NR 283 FINAL EXAM LATEST WITH ACTUAL
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Pathophysiology - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ the study of
how disease processes affect the function of the body
Pathogenesis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ development of
disease
Homeostasis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A tendency to
maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the
regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as
blood glucose, around a particular level
prophylaxis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ prevention
Complications - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ New secondary or
additional problems
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signs and symptoms - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ What
happened?
Do you feel any pain or discomfort? Where?
Do you have any numbness? Where?
Risk factors - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ factors linked with a
disease by association but not yet proved to be causes.
undifferentiated - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ lacking
microscopic structures typical of normal mature cells (If
found it will mean cancer every time) They don't have a
job!
Differentiation - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ process in which
cells become specialized in structure and function (have
a job, ex: hair, liver, cardiac cell)
Mitosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ cell division in which the
nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of
chromosomes (46) Every cell except sex cells
Meiosis - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Cell division that
produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing
organisms (23)
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bone marrow - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A soft tissue inside
the bone that produces blood cells
stem cells - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ unspecialized cells that
retain the ability to become a wide variety of
specialized cells
red blood cells (erythrocytes) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
transport oxygen and carbon dioxide (undifferentiated)
white blood cells (leukocytes) - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
respond to injury or infection (undifferentiated)
Platelets - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ blood clotting
(undifferentiated)
Diffusion - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Movement of solutes
from an area of higher concentration to an area of
lower concentration gradient
sodium-potassium pump - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A
special transport protein in the plasma membrane of
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animal cells that transports sodium out of the cell and
potassium into the cell against their concentration
gradients.
Ribosomes - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Makes proteins
Nucleus - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ A part of the cell
containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth
and reproduction
Mitochondria - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Powerhouse of the
cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production
Cytoskeleton - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ network of protein
filaments within some cells that helps the cell maintain its
shape and is involved in many forms of cell movement
Krebs cycle - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ pyruvic acid is
broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-
extracting reactions
Aerobic - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Process that requires
oxygen