WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TEST BANK 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ 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
◉ Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response to
infection?
a. tears
,b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin. Answer: c. histamine
◉ 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
d. nervous. Answer: c. skeletal muscle
◉ What is a bundle of nerve cell fivers held together with connective
tissue?
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
◉ 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
◉ Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response to
infection?
a. tears
,b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin. Answer: c. histamine
◉ 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
d. nervous. Answer: c. skeletal muscle
◉ What is a bundle of nerve cell fivers held together with connective
tissue?
