NUR-631 Patho Final Exam
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What houses cellular genetic information? - Answer: Nucleus
What is cellular suicide? - Answer: Apoptosis
What happens with impaired cellular metabolism? - Answer: Accumulation of waste products,
impaired ATP production
How does water move between inter and extracellular space? - Answer: Osmosis
What protein detects the presence of a neural tube defect in a fetus? - Answer: Increased Alpha
Fetoprotein (AFP)
What are common defects seen in Trisomy 21? - Answer: -Flat nose
-Wide spaced eyes
-No creases in palms
-Heart defects
-Low set ears
-IQ 70 or less
,What cells within wound healing and inflammation maintain the status of the cell? - Answer:
Housekeeping
What happens if a newborn does not have enough collectin protein? - Answer: Increased risk of
respiratory infection
What is active acquired immunity? - Answer: Gathered through exposure to a virus or through
vaccination.
Where do B lymphocytes mature? - Answer: Bone marrow
What is a type II hypersensitivity? - Answer: Allergic reaction
Why do we give Rhogram? And to who? - Answer: Prevents hemolytic anemia. Give to Rh- mom
with Rh+ baby.
When are exotoxins released? - Answer: With bacterial growth
What type of cells control fungal infections? - Answer: -T lymphocytes
-Phagocytes
What hormone is affected by stress? - Answer: Cortisol
How does stress affect blood glucose? - Answer: Increases due to cortisol release
When a patient develops MODS, what helps cells change to a proinflammation state? - Answer:
Interleukins
, How dehydrated does a child have to be to be hypotensive? - Answer: 10%
Why do we worry about urinary function in children with electrical burns? - Answer: Immature
kidneys, damaged muscles release myoglobulin which cannot be processed by kidneys.
What kind of cancer can be avoided with exercise? - Answer: Colon cancer
Exposure to what virus has a carcinogenic effect on children? - Answer: Epstein Barre Virus
Exposure to what increases a child's risk of cancer? - Answer: -Chemotherapy
-EBV
-Ionizing radiation
-2nd hand cigarette smoke
What are granulocytes with vasoactive histamine? - Answer: Basophils
What is it called when you cannot absorb B12? - Answer: Pernicious anemia
What is aplastic anemia? - Answer: Pancytopenia, deficits in erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and
thrombocytes
What sex is hemophilia highest in? - Answer: Men
What gene is hemophilia dependent on? - Answer: X-linked recessive
What does B12 deficiency cause? - Answer: Degranulation of the myelin sheath
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What houses cellular genetic information? - Answer: Nucleus
What is cellular suicide? - Answer: Apoptosis
What happens with impaired cellular metabolism? - Answer: Accumulation of waste products,
impaired ATP production
How does water move between inter and extracellular space? - Answer: Osmosis
What protein detects the presence of a neural tube defect in a fetus? - Answer: Increased Alpha
Fetoprotein (AFP)
What are common defects seen in Trisomy 21? - Answer: -Flat nose
-Wide spaced eyes
-No creases in palms
-Heart defects
-Low set ears
-IQ 70 or less
,What cells within wound healing and inflammation maintain the status of the cell? - Answer:
Housekeeping
What happens if a newborn does not have enough collectin protein? - Answer: Increased risk of
respiratory infection
What is active acquired immunity? - Answer: Gathered through exposure to a virus or through
vaccination.
Where do B lymphocytes mature? - Answer: Bone marrow
What is a type II hypersensitivity? - Answer: Allergic reaction
Why do we give Rhogram? And to who? - Answer: Prevents hemolytic anemia. Give to Rh- mom
with Rh+ baby.
When are exotoxins released? - Answer: With bacterial growth
What type of cells control fungal infections? - Answer: -T lymphocytes
-Phagocytes
What hormone is affected by stress? - Answer: Cortisol
How does stress affect blood glucose? - Answer: Increases due to cortisol release
When a patient develops MODS, what helps cells change to a proinflammation state? - Answer:
Interleukins
, How dehydrated does a child have to be to be hypotensive? - Answer: 10%
Why do we worry about urinary function in children with electrical burns? - Answer: Immature
kidneys, damaged muscles release myoglobulin which cannot be processed by kidneys.
What kind of cancer can be avoided with exercise? - Answer: Colon cancer
Exposure to what virus has a carcinogenic effect on children? - Answer: Epstein Barre Virus
Exposure to what increases a child's risk of cancer? - Answer: -Chemotherapy
-EBV
-Ionizing radiation
-2nd hand cigarette smoke
What are granulocytes with vasoactive histamine? - Answer: Basophils
What is it called when you cannot absorb B12? - Answer: Pernicious anemia
What is aplastic anemia? - Answer: Pancytopenia, deficits in erythrocytes, lymphocytes, and
thrombocytes
What sex is hemophilia highest in? - Answer: Men
What gene is hemophilia dependent on? - Answer: X-linked recessive
What does B12 deficiency cause? - Answer: Degranulation of the myelin sheath
