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Nursing Pathophysiology Exam 1 Cartes 2026 A+ GRAD
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E ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANS
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WERS (E8C7B) ms




QUESTION 1 ms




Pathophysiology
ANSWER

Study of the body's response to dysfunction
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QUESTION 2 ms




Disease
ANSWER

Interruption, cessation or disorder of a body system
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QUESTION 3 ms




Etiology
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The cause of a disease
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QUESTION 4 ms




Clinical manifestations
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ANSWER

Symptoms and chief complaints
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,QUESTION 5 ms




Morphological changes ms




ANSWER

Structural changes that are a result of the disease process
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QUESTION 6 ms




Etiological factors ms




ANSWER

Biologic agents, physical forces, chemicals, nutritional excess or deficiency, genetic factors
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QUESTION 7 ms




What are the three mechanisms of cellular adaptation?
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ANSWER

Size: atrophy and hypertrophy Number: hyperplasia Irregular shape: dysplasia (severe) and metaplas
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ia (chronic)
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QUESTION 8 ms




Intercellular accumulation ms




ANSWER

Results from normal substances, abnormal endogenous or exogenous products
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QUESTION 9 ms




Dystrophic pathological calcification ms ms




ANSWER

In injured tissue, dead cells create calcium deposits that can cause aortic stenosis or be a result of a
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fracture or TB
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QUESTION 10 ms




Metastatic Pathological Calcifications ms ms




ANSWER

Caused by an increase of serum calcium levels in non-injured tissue
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,QUESTION 11 ms




Blunt force injuries
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ANSWER

Contusion, hematoma, abrasion, laceration, fractures
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QUESTION 12 ms




Sharp injuries
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ANSWER

Incised, stab, puncture, chopping wounds
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QUESTION 13 ms




Chemical injuries ms




ANSWER

Lead, carbon tetrachloride, carbon monoxide, ethanol, mercury, street drugs
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QUESTION 14 ms




Asphyxiation injuries ms




ANSWER

Suffocation, strangulation, drowning
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QUESTION 15 ms




Hypoxic injuries ms




ANSWER

Ischemia (lack of blood flow) and anoxia (lack of oxygen)
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QUESTION 16 ms




What are the different types of pathological injuries?
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ANSWER

Blunt force, sharp, thermal, chemical, asphyxiation, infectious, hypoxic
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, QUESTION 17 ms




Gangrenous necrosis ms




ANSWER

From severe hypoxic injury- thrombosis, embolism, strangulated hernia, volvulus and intussusception
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QUESTION 18 ms




Dry gangrene
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ANSWER

Slow spreading, tissue becomes dry, brown or black, it shrinks and wrinkles
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QUESTION 19 ms




Wet gangrene
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ANSWER

Area is cold, swollen, pulseless, moist, black and a foul odor production
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QUESTION 20 ms




What does cellular aging cause?
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ANSWER

Atrophy, decreased functioning
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QUESTION 21 ms




What does tissue and systemic aging cause?
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ANSWER

Stiffness and rigidity ms ms




QUESTION 22 ms




Sarcopenia
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Muscles are unable to regenerate due to calcium changes
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