NUR 631 Final Exam 1
- Where do we hold our DNA in a cell?
Answer Nucleus
- What is cell "suicide" or programmed death?
Answer Apoptosis
- What are the clinical findings of CO poisoning?
Answer Normal SPO2 Due to CO taking up all the O2 that is bound to HGb
- Why would you see tissue damage in CO poisoning?
Answer Lack of O2 causes tissue necrosis
5. ABG
Answer pH= 7.25 CO2 = 60 HCO3= 28
Respiratory Acidosis
- How do water molecules move through cell walls?
Answer Osmosis
- How do Non-water molecules move through cell walls?
Answer Diffusion/ hydrostatic pressure 1 / 3
- If a pt has excessive vomiting, what will develop?
Answer Metabolic Alkalosis, be- cause they are losing all of the HCL in their stomach but holding onto bicarb
- What do we look for during amniocentesis for neural tube defects?
Answer Alpha fetal proteins
- Clinical characteristics of trisomy 21 (AKA downs syndrome)
Answer wide eyes webbed neck
short stature Low IQ Low nasal bridge low set ears Simeon crease in Palm of hand
- How can a newborn have type 1 DM?
Answer Autoimmune disorder
- What gene is going to take care go maintenance of all the other cells?
Answer -
Housekeeping genes
- If a patient presents with chronic woulds, what are we thinking?
Answer Diabetes, or at least something else is going on
- If a newborn does not have enough collectin proteins, what kind of infec- tion might they
have?
Answer Pneumonia/ respiratory 2 / 3
- Where to B lymphocytes mature?
Answer bone marrow
- If you have chicken pox and I come over to get it as well, what type of immunity are you
creating
Answer Active acquired
- What is happening at a cellular level in a type 2 hypersensitivity rxn?
Answer IgE "Allergy", the antibodies are binding to the antigens on the cell surface
- Why do we give rhogam?
Answer Prevent hemolytic anemia in the pregnant Rh- mom w/ Rh+ baby
- If a pt had an organ transplant, why all of a sudden would we see tissue damage?
Answer Release of cytokines, thus the cytokines attack the epithelial cells
- What is an exotoxin?
Answer a toxin released by a living bacterial cell into its surroundings.
- What cells do we have to fight fungal infections?
Answer phagocytes and T-lymphocytes
- Why if stressed are we more prone to getting sick?
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