WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam Review (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct
WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam Review
(Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Complete Guide
with Questions and Verified Answers| 100%
Correct
Q: Alzheimer’s disease vs parkinson’s disease
Answer:
Alz – affects language and memory
Park – affects all executive functioning
Q: Huntington’s disease
Answer:
Genetic disorder that causes progressive deterioration of brain cells. caused by a dominant allele.
symptoms do not appear until about the age of 30. involves involuntary muscle movement
Q: Sclerosis
Answer:
abnormal condition of hardening
Q: disorders that cause vision loss
Answer:
glaucoma – loss of pheripheral vision, cataracts – cloudy vision, retinal detachment – floaters,
flashes, curtain vision
Q: kyphosis
Answer:
excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
Q: disorders that cause hearing loss
Answer:
Meniere’s disease – changes in fluid in tube of inner ear (imbalance and vertigo), Otitis media –
middle ear infection
Q: Predisposing factors of ischemic stroke
Answer:
a fib, carotid stenosis, cerebral arteriosclerosis
Q: rheumatoid arthritis
Answer:
A chronic systemic disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, stiffness, pain, and
swelling that results in crippling deformities. Causes elevated WBC counts.
Q: cerebral contusion
Answer:
the bruising of brain tissue as the result of a head injury that causes the brain to bounce against
the rigid bone of the skull; symptoms: ringing in ears, severe headache, n/v.
Q: TIA vs CVA
Answer:
TIA =
-result when a cerebral artery is temp blocked and decreases blood flow to brain
Stroke= artery completely blocked
leading to death of brain and permanent loss of certain functions
Q: multiple sclerosis
Answer:
A chronic, irreversible disease of the central nervous system marked by damage to the myelin
sheath. Plaques occur in the brain and spinal cord causing tremor, weakness, incoordination,
paresthesia, and disturbances in vision and speech
Q: aneurysm
Answer:
ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall
Q: thrombus vs embolus
Answer:
Thrombus = clot in arteries
embolus = dislodged traveling clot in arteries, blocks blood flow
Q: Artherosclerosis
Answer:
Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to buildup of cholesterol plaques
1.endothelial injury
2.foam cell formation
3.fatty streak formation
Q: angina pectoris
Answer:
chest pain, which may radiate to the left arm and jaw, that occurs when there is an insufficient
supply of blood to the heart muscle
Q: myocardial infarction
Answer:
the occlusion of one or more coronary arteries caused by plaque buildup (heart attack)
Q: endocaritis
Answer:
inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
Q: peridcarditis
Answer:
inflammation of the pericardium (sack surrounding heart)
Q: benign vs malignant hypertension
Answer:
benign – “essential hypertension”, chronic vascular damage due to sodium retention.
malignant – acute vascular damage due to renin release
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