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Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest 2026/2027 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- GCU
Midterm Exam: NUR631/ NUR 631 (Latest
2026/2027 Update) Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Exam| Questions and
Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade AGCU
Q: If a patient has A and B alleles what is their blood type?
Answer:
type AB
Q: What cells increase with a parasitic infection?
Answer:
Eosinophiles
Q: What do you NEVER use for wound care?
Answer:
H202
Q: Why are there oral or IM vaccines?
Answer:
Antigens are transported to different lymph nodes depending on the route.
Q: Why do neonates have a poor inflammatory response?
Answer:
The compliment system is lacking
Q: What is an endogenous opioid?
Answer:
Endomorphins
Q: What nerve fibers transmit pain impulses?
Answer:
Myelinated A-Delta fibers
Q: What electrolytes do you need to assess with Lithium toxicity?
Answer:
Sodium
(risk for hyponatremia)
Q: Why do antipsychotic medications cause tardive dyskinesia?
Answer:
They mimic dopamine
Q: Patients with depression have a decrease in which receptor binding neu- rotransmitter?
Answer:
Serotonin
Q: What type of mood disorder generally is caused by disorders in the hypo- thalamic and
pituitary adrenal system?
Answer:
Depression
Q: How is depression and cortisol secretion linked?
Answer:
Cortisol causes inflamma- tion, inflammation causes depression.
Q: What neurotransmitter is lacking in people with schizophrenia?
Answer:
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
Q: What kind of bleed is suspected with a positive Kernig and Brudzinski sign?
Answer:
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Q: What vascular malformation results in bleeding?
Answer:
Arterial venous malforma- tion (AVM)
Q: An AIDS patient with fever, clumsy, difficulty walking needs what type of treatment?
Answer:
Antibiotics (suspect infection)
Q: What medication treats toxoplasmosis?
Answer:
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