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HESI RN Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 2026
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What does it mean when the cause of the disease is
unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer-d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the
disease?
a. Symptom
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b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - Answer-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - Answer-c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume
regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease
in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity - Answer-b.
Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in
pain perception
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By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell
membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport
system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by
endocytosis and exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion - Answer-d. They cross by
diffusion
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events
that does not favor stability and often abruptly displaces a
system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - Answer-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - Answer-b. gums
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Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - Answer-d.
there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women -
Answer-c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased
availability of oxygen at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer-b. Acclimatization
HESI RN Advanced Pathophysiology Exam 2026
Actual Complete Real Verified Exam Questions &
Correct Answers | Already Graded A+ | Newest
Exam!!!
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is
unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - Answer-d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - Answer-d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the
disease?
a. Symptom
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b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - Answer-d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - Answer-c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume
regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease
in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity - Answer-b.
Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in
pain perception
,3|Page
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell
membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport
system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by
endocytosis and exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion - Answer-d. They cross by
diffusion
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events
that does not favor stability and often abruptly displaces a
system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - Answer-a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - Answer-b. gums
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Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - Answer-d.
there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women -
Answer-c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased
availability of oxygen at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - Answer-b. Acclimatization
