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NURS 364 Patho Exam Questions and
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Both parents are heterozygous (carriers) for an autosomal recessive
genetic disorder. What is the risk that this disorder is inherited by the
offspring?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100% - ✔✔25%
The variability in the severity of the phenotype of a disease is known as:
- dominance
- penetrance
- expressivity
- virulence - ✔✔expressivity
Monosomy X (45, X) would have which condition?
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
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- Spontaneous abortion
- Fragile X Syndrome - ✔✔Turner Syndrome
Non-disjunction during meiosis can produce offspring with which of the
following?
- Tay Sachs Disease
- Down Syndrome
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease - ✔✔Down Syndrome
Which characteristic of cancer cells results from their high level of
telomerase?
- anaplasia
- immorality
- invasion
- metastasis - ✔✔immorality
Which of the following are characteristics of malignant cancers? Select all
that apply.
- able to metastasize
- cells lack contact inhibition
- dependent on external growth factors
- anaplasia
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- encapsulated tumor - ✔✔- able to metastasize
- cells lack contact inhibition
- anaplasia
Chronic inflammation of the esophagus from gastroesophageal reflux
disease can lead to a condition called Barrett's Esophagus, which is a
result of esophageal cells undergoing:
- neoplasia
- dysplasia
- hyperplasia
- metaplasia - ✔✔metaplasia
An elderly male patient develops a benign condition with prostate
enlargement due to hormonal stimulation. This enlargement is due to
prostate cells undergoing:
- hypertrophy
- hyperplasia
- dysplasia
- neoplasia - ✔✔hyperplasia
A patient experiences a MI in which a blood vessel supplying the heart cells
is completely occluded. This would initially result in a ________ injury to
cells supplied by this vessel.
NURS 364 Patho Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Both parents are heterozygous (carriers) for an autosomal recessive
genetic disorder. What is the risk that this disorder is inherited by the
offspring?
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100% - ✔✔25%
The variability in the severity of the phenotype of a disease is known as:
- dominance
- penetrance
- expressivity
- virulence - ✔✔expressivity
Monosomy X (45, X) would have which condition?
- Klinefelter Syndrome
- Turner Syndrome
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- Spontaneous abortion
- Fragile X Syndrome - ✔✔Turner Syndrome
Non-disjunction during meiosis can produce offspring with which of the
following?
- Tay Sachs Disease
- Down Syndrome
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sickle Cell Disease - ✔✔Down Syndrome
Which characteristic of cancer cells results from their high level of
telomerase?
- anaplasia
- immorality
- invasion
- metastasis - ✔✔immorality
Which of the following are characteristics of malignant cancers? Select all
that apply.
- able to metastasize
- cells lack contact inhibition
- dependent on external growth factors
- anaplasia
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- encapsulated tumor - ✔✔- able to metastasize
- cells lack contact inhibition
- anaplasia
Chronic inflammation of the esophagus from gastroesophageal reflux
disease can lead to a condition called Barrett's Esophagus, which is a
result of esophageal cells undergoing:
- neoplasia
- dysplasia
- hyperplasia
- metaplasia - ✔✔metaplasia
An elderly male patient develops a benign condition with prostate
enlargement due to hormonal stimulation. This enlargement is due to
prostate cells undergoing:
- hypertrophy
- hyperplasia
- dysplasia
- neoplasia - ✔✔hyperplasia
A patient experiences a MI in which a blood vessel supplying the heart cells
is completely occluded. This would initially result in a ________ injury to
cells supplied by this vessel.
