NUR 2063 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Exam -3 Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update 2025 A+

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NUR 2063 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Exam #3
Questions and Correct Answers the Latest
Update 2025 A+
• The study of how normal physiologic processes are affected by disease.


genetic disease


• Due to abnormalities in genetic makeup


Developmental Disease

• Diseases occurring during embryonic of fetal development


Inflammatory Disease


• Trigger the inflamm


Degenerative Disease

• Causes part of the body to degenerate EX: Arthritis


Metabolic Disease

• affects the metabolism EX: Diabetes Mellitus


Neoplastic Disease

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• Due to uncontrollable cellular growth; leads to benign and malignant TUMOR growth


Etiology


• cause of disease


idiopathic

• unknown cause


iatrogenic

• produced by treatment ; Unintended


Differentiation


• process in which cells become specialized in structure and function


Nucleus

• Control center of the cell


selectively permeable

• some substances can pass across them and others cannot


Homeostasis

• Call maintains state of internal balance


, , and have free passage in and out of the cell

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• Enzymes, Glucose, and electrolytes


Enzymes


• Proteins that enable chemical reactions


Glucose

• Sugar molecule that provides energy


Electrolytes

• charged conductors when dissolved in water


Diffusion


• Movement of solutes dissolved in a solvent from an area of higher concentration to an
area of lower concentration.


facilitated diffusion

• Substances move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower
concentration with the assistance of a carrier molecule. DOES NOT REQUIRE ENERGY


Osmosis

• passive movement of water/solvent across the cellular membrane from an area of low
solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration.


proliferation

• Regulated process by which cells divide and reproduce.