South College | NSG 1520 Exam 1 Pathophysiology - Comprehensive Exam Review

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Exam 1 Patho




Course: PATHO 1520

,MULTIPLE CHOICE



1. Choose the correct proportion of water to body weight to be expected in
a healthy male

adult's body:

30%

45%

60%

d. 70%

ANS: C

2. Choose the correct proportion of blood (to body weight) in an adult
male's body:

a. 30%

b. 20%

c. 10%

d. 4%

ANS: D



3. Which of the following is NOT part of the extracellular fluid compartment
(ECF)?

a. Blood

b. Cytoplasm

c. Cerebrospinal fluid

d. Transcellular fluid

ANS: B



4. Insensible fluid loss refers to water lost through

a. perspiration only.

, b. feces only.

c. perspiration and expiration.

d. urine and feces.

ANS: C



5. The osmoreceptor cells controlling the thirst mechanism are located in
the

a. medulla oblongata.

b. thalamus.

c. epithalamus.

d. hypothalamus.

ANS: D



6. When the osmotic pressure of the blood is elevated above normal, water
would shift from the

a. blood into the cells.

b. interstitial compartment into the cells.

c. interstitial compartment into the blood.

d. cells into the interstitial compartment.

ANS: C



7. Which of the following would result from a deficit of plasma proteins?

a. Increased osmotic pressure

b. Decreased osmotic pressure

c. Increased hydrostatic pressure

d. Decreased hydrostatic pressure
ANS: B