Condensed Midterm Exam2

3. A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best?Midterm Exam 3. A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best? To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration 6. What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability? Fragile X syndrome is the second most common genetic cause of intellectual disability? (after Down syndrome). 10. Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Glycolysis 16. A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process? Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile canaliculi. 17. The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism? Lymphatic obstruction 18 How does progressive nephron injury affect angiotensin II activity? Angiotensin II activity is elevated 19. A student asks the professor to explain what effect natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates. Which response by the professor is best? Inhibits renin and aldosterone 20. When renin is released, it is capable of which action? formation of angiotensin 21. What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis? Injury to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls 23. What mechanisms occur in the liver cells as a result of lipid accumulation? Increased synthesis of triglycerides from fatty acids and decreased synthesis of apoproteins 26. A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :13:02 GMT -06:00