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Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 1 2026(NEW UPDATED VERSION)
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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QUESTION : Risk - CORRECT ANSWER Factor that when present increases the
chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the likelihood of encountering a
stressor



QUESTION : Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER A measure of disease that allows us to
determine a person's likelihood of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent cases
is the total number of cases of disease existing in a population. A prevalence rate is the total
number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population
Indicates how widespread the disease is



QUESTION : Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER A measure of disease that allows us to
determine a person's probability of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of
time. Therefore, incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence
rate is the number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk for the
disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease.



QUESTION : Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER The quantitative relation between two
amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.



QUESTION : Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Altering susceptibility or
reducing exposure for susceptible persons
*Both illness and disease are absent


example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles


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QUESTION : Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Early detection, screening,
and management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present


example: screenings and testings



QUESTION : Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER Rehabilitation, supportive
care, reducing disability, and restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present


example: education



QUESTION : Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER study of the patterns of disease
involving populations; examining the occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission, and
distribution of diseases in large groups of populations/people



QUESTION : Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER A disease theat is native to a local region



QUESTION : Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER When a disease is disseninated to many
individals at the same time
(spread to many people at the same time)



QUESTION : Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER Epidemics that affect large geographic
regions, perhaps spreading worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)



QUESTION : *Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to Stressors* - CORRECT
ANSWER


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QUESTION : Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER A state of being in which all systems
are in balance around a articular ideal "set-point"



QUESTION : Exhausation - CORRECT ANSWER Point where body can no longer
return to homeostasis following a prolonged exposure to noxious agents



QUESTION : Allostatic Overload - CORRECT ANSWER "Cost" of body's organs and
tissues for an excessive or ineffectively regulated allostatic response; effect of "wear and
tear" on the body



QUESTION : Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER Adaptation: biopsychosocial process
of change in response to new or altered circumstances, internal or external in origin
Coping: behavioral adaptive response to a stressor using culturally based coping mechanisms
Adaptation and coping: terms used interchangeably



QUESTION : Arousal - CORRECT ANSWER Includes alterations in responsiveness to
homeostatic pressures, sensory stimuli and emotional reactivity, and to changes in motor
activity



QUESTION : Function of Cortisol - CORRECT ANSWER Primary glucocorticoid

Affects protein metabolism
Promotes appetite and food-seeking behaviors
Has anti-inflammatory effects
Chemical mediator in the inflammation response of the body


Adrenal corticosteroid critical to maintenance of homeostasis
May synergize or antagonize effects of catecholamines




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QUESTION : *Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function* - CORRECT ANSWER



QUESTION : Endocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER Hormones traveling in
the bloodstream
Long range signaling



QUESTION : Neurocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER Neurons firing
information through synapses
Signals travel a very small distance between neuron and target cell



QUESTION : Paracrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER Signaling through the
extraceullar fluid between cells in a tissue
Localized areas of communication



QUESTION : Autocrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER Localized signaling in
which the secreting cell is also the target cell
Feedback to self



QUESTION : Describe an Action Potential - CORRECT ANSWER Rapid, self-
propagating electrical excitations of the membrane
Mediated by voltage-gated ion channels that open (sodium flows into the cell) and close in
response to voltage changes across the membrane
Triggered by membrane depolarization


Propagated by sequential opening of voltage-gated sodium channels in adjacent sections of
membrane.
The action potential is regenerated in adjacent sections of membrane as more sodium
channels open. The initial segment repolarizes as sodium channels close and potassium ions
move out.




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