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UNE Pathophysiology Midterm Exam
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What is one of the purposes of inflammation?
A. encourages infection
B. concentrate toxins
C. prepares an injured area for healing
D. inhibits adaptive immune response - correct-answer - C. prepares an injured
area for healing
During inflammation, which of the following would be acting as phagocytic cells?
A. histamine and interferons
B. neutrophils and macrophages
C. interleukins and cytokines
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D. platelets and leukocytes - correct-answer - B. neutrophils and macrophages
Which of the following cells produce antibodies during and immune reaction?
A. plasma cells
B. macrophages
C. T cells
D. mast cells - correct-answer - A. plasma cells
Which statement best describes antibodies?
A. antibodies can stimulate vasodilation and vasopermeability during
inflammation
B. antibodies can neutralize, agglutinate, or precipitate infectious organisms or
their toxins
C. antibodies are ultimately responsible for cell-mediated immunity
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D. antibodies are another name for natural killer cells that circulate in the body -
correct-answer - B. antibodies can neutralize, agglutinate, or precipitate
infectious organisms or their toxins
A patient has inflammation. What assessment findings should the nurse observe?
A. coughing, sneezing, vomiting
B. redness, heat, swelling
C. pain, cyanosis, wheezing
D. jaundice, constipation, vasodilating - correct-answer - B. redness, heat,
swelling
Prostoglandins cause:
A. pain
B. clotting
C. platelet activation
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D. mannose release - correct-answer - A. pain
One of the functions of the complement system is:
A. histamine chemotaxis
B. leukocyte degranulation
C. opsonization
D. cell regeneration - correct-answer - C. opsonization
Macrophages and dendritic cells are what type of cells?
A. antigen-presenting cells
B. antibody cells
C. antigen cells
D. maturation cells - correct-answer - A. antigen-presenting cells
UNE Pathophysiology Midterm Exam
|Actual Questions And Answers 2026
What is one of the purposes of inflammation?
A. encourages infection
B. concentrate toxins
C. prepares an injured area for healing
D. inhibits adaptive immune response - correct-answer - C. prepares an injured
area for healing
During inflammation, which of the following would be acting as phagocytic cells?
A. histamine and interferons
B. neutrophils and macrophages
C. interleukins and cytokines
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D. platelets and leukocytes - correct-answer - B. neutrophils and macrophages
Which of the following cells produce antibodies during and immune reaction?
A. plasma cells
B. macrophages
C. T cells
D. mast cells - correct-answer - A. plasma cells
Which statement best describes antibodies?
A. antibodies can stimulate vasodilation and vasopermeability during
inflammation
B. antibodies can neutralize, agglutinate, or precipitate infectious organisms or
their toxins
C. antibodies are ultimately responsible for cell-mediated immunity
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D. antibodies are another name for natural killer cells that circulate in the body -
correct-answer - B. antibodies can neutralize, agglutinate, or precipitate
infectious organisms or their toxins
A patient has inflammation. What assessment findings should the nurse observe?
A. coughing, sneezing, vomiting
B. redness, heat, swelling
C. pain, cyanosis, wheezing
D. jaundice, constipation, vasodilating - correct-answer - B. redness, heat,
swelling
Prostoglandins cause:
A. pain
B. clotting
C. platelet activation
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D. mannose release - correct-answer - A. pain
One of the functions of the complement system is:
A. histamine chemotaxis
B. leukocyte degranulation
C. opsonization
D. cell regeneration - correct-answer - C. opsonization
Macrophages and dendritic cells are what type of cells?
A. antigen-presenting cells
B. antibody cells
C. antigen cells
D. maturation cells - correct-answer - A. antigen-presenting cells
