C805 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
30 minutes or longer - Answers - Lucile calls your medical clinic asking to speak with
the nurse. You are an LPN who takes the call. Lucile is asking how long angina pain
should last before she becomes alarmed. What will you tell her?
A heart attack signals blockage of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle; cardiac
arrest is sudden loss of heartbeat, pulse, and respiration. - Answers - How might you
compare/contrast a heart attack with cardiac arrest to a friend who is confused about
the difference?
Abdominal, thoracic, and peripheral - Answers - The three common types of aneurysms.
AIDS - Answers - _________ occurs as a result of HIV infection, usually after
approximately 6 to 9 years of infection. It is a syndrome of a constellation of infections,
conditions, or malignancies that occur as a result of the increasing immune depletion
that HIV infection incurs over time.
An ECG, stress test, CT scan, and an MRA - Answers - When CAD is suspected, what
diagnostic tools might help in making a diagnosis?
Andographis and probiotics - Answers - Blaine just gets over one cold and gets another.
He feels miserable, but there is no antibiotic for it. An Internet search suggests some
complementary therapies that might help. What are they?
Aneurysm - Answers - What is it called when there is a local dilation of an artery or
chamber of the heart due to weakening of its walls?
Treatments for leukemias - Answers - Any therapies to reduce effects of chemotherapy
Aplastic anemia - Answers - What is the possible cause of low reticulocyte counts in
blood tests?
Atherosclerosis - Answers - What is the name of the condition characterized by
accumulation of yellowish plaques of cholesterol, lipids, and cellular debris in the inner
layers of large- and medium-sized arteries?
Atherosclerosis - Answers - Marked by cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the walls of
arteries that may restrict blood flow.
Arteriosclerosis - Answers - A disease of the arterial vessels marked by thickening and
loss of elasticity in the arterial walls. It is known colloquially as "hardening of the
arteries."
,Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) - Answers - Instruments programmed to give
an electric shock only when necessary; can be used by anyone.
Atrial fibrillation - Answers - The two atria in the heart beat irregularly, often quite
rapidly, and out of rhythm with the lower ventricles.
Bacteremia - Answers - What is the term for bacteria in the blood that travels throughout
the body causing serious consequences?
Bleeding under the skin and from the mouth, eyes, and ears - Answers - Margery is a
missionary nurse in the West African country of Guinea. She is very much aware of the
threat of hemorrhagic fevers and continually teaches to be watchful for a very specific
set of symptoms. What are they?
Mitral valve insuffieciency - Answers - Blood backflows into the left atrium.
Botulism - Answers - _________ is a serious disease that paralyzes muscles. The
symptoms usually occur within 12 to 36 hours of eating contaminated food and include
blurred or double vision, slurred speech, drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, and
muscle weakness. Symptoms can appear, however, as early as 6 hours and as late as
10 days from exposure. The muscle weakness moves through the body, paralyzing
arms and legs. Death may occur when respiratory muscles become paralyzed.
Botulism was injected into hand grenades tossed at the soldiers. - Answers - Charles is
a World War II survivor. He was in the army and saw a fair amount of battle. He tells
you that his greatest fear was from botulism poisoning. How is that possible?
Bruit - Answers - Abnormal heart sound heard on auscultation
Cardiac tamponade - Answers - Fluid in pericardium compresses the heart
Cardioversion - Answers - Reset hearts rhythm to normal sinus
Catarrhal stage, approximately 7 to 10 days - Answers - Casey has pertussis. His
mother is contacting his friends to tell them they may have been exposed. At what stage
and period of time is this?
Category A of potential weapons - Answers - Easily transmitted from person to person
Infectious diarrheal outbreaks - Answers - Caused by rotaviruses, bacteria, and
parasites; maybe airborne respiratory droplets.
Cellulitis - Answers - Inflammation of connective tissue
,Chronic fatigue syndrome - Answers - Karen is exhausted all the time, has a chronic
sore throat and myalgia, does not sleep well, and feels like she is in a fog all the time.
What might her PCP consider?
Concussion - Answers - An injury resulting from impact with an object. Partial or
complete loss of function, as that resulting from a blow or fall.
Contusion - Answers - An injury where the tissue along or just beneath the surface of
the brain is bruised.
Crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm, neck, and jaw - Answers - What is the
"classic" symptom of myocardial infarction?
Cutaneous anthrax - Answers - A cattle rancher in western Nebraska can be concerned
about what kind of anthrax that farmers and ranchers are regularly exposed to?
Dilatation - Answers - Expansion of an organ or vessel
Diphtheria - Answers - What is the name of the acute, life-threatening infectious disease
characterized by a membrane-like coating that forms over mucous membrane surfaces,
especially the respiratory tract?
Discomfort, nausea, shortness of breath, indigestion, and fatigue - Answers - You are
quite aware of the symptoms of an MI for men, but what kind of symptoms might women
have?
DTaP vaccine - Answers - Prevention from diphtheria
Dyspnea - Answers - Difficulty breathing
Effusion - Answers - An escape of fluid
Endocarditis - Answers - When there is an inflammation with abnormal vegetations in
the membrane lining the heart valves, what is the disease called?
Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) rash - Answers - How is stage 1 of Lyme disease
typically described?
Erythemia infectiosum (fifth disease) - Answers - Causes a "slapped cheeck" rash
FAST - Answers - Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Arenaviruses, Filoviruses, Bunyaviruses, and Flaviviruses - Answers - Viral hemorrhagic
fevers (VHFs) are a group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ systems in the
body. The four main groups of the viruses are __________.
, Viral hemorrhagic fevers - Answers - A group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ
systems in the body. The body's vascular system is damaged, and the body is unable to
regulate itself. These agents are highly infectious and very stable via the aerosol route,
which makes them potential bioterrorism weapons.
For protection from any bacterial infection from the procedures, antibiotic therapy should
begin prior to the procedures. - Answers - Gerald has a pacemaker and needs to have
dental work, including a root canal and a crown. Are there any precautions that Gerald
should take?
Get vaccinated with DTaP and get boosters. - Answers - What are some methods to
prevent tetanus?
Given at 12 to 15 months of age; again at age 6 to prevent disease - Answers - MMRV
vaccine
Greater and lesser saphenous veins - Answers - Where are varicose veins most likely
to occur?
Hematoma - Answers - A swelling comprising a mass of extravasated blood (usually
clotted) confined to an organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel.
Hematopoietic - Answers - Tissue related to the blood cells in bone marrow
Hemolytic uremic syndrome - Answers - Adam, age 6, has been hospitalized with a
serious case of infection from E. coli O157:H7. Medical professionals are hoping to
prevent which potentially life-threatening complication?
Hemorrhagic stroke - Answers - Cause can be hypertension, aneurysm, head injury,
arteriovenous malfunction, or blood disease.
Hemorrhagic stroke - Answers - Occurs when a blood vessel on the brain's surface
ruptures and bleeds into just the subarachnoid space or when the blood floods the brain
itself.
High-fat diet, distress, obesity, no exercise, and smoking - Answers - Can you identify
characteristics, largely preventable, that may make a person more susceptible to
cardiovascular diseases?
His particular infection is not a threat to others. - Answers - If Cary is being treated for
an infection, why is he still going to work and meeting friends?
HIV - Answers - Caused by a retrovirus that infects and replicates in human
lymphocytes and macrophages, eroding the integrity of the human immune system over
a number of years.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
30 minutes or longer - Answers - Lucile calls your medical clinic asking to speak with
the nurse. You are an LPN who takes the call. Lucile is asking how long angina pain
should last before she becomes alarmed. What will you tell her?
A heart attack signals blockage of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle; cardiac
arrest is sudden loss of heartbeat, pulse, and respiration. - Answers - How might you
compare/contrast a heart attack with cardiac arrest to a friend who is confused about
the difference?
Abdominal, thoracic, and peripheral - Answers - The three common types of aneurysms.
AIDS - Answers - _________ occurs as a result of HIV infection, usually after
approximately 6 to 9 years of infection. It is a syndrome of a constellation of infections,
conditions, or malignancies that occur as a result of the increasing immune depletion
that HIV infection incurs over time.
An ECG, stress test, CT scan, and an MRA - Answers - When CAD is suspected, what
diagnostic tools might help in making a diagnosis?
Andographis and probiotics - Answers - Blaine just gets over one cold and gets another.
He feels miserable, but there is no antibiotic for it. An Internet search suggests some
complementary therapies that might help. What are they?
Aneurysm - Answers - What is it called when there is a local dilation of an artery or
chamber of the heart due to weakening of its walls?
Treatments for leukemias - Answers - Any therapies to reduce effects of chemotherapy
Aplastic anemia - Answers - What is the possible cause of low reticulocyte counts in
blood tests?
Atherosclerosis - Answers - What is the name of the condition characterized by
accumulation of yellowish plaques of cholesterol, lipids, and cellular debris in the inner
layers of large- and medium-sized arteries?
Atherosclerosis - Answers - Marked by cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the walls of
arteries that may restrict blood flow.
Arteriosclerosis - Answers - A disease of the arterial vessels marked by thickening and
loss of elasticity in the arterial walls. It is known colloquially as "hardening of the
arteries."
,Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) - Answers - Instruments programmed to give
an electric shock only when necessary; can be used by anyone.
Atrial fibrillation - Answers - The two atria in the heart beat irregularly, often quite
rapidly, and out of rhythm with the lower ventricles.
Bacteremia - Answers - What is the term for bacteria in the blood that travels throughout
the body causing serious consequences?
Bleeding under the skin and from the mouth, eyes, and ears - Answers - Margery is a
missionary nurse in the West African country of Guinea. She is very much aware of the
threat of hemorrhagic fevers and continually teaches to be watchful for a very specific
set of symptoms. What are they?
Mitral valve insuffieciency - Answers - Blood backflows into the left atrium.
Botulism - Answers - _________ is a serious disease that paralyzes muscles. The
symptoms usually occur within 12 to 36 hours of eating contaminated food and include
blurred or double vision, slurred speech, drooping eyelids, difficulty swallowing, and
muscle weakness. Symptoms can appear, however, as early as 6 hours and as late as
10 days from exposure. The muscle weakness moves through the body, paralyzing
arms and legs. Death may occur when respiratory muscles become paralyzed.
Botulism was injected into hand grenades tossed at the soldiers. - Answers - Charles is
a World War II survivor. He was in the army and saw a fair amount of battle. He tells
you that his greatest fear was from botulism poisoning. How is that possible?
Bruit - Answers - Abnormal heart sound heard on auscultation
Cardiac tamponade - Answers - Fluid in pericardium compresses the heart
Cardioversion - Answers - Reset hearts rhythm to normal sinus
Catarrhal stage, approximately 7 to 10 days - Answers - Casey has pertussis. His
mother is contacting his friends to tell them they may have been exposed. At what stage
and period of time is this?
Category A of potential weapons - Answers - Easily transmitted from person to person
Infectious diarrheal outbreaks - Answers - Caused by rotaviruses, bacteria, and
parasites; maybe airborne respiratory droplets.
Cellulitis - Answers - Inflammation of connective tissue
,Chronic fatigue syndrome - Answers - Karen is exhausted all the time, has a chronic
sore throat and myalgia, does not sleep well, and feels like she is in a fog all the time.
What might her PCP consider?
Concussion - Answers - An injury resulting from impact with an object. Partial or
complete loss of function, as that resulting from a blow or fall.
Contusion - Answers - An injury where the tissue along or just beneath the surface of
the brain is bruised.
Crushing chest pain radiating to the left arm, neck, and jaw - Answers - What is the
"classic" symptom of myocardial infarction?
Cutaneous anthrax - Answers - A cattle rancher in western Nebraska can be concerned
about what kind of anthrax that farmers and ranchers are regularly exposed to?
Dilatation - Answers - Expansion of an organ or vessel
Diphtheria - Answers - What is the name of the acute, life-threatening infectious disease
characterized by a membrane-like coating that forms over mucous membrane surfaces,
especially the respiratory tract?
Discomfort, nausea, shortness of breath, indigestion, and fatigue - Answers - You are
quite aware of the symptoms of an MI for men, but what kind of symptoms might women
have?
DTaP vaccine - Answers - Prevention from diphtheria
Dyspnea - Answers - Difficulty breathing
Effusion - Answers - An escape of fluid
Endocarditis - Answers - When there is an inflammation with abnormal vegetations in
the membrane lining the heart valves, what is the disease called?
Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) rash - Answers - How is stage 1 of Lyme disease
typically described?
Erythemia infectiosum (fifth disease) - Answers - Causes a "slapped cheeck" rash
FAST - Answers - Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Arenaviruses, Filoviruses, Bunyaviruses, and Flaviviruses - Answers - Viral hemorrhagic
fevers (VHFs) are a group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ systems in the
body. The four main groups of the viruses are __________.
, Viral hemorrhagic fevers - Answers - A group of viral illnesses that affect multiple organ
systems in the body. The body's vascular system is damaged, and the body is unable to
regulate itself. These agents are highly infectious and very stable via the aerosol route,
which makes them potential bioterrorism weapons.
For protection from any bacterial infection from the procedures, antibiotic therapy should
begin prior to the procedures. - Answers - Gerald has a pacemaker and needs to have
dental work, including a root canal and a crown. Are there any precautions that Gerald
should take?
Get vaccinated with DTaP and get boosters. - Answers - What are some methods to
prevent tetanus?
Given at 12 to 15 months of age; again at age 6 to prevent disease - Answers - MMRV
vaccine
Greater and lesser saphenous veins - Answers - Where are varicose veins most likely
to occur?
Hematoma - Answers - A swelling comprising a mass of extravasated blood (usually
clotted) confined to an organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel.
Hematopoietic - Answers - Tissue related to the blood cells in bone marrow
Hemolytic uremic syndrome - Answers - Adam, age 6, has been hospitalized with a
serious case of infection from E. coli O157:H7. Medical professionals are hoping to
prevent which potentially life-threatening complication?
Hemorrhagic stroke - Answers - Cause can be hypertension, aneurysm, head injury,
arteriovenous malfunction, or blood disease.
Hemorrhagic stroke - Answers - Occurs when a blood vessel on the brain's surface
ruptures and bleeds into just the subarachnoid space or when the blood floods the brain
itself.
High-fat diet, distress, obesity, no exercise, and smoking - Answers - Can you identify
characteristics, largely preventable, that may make a person more susceptible to
cardiovascular diseases?
His particular infection is not a threat to others. - Answers - If Cary is being treated for
an infection, why is he still going to work and meeting friends?
HIV - Answers - Caused by a retrovirus that infects and replicates in human
lymphocytes and macrophages, eroding the integrity of the human immune system over
a number of years.
