WGU C805 Pathophysiology –
Comprehensive Disease Study Set UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a common sign or symptom of a nervous system disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Motor Disturbances
What is a common symptom of degenerative disk disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Leg
pain
Which facial nerve is paralyzed by Bell palsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eighth
What is a sign of inflammation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Redness, warmth to the touch,
and pain
What is an example of an acute disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - middle ear infection
What is a common cause of cellulitis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Staphylococcus
How is neoplasm defined - CORRECT ANSWER - new growth
Which neoplasm is not malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - lipoma
Which condition are people who have had blistering sunburns at a young age at the greatest risk
of developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - melanoma
What is the primary joint affected in gout? - CORRECT ANSWER - metatarsophalangeal
, What is osteomalacia in children called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rickets
What is rickets? - CORRECT ANSWER - bone disease that causes children's bones to
become soft and weak, usually caused by vitamin D deficiency
Which option is a treatment for osteoarthritis? - CORRECT ANSWER - heat
What is an example of the formation of a capsule to wall off and prevent the spread of a
staphylococcal infection? - CORRECT ANSWER - abscess
What is an inflammation of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin? - CORRECT
ANSWER - acne vulgaris
What is herpes varicella also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - chicken pox
diplopia - CORRECT ANSWER - double vision
What is nearsightedness also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - myopia
Which part of the eye is impacted by macular degeneration? - CORRECT ANSWER -
retina
What is macular degeneration? - CORRECT ANSWER - a disease that progressively
destroys the macula, the central portion of the retina, impairing central vision
Pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER - sac-like membrane surrounding the heart
Pericarditis - CORRECT ANSWER - inflammation of the pericardium
Comprehensive Disease Study Set UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a common sign or symptom of a nervous system disease? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Motor Disturbances
What is a common symptom of degenerative disk disease - CORRECT ANSWER - Leg
pain
Which facial nerve is paralyzed by Bell palsy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Eighth
What is a sign of inflammation? - CORRECT ANSWER - Redness, warmth to the touch,
and pain
What is an example of an acute disease? - CORRECT ANSWER - middle ear infection
What is a common cause of cellulitis? - CORRECT ANSWER - Staphylococcus
How is neoplasm defined - CORRECT ANSWER - new growth
Which neoplasm is not malignant - CORRECT ANSWER - lipoma
Which condition are people who have had blistering sunburns at a young age at the greatest risk
of developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - melanoma
What is the primary joint affected in gout? - CORRECT ANSWER - metatarsophalangeal
, What is osteomalacia in children called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Rickets
What is rickets? - CORRECT ANSWER - bone disease that causes children's bones to
become soft and weak, usually caused by vitamin D deficiency
Which option is a treatment for osteoarthritis? - CORRECT ANSWER - heat
What is an example of the formation of a capsule to wall off and prevent the spread of a
staphylococcal infection? - CORRECT ANSWER - abscess
What is an inflammation of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin? - CORRECT
ANSWER - acne vulgaris
What is herpes varicella also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - chicken pox
diplopia - CORRECT ANSWER - double vision
What is nearsightedness also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER - myopia
Which part of the eye is impacted by macular degeneration? - CORRECT ANSWER -
retina
What is macular degeneration? - CORRECT ANSWER - a disease that progressively
destroys the macula, the central portion of the retina, impairing central vision
Pericardium - CORRECT ANSWER - sac-like membrane surrounding the heart
Pericarditis - CORRECT ANSWER - inflammation of the pericardium
