PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which
assesment parameter should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of
injury does the patient have? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gunshot wounds tattooing
and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding the
entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down
syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with
which chromosome? - CORRECT ANSWER-Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait
and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the
parents? - CORRECT ANSWER-both parents could be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in
the embryo? - CORRECT ANSWER-Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess
first? - CORRECT ANSWER-Brain
, hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central
nervous system contains little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too - CORRECT
ANSWER-protect cells from injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help
cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting them from injury and
death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for
the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER-cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive
disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury - CORRECT
ANSWER-Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to
progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the nurse
most likely referring to? - CORRECT ANSWER-Huntington disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should be
included? In the DNA Helix guanine pairs with: - CORRECT ANSWER-Cytosine
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol, which
assesment parameter should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type of
injury does the patient have? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gunshot wounds tattooing
and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on the skin surrounding the
entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with Down
syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of trisomy with
which chromosome? - CORRECT ANSWER-Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive disease trait
and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse make about the
parents? - CORRECT ANSWER-both parents could be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could result in
the embryo? - CORRECT ANSWER-Monosomies and trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse assess
first? - CORRECT ANSWER-Brain
, hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the central
nervous system contains little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too - CORRECT
ANSWER-protect cells from injury adaptive cellular mechanisms actually help
cells adjust to environmental changes thereby protecting them from injury and
death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the diagnosis for
the patient? - CORRECT ANSWER-cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive
disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury - CORRECT
ANSWER-Liver
Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - CORRECT ANSWER-C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to
progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the nurse
most likely referring to? - CORRECT ANSWER-Huntington disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should be
included? In the DNA Helix guanine pairs with: - CORRECT ANSWER-Cytosine
