WGU Pathophysiology Exam
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
\.Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral - Answer- d. ventral
\.What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease - Answer- b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of
signs and diseases
,\.Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome - Answer- a. serum sickness
\.What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus - Answer- b. interatrial septum
\.Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction and relaxation?
a. systole
, b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output - Answer- c. cardiac cycle
\.Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent - Answer- d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
\.What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage - Answer- c. regular, dense connective tissue
\.Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
Questions And 100% Correct Answers
\.Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral - Answer- d. ventral
\.What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease - Answer- b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of
signs and diseases
,\.Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome - Answer- a. serum sickness
\.What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus - Answer- b. interatrial septum
\.Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction and relaxation?
a. systole
, b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output - Answer- c. cardiac cycle
\.Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent - Answer- d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
\.What tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
a. areolar connective tissue
b. loose connective tissue
c. regular, dense connective tissue
d. cartilage - Answer- c. regular, dense connective tissue
\.Which tissue is composed of long striated cells with multiple nuclei?
a. smooth muscle
b. cardiac muscle
c. skeletal muscle
