Pathophysiology - Exam 1 - Altered Cellular and Tissue Biology Latest Update - Exam with 100 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
(TEST) A 15-year-old female presents to the ER following a physical assault. She has internal damage to the neck with deep bruising. X-ray reveals fractures of the hyoid bone and tracheal and cricoid cartilage. Which of the following most likely caused her injuries?
- Chemical asphyxiation
- Choking asphyxiation
- Ligature strangulation
d. Manual strangulation - CORRECT ANSWER: d. Manual strangulation
MC question regarding which does not show any physical signs.
CORRECT ANSWER: choking asphyxiation
(TEST) A combination of coagulative and liquefactive necrosis in which dead cells disintegrate but are not completely digested, resulting in soft, granular, clumped cellular
debris. Tuberculosis. - CORRECT ANSWER: Caseous necrosis - MC question
regarding tuberculosis
(TEST) Narrowing of the arteries due to arteriosclerosis would cause:
- Hypoxia
- Ischemia
c. Both hypoxia and ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER: c. Both hypoxia and ischemia -
Similar question on test but worded regarding oxygen to lungs - hypoxia
A 40-year-old female is diagnosed with cervical cancer after a Pap smear. Which of the following cellular changes would the nurse most likely see on the report?
- Metaplasia 1 / 2
- Atrophy
- Hypertrophy
d. Dysplasia - CORRECT ANSWER: d. Dysplasia
A 52-year-old male suffered a myocardial infarction secondary to atherosclerosis and ischemia. Once oxygen returned to the damaged heart, reperfusion injury occurred as a
result of:
- Free radical formation
- Vacuolation
- Increased metabolic state
d. Lipid acceptor proteins - CORRECT ANSWER: a. Free radical formation
A 75-year-old male presents with chest pain on exertion. The chest pain is most likely
due to hypoxic injury secondary to:
- Malnutrition
- Free radicals
- Ischemia
d. Chemical toxicity - CORRECT ANSWER: c. Ischemia
A deficiency of oxygen in any tissue is called? - CORRECT ANSWER: hypoxia
A lipase-induced cellular dissolution of triglycerides in breast, pancreas, and other
abdominal structures. - CORRECT ANSWER: Fat necrosis
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to define this process?
- Adaptation
- Pathologic calcification
- Apoptosis
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