Pathophysiology C805 WGU UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
MRSA - CORRECT ANSWER - RED, SWOLLEN, MAY LOOK LIKE A BOIL WITH PUS. ALSO
SKIN RASH OR SORE. TRANSMITTED USUALLY SKIN TO SKIN.
MALARIA - CORRECT ANSWER - FEVER, CHILLS, SWEATING AND OTHER FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS. TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITO
STAPH INFECTION - CORRECT ANSWER - THIS DISEASE HAS COLLECTION OF PUS, BOIL OR
ABSCESS AT SITE
ACTIVE - CORRECT ANSWER - IMMUNITY THAT RESULTS FROM THE OWN PRODUCTION OF
ANTIBODIES
PASSIVE - CORRECT ANSWER - IMMUNITY THAT RESULTS FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF
ANTIBODIES FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ANIMAL
MALIGNANT TUMORS - CORRECT ANSWER - TUMOR THAT INVADES SURROUNDING
TISSUES, LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH
BENIGN TUMORS - CORRECT ANSWER - MASS OF CELLS (TUMOR) THAT LACK THE
ABILITY TO INVADE NEIGHBORING TISSUE OR METASTASIZE
METASTASIS - CORRECT ANSWER - DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY MALIGNANT
GROWTHS AT A DISTANCE FROM A PRIMARY SITE OF CANCER
NEAR DROWNING - CORRECT ANSWER - BREATHING FLUID OR NOT ENOUGH
OXYGENATED BLOOD
,ASPHYXIATION - CORRECT ANSWER - LACK OF OXYGEN COUPLED WITH ACCUMULATING
CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
ALLERGIES - CORRECT ANSWER - NOSE HAIRS, SNEEZING, INFLAMED NASAL PASSAGES,
WATERY EYES
CLOSED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN BONE, SKIN INTACT
OPEN OR COMPOUND FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK WHERE WOUND IS
LEADING DOWNTO FRACTURE ; OR BONE BREAKS SKIN
SIMPLE FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN THE RIB THAT IS BROKEN INTO TWO
PARTS
COMMINUTED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - SHATTERING BREAK
IMPACTED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BONE IS BROKEN WITH ONE END FORCED
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE OTHER
INCOMPLETE PARTIAL FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - FRACTION LINE DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE WHOLE BONE (STRESS FRACTURE)
GREENSTICK FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BONE PARTIALLY BENT OR SPLIT; OCCURS
WITH SOFT BONES
COLLES FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN THE END OF THE RADIUS IN WRIST;
OFTEN OCCURS WHEN THE WRIST IS EXTENDED TO BREAK A FALL
, COMMON DISLOCATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER - SHOULDER, HIP, JAW, KNEE, SPINE AND
ELBOW
SPRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER - STRETCHING/TEARING OF LIGAMENTS
STRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER - STRETCHING/TEARING OF MUSCLE OR TENDON
RICKETS - CORRECT ANSWER - BOW LEGS, DELAYED GROWTH
OSTEOMALACIA - CORRECT ANSWER - SOFTENING AND WEAKENING OF BONES IN
CHILDREN, USUALLY DUE TO INADEQUATE VITAMIN D.
GOUT - CORRECT ANSWER - DISEASE OF URIC ACID METABOLISM, TYPICALLY JOINT PAIN
IN BIG TOE. DEPOSITS WILL BUILD UP AROUND JOINTS. CHARACTERIZED BY KIDNEY STONES, UREA
IN BLOOD AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION.
HERNIATED DISK - CORRECT ANSWER - COMMON ON SITE L4-L5, DISC PUSHES ON
NERVE CAUSING DISCOMFORT IN LOW BACK. SYMPTOMS TO INCLUDE SEVERE BACK PAIN,
PARASTHESIA.
PLANTAR FASCIITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - INFLAMMATION OF A THICK BAND OF TISSUE
THAT CONNECTS THE HEEL BONE TO THE TOES.
PAGET'S DISEASE - CORRECT ANSWER - HIGH RATE OF BONE TURNOVER, BONE IS
REPLACED BY COARSE, IRREGULAR BONE.
LORDOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - CURVING INWARD OF THE LOWER BACK. ALSO CALLED
SWAY BACK. AFFECTS LUMBAR / LOWER SPINE
KYPHOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - FORWARD ROUNDING OF THE BACK. ALSO CALLED
HUNCHBACK, AFFECTS UPPER THORACIC
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
MRSA - CORRECT ANSWER - RED, SWOLLEN, MAY LOOK LIKE A BOIL WITH PUS. ALSO
SKIN RASH OR SORE. TRANSMITTED USUALLY SKIN TO SKIN.
MALARIA - CORRECT ANSWER - FEVER, CHILLS, SWEATING AND OTHER FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS. TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITO
STAPH INFECTION - CORRECT ANSWER - THIS DISEASE HAS COLLECTION OF PUS, BOIL OR
ABSCESS AT SITE
ACTIVE - CORRECT ANSWER - IMMUNITY THAT RESULTS FROM THE OWN PRODUCTION OF
ANTIBODIES
PASSIVE - CORRECT ANSWER - IMMUNITY THAT RESULTS FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF
ANTIBODIES FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ANIMAL
MALIGNANT TUMORS - CORRECT ANSWER - TUMOR THAT INVADES SURROUNDING
TISSUES, LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH
BENIGN TUMORS - CORRECT ANSWER - MASS OF CELLS (TUMOR) THAT LACK THE
ABILITY TO INVADE NEIGHBORING TISSUE OR METASTASIZE
METASTASIS - CORRECT ANSWER - DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY MALIGNANT
GROWTHS AT A DISTANCE FROM A PRIMARY SITE OF CANCER
NEAR DROWNING - CORRECT ANSWER - BREATHING FLUID OR NOT ENOUGH
OXYGENATED BLOOD
,ASPHYXIATION - CORRECT ANSWER - LACK OF OXYGEN COUPLED WITH ACCUMULATING
CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
ALLERGIES - CORRECT ANSWER - NOSE HAIRS, SNEEZING, INFLAMED NASAL PASSAGES,
WATERY EYES
CLOSED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN BONE, SKIN INTACT
OPEN OR COMPOUND FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK WHERE WOUND IS
LEADING DOWNTO FRACTURE ; OR BONE BREAKS SKIN
SIMPLE FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN THE RIB THAT IS BROKEN INTO TWO
PARTS
COMMINUTED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - SHATTERING BREAK
IMPACTED FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BONE IS BROKEN WITH ONE END FORCED
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE OTHER
INCOMPLETE PARTIAL FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - FRACTION LINE DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE WHOLE BONE (STRESS FRACTURE)
GREENSTICK FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BONE PARTIALLY BENT OR SPLIT; OCCURS
WITH SOFT BONES
COLLES FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER - BREAK IN THE END OF THE RADIUS IN WRIST;
OFTEN OCCURS WHEN THE WRIST IS EXTENDED TO BREAK A FALL
, COMMON DISLOCATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER - SHOULDER, HIP, JAW, KNEE, SPINE AND
ELBOW
SPRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER - STRETCHING/TEARING OF LIGAMENTS
STRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER - STRETCHING/TEARING OF MUSCLE OR TENDON
RICKETS - CORRECT ANSWER - BOW LEGS, DELAYED GROWTH
OSTEOMALACIA - CORRECT ANSWER - SOFTENING AND WEAKENING OF BONES IN
CHILDREN, USUALLY DUE TO INADEQUATE VITAMIN D.
GOUT - CORRECT ANSWER - DISEASE OF URIC ACID METABOLISM, TYPICALLY JOINT PAIN
IN BIG TOE. DEPOSITS WILL BUILD UP AROUND JOINTS. CHARACTERIZED BY KIDNEY STONES, UREA
IN BLOOD AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION.
HERNIATED DISK - CORRECT ANSWER - COMMON ON SITE L4-L5, DISC PUSHES ON
NERVE CAUSING DISCOMFORT IN LOW BACK. SYMPTOMS TO INCLUDE SEVERE BACK PAIN,
PARASTHESIA.
PLANTAR FASCIITIS - CORRECT ANSWER - INFLAMMATION OF A THICK BAND OF TISSUE
THAT CONNECTS THE HEEL BONE TO THE TOES.
PAGET'S DISEASE - CORRECT ANSWER - HIGH RATE OF BONE TURNOVER, BONE IS
REPLACED BY COARSE, IRREGULAR BONE.
LORDOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - CURVING INWARD OF THE LOWER BACK. ALSO CALLED
SWAY BACK. AFFECTS LUMBAR / LOWER SPINE
KYPHOSIS - CORRECT ANSWER - FORWARD ROUNDING OF THE BACK. ALSO CALLED
HUNCHBACK, AFFECTS UPPER THORACIC
