Midterm Exam: NUR631 / NUR 631
(Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU
Question:
In an AIDS pt with fever, what would you suspect needed to be treated?
Answer:
Infection, Treat with antibiotics
Question:
What type of infarct is a microsystemic CVA with pure sensory or motor defects?
Answer:
Lacunar infarct
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Question:
What symptoms are caused by the Somogyi Effect?
Answer:
Hypoglycemia with rebound hyperglycemia
Question:
What enzyme is used by the cell membrane to transport nutrients?
Answer:
Protease
Question:
What part of the cell membrane is hydrophobic or NOT water permeable?
Answer:
Lipid bilayer
Question:
What part of the cardiac cycle has nothing occurring?
Answer:
Absolute refractory period
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Question:
What is the period immediately following the firing of a nerve fiber when it cannot be stimulated no matter how great a stimulus is applied?
Answer:
Absolute refractory period
Question:
What is needed to move fluid from the arterial end into interstitial space?
Answer:
Hydrostatic pressure
Question:
What type of cell adapts by replacing one with another?
Answer:
Metaplasia
Question:
What is an example of hyperplasia?
Answer:
Breast tissue increasing due to pregnancy
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Question:
What is a risk associated with blood transfusions?
Answer:
Hemosiderosis (too much iron)
Question:
A patient has a sodium level of 164. What symptoms would be present?
Answer:
Confusion, convulsions, cerebral hemorrhage, coma. (The cells shrink, and water follow sodium)
Question:
Diagnose: pH 7.28, HCO3 28, CO2 60?
Answer:
Respiratory Acidosis (non compensated)
Question:
A person with A and B alleles has what type of blood?
Answer:
AB
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