UNE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY STUDY SHEET
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉A nurse is planning care for patients with potassium disorders.
Which assessment is priority for these patients?
A. vision
B. cardiac
C. Skin
D. gastrointestinal. Answer: B. Cardiac
◉Which of the following electrolytes is found in the highest
concentration in the intracellular fluid (ICF)
A. calcium
B. Chlorine
C. sodium
D. potassium. Answer: D. potassium
,◉The largest fluid compartment in the body is
A. intersitial
B. intravascular
C. peritoneal
D. intracellular. Answer: D. intracellular
◉A patient asks what aldosterone does. How should the nurse
respond? Aldosterone:
A. promotes sodium and water excretion
B. promotes potassium and water retention
C. promotes sodium and water retention
D. promotes potassium and water excretion. Answer: C. promotes
sodium and water retention
◉How do cytotoxic T cells destroy infected cells?
A. by stimulating B cell receptor complex
B. by activating the kinin system
C. by producing antibodies
, D. by directly killing infected or malignant cells. Answer: D. by
directly killing infected or malignant cells
◉Which statement is true of adaptive immunity?
A. helper T cells are involved in only cell-mediated immunity
B. antibodies are the primary cells in cell-mediated immunity
C. T cells are ultimately responsible for humoral immunity
D. Both humoral and cell mediated immunity develop memory cells.
Answer: D. both humoral and cell mediated immunity develop
memory cells
◉What is one of the purposes of inflammation?
A. encourages infection
B. concentrate toxins
C. prepares an injured area for healing
D. inhibits adaptive immune response. Answer: C. prepares an
injured area for healing
◉During inflammation, which of the following would be acting as
phagocytic cells?
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉A nurse is planning care for patients with potassium disorders.
Which assessment is priority for these patients?
A. vision
B. cardiac
C. Skin
D. gastrointestinal. Answer: B. Cardiac
◉Which of the following electrolytes is found in the highest
concentration in the intracellular fluid (ICF)
A. calcium
B. Chlorine
C. sodium
D. potassium. Answer: D. potassium
,◉The largest fluid compartment in the body is
A. intersitial
B. intravascular
C. peritoneal
D. intracellular. Answer: D. intracellular
◉A patient asks what aldosterone does. How should the nurse
respond? Aldosterone:
A. promotes sodium and water excretion
B. promotes potassium and water retention
C. promotes sodium and water retention
D. promotes potassium and water excretion. Answer: C. promotes
sodium and water retention
◉How do cytotoxic T cells destroy infected cells?
A. by stimulating B cell receptor complex
B. by activating the kinin system
C. by producing antibodies
, D. by directly killing infected or malignant cells. Answer: D. by
directly killing infected or malignant cells
◉Which statement is true of adaptive immunity?
A. helper T cells are involved in only cell-mediated immunity
B. antibodies are the primary cells in cell-mediated immunity
C. T cells are ultimately responsible for humoral immunity
D. Both humoral and cell mediated immunity develop memory cells.
Answer: D. both humoral and cell mediated immunity develop
memory cells
◉What is one of the purposes of inflammation?
A. encourages infection
B. concentrate toxins
C. prepares an injured area for healing
D. inhibits adaptive immune response. Answer: C. prepares an
injured area for healing
◉During inflammation, which of the following would be acting as
phagocytic cells?
