Final Exam: NUR631 / NUR 631
(Latest 2024 /2025 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam | Questions and Verified Answers with Rationales | 100% Correct | Grade A
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Question:
What is the most commonly reported symptom of cancer treatment?
- Nausea
- Fatigue
- Hair loss
- Weight loss
Answer:
- Fatigue
Exp: Fatigue is the most frequently reported symptom of cancer and cancer
treatment. Although patients report the other options, they are not as frequently experienced as fatigue. page 396 Box 12-2
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Question:
HHV -8 infection causes?
Answer:
Kaposi Sarcoma page 383
Question:
Research data support a carcinogenic relationship in children resulting from exposure to which virus?
- Herpes simplex virus
- Varicella zoster virus
- Influenza
- Epstein-Barr virus
Answer:
- Epstein-Barr virus
Exp: The strongest association between viruses and the development of
cancer in children has been the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Burkitt lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and Hodgkin disease. No current research supports a link between the remaining o%tions and childhood cancer. page 445
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Question:
Thought and goal-oriented behaviors are functions of which area of the brain?
- Cerebellum
- Limbic system
- Prefrontal lobe
- Occipital lobe
Answer:
- Prefrontal lobe
Exp: The prefrontal area is responsible for goal-oriented behavior (i.e./ ability to concentrate), short-term or recall memory, and the elaboration of thought and inhibition on the limbic (emotional) areas of the CNS. The remaining options are not involved in these functions. page 456
Question:
The region responsible for the motor aspects of speech is located in the?
- Wernicke area in the temporal lobe
- Wronka area in the parietal lobe
- Broca area in the frontal lobe
- Barlow area in the occipital lobe
Answer:
- Broca area in the frontal lobe 3 / 4
Exp: Broca speech area is the only region responsible for the motor aspects of
speech. page 457
Question:
The ability of the eyes to track moving objects through a visual field is primarily a function of which colliculi?
- Inferior
- Superior
- Mid
- Posterior
Answer:
- Superior
Exp: The superior colliculi are involved with voluntary and involuntary visual
motor movements (e.g., the ability of the eyes to track moving objects in the visual field). Tracking moving objects is not the primary function of the remaining options. page 459
Question:
What parts of the brain mediate the expression of affect, both emotional and behavioral states?
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