NR 283/ NR283 (New 2026 Update) Pathophysiology
Exam 1 Testbank |Verified Questions & Answers|
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Chamberlain
1. What is the primary cause of cellular injury due to reduced oxygen supply?
□ A. Hypoxia
□ B. Ischemia
□ C. Infection □ D.
Chemical toxins
Answer: B. Ischemia
2. Which type of necrosis is characterized by the transformation of tissue into a thick,
yellowish substance?
□ A. Liquefactive necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
□ C. Fat necrosis □ D.
Caseous necrosis
Answer: D. Caseous necrosis
3. What cellular adaptation involves an increase in the size of individual cells?
□ A. Atrophy
□ B. Hyperplasia
□ C. Hypertrophy
□ D. Dysplasia
Answer: C. Hypertrophy
4. Which type of necrosis is commonly associated with brain tissue death?
□ A. Liquefactive necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
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,□ C. Fat necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis
Answer: A. Liquefactive necrosis
5. What is the process called when one mature cell type is replaced by another mature cell
type?
□ A. Dysplasia
□ B. Metaplasia
□ C. Atrophy □ D.
Hyperplasia
Answer: B. Metaplasia
6. Which fluid compartment makes up a greater percentage of body weight?
□ A. Extracellular fluid
□ B. Intracellular fluid
□ C. Interstitial fluid □ D.
Intravascular fluid
Answer: B. Intracellular fluid
7. What is the term for programmed cell death that does not elicit an inflammatory
response?
□ A. Necrosis
□ B. Metaplasia
□ C. Apoptosis □ D.
Hyperplasia
Answer: C. Apoptosis
8. Which mechanism of tissue damage is primarily caused by environmental chemicals?
□ A. Infection
□ B. Chemical injury
□ C. Mechanical damage
□ D. Nutritional deficits
Answer: B. Chemical injury
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, 9. What type of necrosis occurs in myocardial infarction due to lack of oxygen?
□ A. Fat necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
□ C. Liquefactive necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis
Answer: B. Coagulative necrosis
10. What is the primary factor that leads to hyperplasia?
□ A. Cell death
□ B. Increased cell number
□ C. Increased cell size □ D.
Cell replacement
Answer: B. Increased cell number
11. Which type of necrosis is associated with the pancreas and breast tissue?
□ A. Fat necrosis
□ B. Liquefactive necrosis
□ C. Coagulative necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis Answer: A.
Fat necrosis
12. What is the primary driving force for water movement between plasma and interstitial
fluid?
□ A. Osmotic pressure
□ B. Hydrostatic pressure
□ C. Cell membrane permeability
□ D. Electrolyte balance
Answer: B. Hydrostatic pressure
13. What is dysplasia characterized by?
□ A. Increased mitosis and abnormal cell shapes
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Exam 1 Testbank |Verified Questions & Answers|
Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)-
Chamberlain
1. What is the primary cause of cellular injury due to reduced oxygen supply?
□ A. Hypoxia
□ B. Ischemia
□ C. Infection □ D.
Chemical toxins
Answer: B. Ischemia
2. Which type of necrosis is characterized by the transformation of tissue into a thick,
yellowish substance?
□ A. Liquefactive necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
□ C. Fat necrosis □ D.
Caseous necrosis
Answer: D. Caseous necrosis
3. What cellular adaptation involves an increase in the size of individual cells?
□ A. Atrophy
□ B. Hyperplasia
□ C. Hypertrophy
□ D. Dysplasia
Answer: C. Hypertrophy
4. Which type of necrosis is commonly associated with brain tissue death?
□ A. Liquefactive necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
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,□ C. Fat necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis
Answer: A. Liquefactive necrosis
5. What is the process called when one mature cell type is replaced by another mature cell
type?
□ A. Dysplasia
□ B. Metaplasia
□ C. Atrophy □ D.
Hyperplasia
Answer: B. Metaplasia
6. Which fluid compartment makes up a greater percentage of body weight?
□ A. Extracellular fluid
□ B. Intracellular fluid
□ C. Interstitial fluid □ D.
Intravascular fluid
Answer: B. Intracellular fluid
7. What is the term for programmed cell death that does not elicit an inflammatory
response?
□ A. Necrosis
□ B. Metaplasia
□ C. Apoptosis □ D.
Hyperplasia
Answer: C. Apoptosis
8. Which mechanism of tissue damage is primarily caused by environmental chemicals?
□ A. Infection
□ B. Chemical injury
□ C. Mechanical damage
□ D. Nutritional deficits
Answer: B. Chemical injury
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, 9. What type of necrosis occurs in myocardial infarction due to lack of oxygen?
□ A. Fat necrosis
□ B. Coagulative necrosis
□ C. Liquefactive necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis
Answer: B. Coagulative necrosis
10. What is the primary factor that leads to hyperplasia?
□ A. Cell death
□ B. Increased cell number
□ C. Increased cell size □ D.
Cell replacement
Answer: B. Increased cell number
11. Which type of necrosis is associated with the pancreas and breast tissue?
□ A. Fat necrosis
□ B. Liquefactive necrosis
□ C. Coagulative necrosis
□ D. Caseous necrosis Answer: A.
Fat necrosis
12. What is the primary driving force for water movement between plasma and interstitial
fluid?
□ A. Osmotic pressure
□ B. Hydrostatic pressure
□ C. Cell membrane permeability
□ D. Electrolyte balance
Answer: B. Hydrostatic pressure
13. What is dysplasia characterized by?
□ A. Increased mitosis and abnormal cell shapes
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