NUR 631 Final Study Guide

NUR 631 Final Study Guide
1. DNA formation occurs in which of the cell's structures?
a. nucleus
b. cytoplasm
c. organelle
d. membrane
Answer
a. nucleus
2. A health professionsstudent asksthe professor to explain apoptosis.What response is most
accurate?
a. programmed cell death
b. due to chemical injury
c. unpredictable patterns of cell death
d. results in benign malignancies
Answer
a. programmed cell death
3. Where is most of the cell's genetic information, including RNA and DNA contained?
a. mitochondria
b. ribosome
c. nucleolus
d. lysosome
Answer
c. nucleolus
4. A student asks why carbon monoxide causes tissue damage.What response by the
professor is best?
a. competes with carbon dioxide so that it cannot be excreted
b. binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen
c. destroys the chemical bonds of hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen
d. removes iron from hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen
Answer
b. binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen