PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM
CHAPTER 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025 GRADED A+
The organelle that is involved in cellular respiration and is likes tot he
development of oxidative stress is known as the ( correct answers )
Mitochondria
Cells develop into tissues with specialized structure and function through the
process of ( correct answers ) Differentiation
A cell's typical response to a decrease in trophic signal ( correct answers )
Atrophy
Cell death by necrosis is ( correct answers ) often a response to
inflammation
You are caring for a female patient who has reported a noticeable decrease
in breast size and muscle mass. Which condition and cause is the most likely
explanation? ( correct answers ) Menopause
The changes seen in cells adapting to stressors that promote metaplasia
( correct answers ) can change from one cell to another
Cellular atrophy results in ( correct answers ) decrease in tissue volume
due to a decrease in cell size
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,Treatment of chronic conditions associated with cerebral atrophy ( correct
answers ) are targeted toward slowing neuronal injury and atrophy
Which of the following hormones is secreted form the anterior pituitary:
Somatostatin
Growth Hormone
GHRH
IGH-1 ( correct answers ) Growth hormone
What is a diagnostic test for cervical dysplasia? ( correct answers )
Cervical punch biopsy
Which reactive oxygen species is scavenged by catalase? ( correct answers
) Hydrogen peroxide
What is the term to describe cells that are enlarged with darkened nuclei and
abnormal chromatin? ( correct answers ) Dysplastic
A person's phenotype can best be described as ( correct answers ) traits
that are observable and apparent
A person's genotype can best be described as ( correct answers ) the
genetic makeup of a person
Which of the following conditions follows Mendelian pattern of recessive
inheritance?
Coronary artery disease
Down Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease ( correct answers ) Tay-Sachs disease
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, Which of the following follows a multifactorial pattern of inheritence?
Coronary artery disease
Down Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease ( correct answers ) Coronary artery disease
Fortification of foods with folic acid has resulted in a significant reduction in
the incidence of ( correct answers ) neural tube defects
Which of the following chromosomal abnormalities can result in an
inheritable form of trisomy?
Nondisjunction during meiosis
Balanced translocation
Insertion
Deletion ( correct answers ) Balanced translocation
Which type of hemoglobin is produced during sickle-cell crisis? ( correct
answers ) HbS
Mitochondrial gene disorders are transmitted to ( correct answers ) both
daughters and sons
Mitochondrial genes produce proteins involved in ( correct answers )
energy metabolism
What is a manifestation of Down Syndrome? ( correct answers )
Epicanthal eye folds
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CHAPTER 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025 GRADED A+
The organelle that is involved in cellular respiration and is likes tot he
development of oxidative stress is known as the ( correct answers )
Mitochondria
Cells develop into tissues with specialized structure and function through the
process of ( correct answers ) Differentiation
A cell's typical response to a decrease in trophic signal ( correct answers )
Atrophy
Cell death by necrosis is ( correct answers ) often a response to
inflammation
You are caring for a female patient who has reported a noticeable decrease
in breast size and muscle mass. Which condition and cause is the most likely
explanation? ( correct answers ) Menopause
The changes seen in cells adapting to stressors that promote metaplasia
( correct answers ) can change from one cell to another
Cellular atrophy results in ( correct answers ) decrease in tissue volume
due to a decrease in cell size
GRADED A+
,Treatment of chronic conditions associated with cerebral atrophy ( correct
answers ) are targeted toward slowing neuronal injury and atrophy
Which of the following hormones is secreted form the anterior pituitary:
Somatostatin
Growth Hormone
GHRH
IGH-1 ( correct answers ) Growth hormone
What is a diagnostic test for cervical dysplasia? ( correct answers )
Cervical punch biopsy
Which reactive oxygen species is scavenged by catalase? ( correct answers
) Hydrogen peroxide
What is the term to describe cells that are enlarged with darkened nuclei and
abnormal chromatin? ( correct answers ) Dysplastic
A person's phenotype can best be described as ( correct answers ) traits
that are observable and apparent
A person's genotype can best be described as ( correct answers ) the
genetic makeup of a person
Which of the following conditions follows Mendelian pattern of recessive
inheritance?
Coronary artery disease
Down Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease ( correct answers ) Tay-Sachs disease
GRADED A+
, Which of the following follows a multifactorial pattern of inheritence?
Coronary artery disease
Down Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease ( correct answers ) Coronary artery disease
Fortification of foods with folic acid has resulted in a significant reduction in
the incidence of ( correct answers ) neural tube defects
Which of the following chromosomal abnormalities can result in an
inheritable form of trisomy?
Nondisjunction during meiosis
Balanced translocation
Insertion
Deletion ( correct answers ) Balanced translocation
Which type of hemoglobin is produced during sickle-cell crisis? ( correct
answers ) HbS
Mitochondrial gene disorders are transmitted to ( correct answers ) both
daughters and sons
Mitochondrial genes produce proteins involved in ( correct answers )
energy metabolism
What is a manifestation of Down Syndrome? ( correct answers )
Epicanthal eye folds
GRADED A+
