NGR6141 ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 2 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The most critical aspect in diagnosing seizure disorder is establishing its causing? -
ANS Health history
What term describes the loss or comprehension of language? - ANS Aphasia
Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes? - ANS Cells remain localized in the
glandular or squamous cells.
What causes the microvascular complications in a patient with diabetes mellitus? - ANS The
capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process? - ANS Attaching to opiate
receptor sites
The function of the tumor cell marker sites is to? - ANS Screen individuals at high risk for
cancer.
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, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are associated with what defects in which area of the
brain? - ANS Basil Ganglia
A sudden, explosive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons is termed? - ANS Seizure
Chronic infection of the cervix by HPV results in cervical? - ANS dysplasia
What are tumor cell markers? - ANS substances produces by cancer cells
What is the most common reported symptom of cancer treatment? - ANS Fatigue
Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia? - ANS Auditory
hallucinations
In which disorder are acetylcholine receptor antibodies (IgG antibodies) against acetylcholine
receptors? - ANS Myasthenia gravis
Pathological changes associated with graves' disease include? - ANS High levels of circulating
thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of increased? -
ANS dopamine
Multiple Sclerosis is best described as? - ANS It is a central nervous system (CNS)
demyelination, possibly from an immunogenetic virus.
During infections why do lymph nodes become large and tender? - ANS lymphocytes are
rapidly dividing.
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 2 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
The most critical aspect in diagnosing seizure disorder is establishing its causing? -
ANS Health history
What term describes the loss or comprehension of language? - ANS Aphasia
Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes? - ANS Cells remain localized in the
glandular or squamous cells.
What causes the microvascular complications in a patient with diabetes mellitus? - ANS The
capillary basement membranes thicken, and cell hyperplasia develops.
Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process? - ANS Attaching to opiate
receptor sites
The function of the tumor cell marker sites is to? - ANS Screen individuals at high risk for
cancer.
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, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease are associated with what defects in which area of the
brain? - ANS Basil Ganglia
A sudden, explosive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons is termed? - ANS Seizure
Chronic infection of the cervix by HPV results in cervical? - ANS dysplasia
What are tumor cell markers? - ANS substances produces by cancer cells
What is the most common reported symptom of cancer treatment? - ANS Fatigue
Which would be considered a positive symptom of schizophrenia? - ANS Auditory
hallucinations
In which disorder are acetylcholine receptor antibodies (IgG antibodies) against acetylcholine
receptors? - ANS Myasthenia gravis
Pathological changes associated with graves' disease include? - ANS High levels of circulating
thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins
Antipsychotic drugs cause tardive dyskinesia by mimicking the effects of increased? -
ANS dopamine
Multiple Sclerosis is best described as? - ANS It is a central nervous system (CNS)
demyelination, possibly from an immunogenetic virus.
During infections why do lymph nodes become large and tender? - ANS lymphocytes are
rapidly dividing.
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