Patho Exam 3 Practice Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2025
Which substance directly controls the reabsorption of water from the collecting ducts?
a. antidiuretic hormone
b. renin
c. angiotensin
d. aldosterone - correct answers ✔✔A.
Under what circumstances do cell in the kidney secrete renin?
a. Serum K levels are high
b. Serum osmotic pressure increases
c. Blood flow in the afferent arteriole decreases
d. The urine pH decreases - correct answers ✔✔C
When a respiratory infection with high fever is present in the body, how would the kidney tubules
maintain normal pH of body fluids?
a. retain more K ions in exchange for Na ions
b. Excrete a larger volume of dilute urine
c. Secrete more acids and reabsorb more bicarbonate ions
d. Increase the flow of filtrate - correct answers ✔✔C.
Kidney's function to regulate blood pH by reabsorption and excretion of bicarb and hydrogen
Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidney?
a. production of albumin
b. activation of vitamin D.
c. Removal of nitrogenous and acidic wastes
d. Regulation of body fluid concentrations - correct answers ✔✔A
, You are caring for a patient with esophageal varices. As a knowledgeable nurse, you know to monitor for
which of the following that could be a systemic sign of blood vessel perforation?
a. hypotension and tachycardia
b. hepatic encephalopathy
c. systemic hypertension
d. hematemesis - correct answers ✔✔a. hypotension and tachycardia
Which type of hepatitis virus requires the presence of hepatitis B virus so as to replicate?
a. HAV
b. HCV
c. HDV
d. HEV - correct answers ✔✔c. HDV
What is the major effect when a gallstone obstructs the cystic duct?
a. Severe colicky pain in URQ
b. Acute pancreatitis
c. inflammation and infection of the gallbladder
d. intrahepatic jaundice - correct answers ✔✔a. Severe colicky pain in URQ
What causes massive inflammation and necrosis in acute pancreatitis?
a. formation of multiple thrombi and ischemia
b. infection by intestinal microbes
c. activation and spread of proteolytic enzymes
d. immune complex reaction - correct answers ✔✔c. activation and spread of proteolytic enzymes
What usually initiates acute appendicitis?
a. an episode of severe diarrhea
b. infection of the appendix
100% Correct Answers 2025
Which substance directly controls the reabsorption of water from the collecting ducts?
a. antidiuretic hormone
b. renin
c. angiotensin
d. aldosterone - correct answers ✔✔A.
Under what circumstances do cell in the kidney secrete renin?
a. Serum K levels are high
b. Serum osmotic pressure increases
c. Blood flow in the afferent arteriole decreases
d. The urine pH decreases - correct answers ✔✔C
When a respiratory infection with high fever is present in the body, how would the kidney tubules
maintain normal pH of body fluids?
a. retain more K ions in exchange for Na ions
b. Excrete a larger volume of dilute urine
c. Secrete more acids and reabsorb more bicarbonate ions
d. Increase the flow of filtrate - correct answers ✔✔C.
Kidney's function to regulate blood pH by reabsorption and excretion of bicarb and hydrogen
Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidney?
a. production of albumin
b. activation of vitamin D.
c. Removal of nitrogenous and acidic wastes
d. Regulation of body fluid concentrations - correct answers ✔✔A
, You are caring for a patient with esophageal varices. As a knowledgeable nurse, you know to monitor for
which of the following that could be a systemic sign of blood vessel perforation?
a. hypotension and tachycardia
b. hepatic encephalopathy
c. systemic hypertension
d. hematemesis - correct answers ✔✔a. hypotension and tachycardia
Which type of hepatitis virus requires the presence of hepatitis B virus so as to replicate?
a. HAV
b. HCV
c. HDV
d. HEV - correct answers ✔✔c. HDV
What is the major effect when a gallstone obstructs the cystic duct?
a. Severe colicky pain in URQ
b. Acute pancreatitis
c. inflammation and infection of the gallbladder
d. intrahepatic jaundice - correct answers ✔✔a. Severe colicky pain in URQ
What causes massive inflammation and necrosis in acute pancreatitis?
a. formation of multiple thrombi and ischemia
b. infection by intestinal microbes
c. activation and spread of proteolytic enzymes
d. immune complex reaction - correct answers ✔✔c. activation and spread of proteolytic enzymes
What usually initiates acute appendicitis?
a. an episode of severe diarrhea
b. infection of the appendix
