ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
1. You are performing a routine physical exam on a 5-year-old female you notice
that her blood pressure was 125/88 mm/hg you also felt an abdominal mass. You
ordered an abdominal sonogram because the high on the differential diagnosis list
is?
(1 point)
âš« Choice 1 a Wilms tumor
 Choice 2 Renal cyst
 Choice 3 Adrenal cyst
 Choice 4 Polycystic kidneys
2. "Compliance is the measure of lung and chest wall
distensibility" Increase compliance means that it has lost its
elasticity. Which of the following conditions/conditions can
increase compliance.
(1 point)
 Choice 1 Normal aging
 Choice 2 Acute respiratory distress syndrome
⚪ Choice 3 Pneumonia
 Choice 4 Fibrosis
 Choice 5 All of the above
 Choice 6 All except III
3. The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney and
contains which of the following subunits
(1 point)
 Choice 1 Renal capsule and proximal convoluted tubules
 Choice 2 Loop of henle and distal convoluted tubule
 Choice 3 Major Calyx and minor Calyces
 Choice 4 Collecting duct
 Choice 5 All except III
 Choice 6 All of the above
4. What are the risk factors for developing renal cell
carcinoma?
(1 point)
 Choice 1 The used of Nonsteroidal ant inflammatory
 Choice 2 Cigarette smoking
 Choice 3 Alcohol use
 Choice 4 Human immunodeficiency syndrome
 Choice 5 I & II
5. What role does surfactant protein play in lung function? (1 point)
 Choice 1"Coats the inner surface of the alveolus and facilitates
its expansion during inspiration"
 Choice 2"Lowers alveolar surface tension at end-expiration,
thereby preventing lung collapse (atelectasis)."
 Choice 3"Control of lung inflammation by decreasing release of
proinflammatory mediators, preventing oxidative injury, and
regulating the role of fibroblasts in airway remodeling."
 Choice 4 All of the above
6. You are interviewing is a mother who brought her 4year old
daughter into the ER because she has been coughing and
she thinks he might have swallowed a peanut and it went
into her lungs. Where would you most likely find this
foreign object?
(1 point)
 Choice 1 Left lung
âš« Choice 2 Right lung
 Choice 3 Bronchi
 Choice 4 Carina
Explanation:
"The right mainstem bronchus is slightly larger and more vertical than the left (branches at about
a 20- to 30-degree angle from the trachea)." McCance, K., & Huether, S. (2019).
Pathophysiology: The biological basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). Elsevier.
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