitivity reaction
examples
Contact with allergen - CORRECT ANSWER -Cause of contact dermatitis
, Primary, secondary, tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER -Levels of prevention
Fatal to brain- Nervous system changes - CORRECT ANSWER -Hyponatremia
They will not listen to the signals of apoptosis cell death. They communicate and invade nearby
organs - CORRECT ANSWER -Metastatic cancer cells
Powerhouse. - CORRECT ANSWER -Function of the mitochondria
Helps with the production of proteins synthesis. - CORRECT ANSWER -Ribosomes
After 50 years, every 10 years screening for colonoscopy. Stool for occult blood every year,
sigmoidoscopy every 5 years - CORRECT ANSWER -Colonoscopy
Helps in the production of RBC, WBC, and platelets. Hematopoiesis - CORRECT ANSWER -
Primary function of the bone marrow
Swelling, pain, redness, warmth - CORRECT ANSWER -Assessment findings with localized
inflammation
Increased amount white blood cells - CORRECT ANSWER -Leukocytosis
Uncontrolled modification of immature white blood cells, decreased RBC, and decreased
platelet. Lead to bone marrow suppression - CORRECT ANSWER -Leukemia
Develop disease and develop immunity of disease (immunization). - CORRECT ANSWER -Active
immunity
