SCI 225 Pathophysiology Midterm Study
Guide questions with correct answers
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the
most likely diagnosis for this patient? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Cystic Fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protect the cells from injury
The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that
leads to progressve dementia in middle to later adulthood. To
which disease is the nurse most likely referring to? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington Disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
is called a? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
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,genes and the environment, is called the disease? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygot is missing in each cell is
referred to as? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔monosomy
The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis is? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transcription
The somatic cell that contians a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔euploid cell
Which is the chief function of ribosomes? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protein synthesis
A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of
the brain is? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tay-Sachs
Disease
Cellular Atrophy: (NC) ** - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
decrease in cell size
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, The process by which cells program themselves to die? (NC) ** - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Apoptosis
Which causes metaplasia in humans? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔cell injury from noxious stimuli
The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be
documented as? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Algor Mortis
Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cell secretions
Clastogens are agents that cause? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Chromosomal breakage
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol
(ethanol) injury? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
The nurse documents "tattoing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
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Guide questions with correct answers
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is
transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the
most likely diagnosis for this patient? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Cystic Fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protect the cells from injury
The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that
leads to progressve dementia in middle to later adulthood. To
which disease is the nurse most likely referring to? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington Disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid
is called a? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both
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,genes and the environment, is called the disease? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygot is missing in each cell is
referred to as? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔monosomy
The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein
synthesis is? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Transcription
The somatic cell that contians a multiple of 23 chromosomes is
called? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔euploid cell
Which is the chief function of ribosomes? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔protein synthesis
A disease results in the accumulation of lipids in the nerve cells of
the brain is? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Tay-Sachs
Disease
Cellular Atrophy: (NC) ** - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a
decrease in cell size
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, The process by which cells program themselves to die? (NC) ** - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Apoptosis
Which causes metaplasia in humans? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔cell injury from noxious stimuli
The postmortem decrease in a patient's body temperature will be
documented as? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Algor Mortis
Dysplasia is characterized by abnormal changes in? (NC) - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cell secretions
Clastogens are agents that cause? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Chromosomal breakage
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol
(ethanol) injury? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
The nurse documents "tattoing and stippling" in a trauma patient.
Which type of injury does this patient have? (NC) - 🔰CORRECT
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