WGU D236 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ basal cell carcinoma
Answer: Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often
characterized by light or pearly nodules. Rarely metastasize, most
common on face due to sun exposure
◉ squamous cell carcinoma
Answer: Type of skin cancer more serious than basal cell
carcinoma; often characterized by scaly red crusted papules or
firm nodules.
◉ Melanoma
Answer: The most serious form of skin cancer, caucasian males at
highest risk, usually black or brown lesion
◉ consequences when integumentary system is disrupted
Answer: impaired immunity
◉ types of burns
Answer: Superficial (1st degree) - red/painful
Partial-thickness (2nd degree) -wet/pink/painful
Full-thickness (3rd degree) -white/swollen/no pain
,◉ Viltigo
Answer: localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-
white patches
◉ ischemic CVA vs hemorrhagic CVA
Answer: ischemic - clot vs hemorrhagic - blood
◉ subdural hematoma
Answer: collection of blood under the dura mater
◉ Alzheimer's disease vs parkinson's disease
Answer: Alz - affects language and memory
Park - affects all executive functioning
◉ Huntington's disease
Answer: Genetic disorder that causes progressive deterioration of
brain cells. caused by a dominant allele. symptoms do not appear
until about the age of 30. involves involuntary muscle movement
◉ Sclerosis
Answer: abnormal condition of hardening
◉ disorders that cause vision loss
, Answer: glaucoma - loss of pheripheral vision, cataracts - cloudy
vision, retinal detachment - floaters, flashes, curtain vision
◉ kyphosis
Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back.
◉ disorders that cause hearing loss
Answer: Meniere's disease - changes in fluid in tube of inner ear
(imbalance and vertigo), Otitis media - middle ear infection
◉ Predisposing factors of ischemic stroke
Answer: a fib, carotid stenosis, cerebral arteriosclerosis
◉ rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: A chronic systemic disease characterized by
inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling that results
in crippling deformities. Causes elevated WBC counts.
◉ cerebral contusion
Answer: the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury
that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull;
symptoms: ringing in ears, severe headache, n/v.
◉ TIA vs CVA
QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ basal cell carcinoma
Answer: Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often
characterized by light or pearly nodules. Rarely metastasize, most
common on face due to sun exposure
◉ squamous cell carcinoma
Answer: Type of skin cancer more serious than basal cell
carcinoma; often characterized by scaly red crusted papules or
firm nodules.
◉ Melanoma
Answer: The most serious form of skin cancer, caucasian males at
highest risk, usually black or brown lesion
◉ consequences when integumentary system is disrupted
Answer: impaired immunity
◉ types of burns
Answer: Superficial (1st degree) - red/painful
Partial-thickness (2nd degree) -wet/pink/painful
Full-thickness (3rd degree) -white/swollen/no pain
,◉ Viltigo
Answer: localized loss of skin pigmentation characterized by milk-
white patches
◉ ischemic CVA vs hemorrhagic CVA
Answer: ischemic - clot vs hemorrhagic - blood
◉ subdural hematoma
Answer: collection of blood under the dura mater
◉ Alzheimer's disease vs parkinson's disease
Answer: Alz - affects language and memory
Park - affects all executive functioning
◉ Huntington's disease
Answer: Genetic disorder that causes progressive deterioration of
brain cells. caused by a dominant allele. symptoms do not appear
until about the age of 30. involves involuntary muscle movement
◉ Sclerosis
Answer: abnormal condition of hardening
◉ disorders that cause vision loss
, Answer: glaucoma - loss of pheripheral vision, cataracts - cloudy
vision, retinal detachment - floaters, flashes, curtain vision
◉ kyphosis
Answer: excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing
hunching of the back.
◉ disorders that cause hearing loss
Answer: Meniere's disease - changes in fluid in tube of inner ear
(imbalance and vertigo), Otitis media - middle ear infection
◉ Predisposing factors of ischemic stroke
Answer: a fib, carotid stenosis, cerebral arteriosclerosis
◉ rheumatoid arthritis
Answer: A chronic systemic disease characterized by
inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and swelling that results
in crippling deformities. Causes elevated WBC counts.
◉ cerebral contusion
Answer: the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury
that causes the brain to bounce against the rigid bone of the skull;
symptoms: ringing in ears, severe headache, n/v.
◉ TIA vs CVA
