UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS

●● Define homeostasis
Answer: The purposeful maintenance of a stable internal environment.


●● What are the aspects of the disease process?
Answer: Definition, Etiology, Pathogenesis, Morphologic changes,
Clinical manifestations, Diagnosis, Clinical course, Prognosis


●● Define stress
Answer: A state manifested by symptoms that arise from the coordinated
activation of the neuroendocrine and immune systems


●● Factors that affect adaptation to stress
Answer: *Age
*Health Status
*Psychosocial Resources
*Availability of adaptive responses and ability of the body to select the
most appropriate response

,●● What is the first stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Alarm


●● What is the second stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Resistance


●● What is the third stage of the General Adaptation Mechanism?
Answer: Exhaustion


●● Define cellular adaptation
Answer: Cells adapting to changes in the internal environment


●● What is a decrease in cell size?
Answer: Atrophy


●● What is an increase in cell size?
Answer: Hypertrophy


●● What is an increase in the number of cells?
Answer: Hyperplasia

, ●● What is a change in form/replacement of adult cells?
Answer: Metaplasia


●● What is an abnormal cell growth of a specific tissue?
Answer: Dysplasia


●● What is a loss of cell differentiation in cancerous tissues?
Answer: Anaplasia


●● What are causes of cellular injury?
Answer: *Physical Agents
*Radiation Injury
*Chemical Injury
*Biological Agents
*Nutritional Imbalances


●● What is apoptosis?
Answer: Programmed cell death


●● What is necrosis?
Answer: Cell death in an organ or tissues that is still part of a living
person