NUR 631 Advanced Patho Final EXAM LATEST UPDATE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS

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NUR 631 Advanced Patho Final EXAM
LATEST UPDATE 2026-2027 QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS

Question: When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, who is it inherited from?

- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Both parents are carriers




Question: What mechanism can cause hypernatremia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Loss of H2O


DM


Insufficient H2O intake


hyperonic solution


over secretion of aldosterone


Cushing Disease




Question: Prader-Willi Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Inherited from father


Constant sense of hunger after age of 2


Obesity

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behavior problems


mental retardation


short structure




Question: Mechanism that causes Hyperkalemia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Potassium sparing

diuretic


hypoaldeosteronism


shift from ICF to ECF


Metabolic Acidosis




Question: Likely cause of Respiratory Acidosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Over sedation


Brain stem trauma


PE, COPD


alveolar hypoventilation


disorder of lung paranchyma


depression of respiratory center

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Question: When considering WBC differentials acute inflammatory reasons are related to

elevations of what leukocyte? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Neutrophils




Question: Osteosarcoma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Most common type of cancer that starts in

the bone




Question: The common hayfever allergy is expressed through a reaction that is mediated by

which class of immunoglobulins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IgE




Question: Cytokines are thought to cause fevers by stimulating the synthesis of which chemical

mediators? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Prostoglandin/ endogenous pyrogens (213)




Question: Which cells are primary target for HIV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Neural cells


CD4


macrophages


NK cells

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Question: The mammary gland enlarge during pregnancy primarily as a consequence of what

type of hormonal event? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hormonal Hyperplasia




Question: Perceived stress elicits an emotional anticipatory response that begins where? -

CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Limbic System


Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus




Q:Vasospastic disorder of the small arteries and arterioles of the fingers and less commonly of

the toes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Best describes Raynauds Disease




Question: Liver - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vitamin K is required for normal clotting factor

synthesis by what?




Question: Gluten sensitive eneropathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Characterized by damage to the

mucosa of the duodenum, jejunum and impaired secretion of secretin, cholecytokinin, and

pancreatic enzymes