FREE PATHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SCI225

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FREE PATHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SCI225

MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -66 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: ALS is caused by:

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Degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons Question 2: The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. What is the likely diagnosis?

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CF Question 3: A patient is experiencing leukopenia from cancer and chemotherapy treatment.Which condition should you assess for in this patient?

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Infection Question 4: A propensity to unusual or recurrent severe infections is a hallmark for:

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Immunodeficiency I

Question 5: Waterbalance is regulated by:

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Sensation of thirst and ADH Question 6: The major phagocytic cells in inflammation are:

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Neutrophils and macrophages Question 7: A problem of fluid distribution that results in accumulation of fluid within interstitial

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Edema Question 8: Clastogens are agents that cause:

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Chromosomal breakage Question 9: Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to:

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Protect cells from injury Question 10: Irritative syndromes involve:

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Compressive symptoms plus radicular pain and paresthesias Question 11: What are molecules that bind and react with components of the immune response, such as antibodies and receptors on T and B cells

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Antigens Question 12: The most common symptom reported associated with cancer is:

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Fatigue

Question 13: For metastasis to occur, tumors must be capable of:

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Surviving in the bloodstream Question 14: Cellular atrophy is:

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A decrease in cell size Question 15: What type of injury will the nurse prepare to care for with a diffuse brain injury?

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Concussion Question 16: The eukaryotic cell consists of three general components:

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plasma membrane, cytoplasm, intracellular organelles Question 17: What is regulated by the kidney, aldosterone, insulin secretion, and changes in pH

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Potassium balance

Question 18: What is the leading cause of death in developed countries?

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Cancer Question 19: A patient has a recent spinal cord injury. Which term should the nurse use to describe the loss of reflex function below the level of injury?

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Spinal shock Question 20: What would you expect to occur when a patients cancer is caused by mutations of a proto-oncogene?

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Increased cell division

Question 21: Your patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. What type if hypersensitivity is this?

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Type I Question 22: Cerebral Thrombosis most often develops from:

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Atherosclerosis and inflammatory disease process Question 23: Most forms of focal brain injury are associated with increased:

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Brain swelling Question 24: Autonomic hyperreflexia is caused by:

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Stimulation of sensory/pain receptors below the level of the spinal cord lesion Question 25: What term is used to describe cancer that extends to organs or tissues different from the site of origin?

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Metastasis Question 26: During a myasthenic or cholinergic crisis, a patient is in danger of:

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Resp. arrest

Question 27: What causes metaplasia in humans

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Cell injury from noxious stimuli Question 28: Which intervertebral disks should be assessed first for herniation?

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L4-S1