NUR 631 Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Midterm
NUR 631 Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Midterm and Final
Exam 3 Prep Test Bank 2 with 350 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ GCU
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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
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Pathophysiology Midterm
d. Homeostasis –
Correct Answer :a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above –
Correct Answer :b. gums
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 –
Correct 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
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Pathophysiology Midterm
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women –
Correct 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 –
Correct Answer :b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic
- Correct Answer :d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
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c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal –
Correct Answer :d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign –
Correct 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 –
Correct 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
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Pathophysiology Midterm
NUR 631 Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Midterm and Final
Exam 3 Prep Test Bank 2 with 350 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ GCU
NUR 631 Latest Exam Prep Test Bank
(New!)
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
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, NUR 631 Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Midterm
d. Homeostasis –
Correct Answer :a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above –
Correct Answer :b. gums
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 –
Correct 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
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Pathophysiology Midterm
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women –
Correct 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 –
Correct Answer :b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic
- Correct Answer :d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
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Pathophysiology Midterm
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal –
Correct Answer :d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign –
Correct 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 –
Correct 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
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