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NSG 3280 EXAM 1 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
"Hippo" - the cell is full of water, making it fat like a hippo. -
ANSWER-Hypotonic
"I-so-perfect" - there is equal amounts of solutes and water inside
and outside of the cell. - ANSWER-Isotonic
Water has left the cell resulting in "skinny" cell. - ANSWER-
Hypertonic
This liver disease has an accumulation of fat (LDL) which the liver
cells (hepatocytes) normally break down. - ANSWER-
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Decreased cell size a.k.a....... - ANSWER-Atrophy
Increased cell size a.k.a...... - ANSWER-Hypertrophy
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Increased cell number a.k.a..... - ANSWER-Hyperplasia
Conversion of one cell type to another a.k.a..... - ANSWER-
Metaplasia
Disorderly growth of cells a.k.a...... - ANSWER-Dysplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- disuse (don't use it, you lose it)
- denervation (lack of nerve signals to muscles = ALS or
peripheral neuropathy)
- ischemia
- nutrient starvation
- interruption of endocrine signals
- persistent cell injury - ANSWER-Atrophy
General cause of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- Increased cellular protein content
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Can be seen in:
- liver enlargement - liver is not getting rid of toxins
- cardiac muscle - in response to chronic high BP - ANSWER-
Hypertrophy
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- usually in response to increased physiologic demands or
hormonal stimulation
- persistent cell injury, chronic irritation of epithelial cells -
ANSWER-Hyperplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- adaptation to persistent injury, with replacement of a cell type
that is better suited to tolerate injurious stimulation
- seen with smoking - chronic irritation of bronchial mucosa leads
to ciliated columnar cells changing to stratified squamous cells -
ANSWER-Metaplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
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- persistent irritation to the tissues causes the cells to change -
ANSWER-Dysplasia
- Usually occurs as a consequence of ischemic or toxic injury
- Is characterized by cell rupture, spilling of contents into the
extracellular fluid, and inflammation - ANSWER-Necrosis
- Occurs in response to injury that does not directly kill the cell
- Triggers intracellular cascades
- Activates a cellular suicide response
- Does not cause inflammation
- Large number of cells are continuously undergoing programmed
cell death as tissues remodel - ANSWER-Apoptosis
Indicators of _______ _______ includes:
- Pain -> tissue destruction can hurt; can be helpful with finding
the cellular death
- Elevated serum enzyme levels -> serum amylase indicates
pancreatic damage; elevated creatinine kinase (CK) and/or
cardiac troponin indicates myocardial damage (MI/heart attack)
NSG 3280 EXAM 1 LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
"Hippo" - the cell is full of water, making it fat like a hippo. -
ANSWER-Hypotonic
"I-so-perfect" - there is equal amounts of solutes and water inside
and outside of the cell. - ANSWER-Isotonic
Water has left the cell resulting in "skinny" cell. - ANSWER-
Hypertonic
This liver disease has an accumulation of fat (LDL) which the liver
cells (hepatocytes) normally break down. - ANSWER-
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Decreased cell size a.k.a....... - ANSWER-Atrophy
Increased cell size a.k.a...... - ANSWER-Hypertrophy
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Increased cell number a.k.a..... - ANSWER-Hyperplasia
Conversion of one cell type to another a.k.a..... - ANSWER-
Metaplasia
Disorderly growth of cells a.k.a...... - ANSWER-Dysplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- disuse (don't use it, you lose it)
- denervation (lack of nerve signals to muscles = ALS or
peripheral neuropathy)
- ischemia
- nutrient starvation
- interruption of endocrine signals
- persistent cell injury - ANSWER-Atrophy
General cause of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- Increased cellular protein content
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Can be seen in:
- liver enlargement - liver is not getting rid of toxins
- cardiac muscle - in response to chronic high BP - ANSWER-
Hypertrophy
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- usually in response to increased physiologic demands or
hormonal stimulation
- persistent cell injury, chronic irritation of epithelial cells -
ANSWER-Hyperplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
- adaptation to persistent injury, with replacement of a cell type
that is better suited to tolerate injurious stimulation
- seen with smoking - chronic irritation of bronchial mucosa leads
to ciliated columnar cells changing to stratified squamous cells -
ANSWER-Metaplasia
General causes of this type of cellular adaptation includes:
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- persistent irritation to the tissues causes the cells to change -
ANSWER-Dysplasia
- Usually occurs as a consequence of ischemic or toxic injury
- Is characterized by cell rupture, spilling of contents into the
extracellular fluid, and inflammation - ANSWER-Necrosis
- Occurs in response to injury that does not directly kill the cell
- Triggers intracellular cascades
- Activates a cellular suicide response
- Does not cause inflammation
- Large number of cells are continuously undergoing programmed
cell death as tissues remodel - ANSWER-Apoptosis
Indicators of _______ _______ includes:
- Pain -> tissue destruction can hurt; can be helpful with finding
the cellular death
- Elevated serum enzyme levels -> serum amylase indicates
pancreatic damage; elevated creatinine kinase (CK) and/or
cardiac troponin indicates myocardial damage (MI/heart attack)
