Portage Pathophysiology Exam 4
2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
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The three stages of hemostasis include each of the following except: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔vascular dilation
Which of the following medications would decrease a person's risk for
clotting? Select all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔heparin, warfarin, lovenox
Which of the following is a hypercoagulable state? Select all that apply. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔congestive heart failure, smoking, post-surgical state
Which of the following is FALSE of disseminated intravascular coagulation
(DIC)? Select all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lab results show a decreased
PT, PTT
In which of the following ways is blood flow NOT negatively affected? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔low hematocrit
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, Which of the following increases the strength of the muscular contraction? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inotropic influence
Which of the following is NOT a regulator of blood pressure? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔parasympathetic nervous system activation
Which of the following does NOT lead to an increased risk for DVT? Select
all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔non-smoker
Which of the following symptoms is NOT associated with iron deficiency
anemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔neurologic changes
What are the two major causes of microcytic anemias? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔iron deficiency anemia, thalassemias
Treatment of or prevention of sickling crisis in sickle cell disease include
each of the following except: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔iron supplementation
A child with homozygous sickle cell disease arrives at the ER. Lab tests
indicate pneumococcal sepsis, a bacterial infection. Imaging called spleen
scintigraphy measures IV administered radiopharmaceutical tracers
present in the tissue, and is used to assess the size, shape, position, and
health of the organ. While the physician could palpate the patient's spleen,
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2025/2026 Exam All Answers and
Illustrations Given
The three stages of hemostasis include each of the following except: - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔vascular dilation
Which of the following medications would decrease a person's risk for
clotting? Select all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔heparin, warfarin, lovenox
Which of the following is a hypercoagulable state? Select all that apply. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔congestive heart failure, smoking, post-surgical state
Which of the following is FALSE of disseminated intravascular coagulation
(DIC)? Select all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔lab results show a decreased
PT, PTT
In which of the following ways is blood flow NOT negatively affected? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔low hematocrit
1
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Which of the following increases the strength of the muscular contraction? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inotropic influence
Which of the following is NOT a regulator of blood pressure? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔parasympathetic nervous system activation
Which of the following does NOT lead to an increased risk for DVT? Select
all that apply. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔non-smoker
Which of the following symptoms is NOT associated with iron deficiency
anemia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔neurologic changes
What are the two major causes of microcytic anemias? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔iron deficiency anemia, thalassemias
Treatment of or prevention of sickling crisis in sickle cell disease include
each of the following except: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔iron supplementation
A child with homozygous sickle cell disease arrives at the ER. Lab tests
indicate pneumococcal sepsis, a bacterial infection. Imaging called spleen
scintigraphy measures IV administered radiopharmaceutical tracers
present in the tissue, and is used to assess the size, shape, position, and
health of the organ. While the physician could palpate the patient's spleen,
2
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
