NURS 611 EXAM 3 Latest Exam Questions
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• arterial BP during expiration exceeds arterial pressure during inspiration by more
than 10 mmHg -✓✓What is pulsus paradoxus
• dyspnea, tachycardia, jugular venous distention, cardiomegaly, and pulsus
paradoxus -✓✓symptoms of cardiac tamponade
• what test do you do to check the functioning of a valve -✓✓Echocardiogram
• enlarged, superficial veins; a twisted, dilated vein w/ incompetent valves -
✓✓varicose veins
• (1) trauma to the saphenous veins that damages one or more valves, or (2)
gradual venous distention caused by the action of gravity on blood in the legs -
✓✓Causes of varicose veins
• condition in which venous circulation is inadequate due to partial vein blockage
or leakage of venous valves; primarily affects feet and ankles; discoloration of the
skin. Makes it difficult for blood to return to the heart from the legs -✓✓chronic
venous insufficiency/ venous insufficiency
• Pituitary adenoma usually benign and slow growing. arise from the anterior
pituitary. -✓✓Hyperpituitarism
,• endocrine disorder. occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive
amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty -✓✓Acromegaly
• Slowly progressive disease. Connective tissue proliferation. Hypersecretion of
growth hormone -✓✓hypothyroidism
• -automimune thyroiditis (Hashimoto)
-Iatrogenic loss of thyroid tissue after surgical or radioactive treatment -
✓✓Hypothyroidism
• 1. poor concentration, memory, dementia, psychosis, coma
2. seizures
3. headaches (pseudotumor cerebri)
4. CN: papilledema, ptosis, tonic pupil, trigeminal neuralgia, facial palsy, tinnitus,
hearing loss
5. cerebellar ataxia: truncal + gait ataxia > limb ataxia, dysarthria, nystagmus
5. NMJ: myasthenia gravis
6. nerves: carpal tunnel, polyneuropathy, delayed DTR -✓✓neurological
manifestations of hypothyroidism
• a common form of hyperthyroidism resulting from overproduction of thyroxine;
caused by a false immune system response (goiter is often formed). Antibodies to
TSH receptor that stimulate T3 and T4 production. Diffuse nontender goiter.
Proptosis and extraocular muscle dysfunction occurs in 50% of cases. -✓✓Graves
(or Graves') disease
• Type II hypersensitivity where there is stimulation of the thyroid by antibodies
directed against the TSH receptor
, The gland results in hyperplasia of the gland (goiter). Increased synthesis of TH -
✓✓Grave's Disease
• In the case of decreased production or excessive loss of albumin , the reduced
oncotic pressure leads to excessive movement of fluid and solutes into the tissues
and decreased blood volume. -✓✓the effect of low plasma albumin
• Albumin (approximately 60% of total plasma protein at a concentration of about
4 g/dl) is the most abundant plasma protein. -✓✓What is the most abundant class
of plasma protein
• Because it cannot undergo mitotic division, the erythrocyte has a limited life span
of approximately 120 days. -✓✓erythrocytes
• Basophils contain cytoplasmic granules that hold an abundant mixture of
biochemical mediators, including histamine, chemotactic factors, proteolytic
enzymes, and an anticoagulant (heparin) -✓✓Granulocytes that contain granules of
vasoactive amines, such as histamine, are called
• Platelets (thrombocytes) are not true cells but are disk-shaped cytoplasmic
fragments that are essential for blood coagulation and control of bleeding. -
✓✓formed elements of the blood that are not cells but are disk-shaped cytoplasmic
fragments essential for blood clotting
• Only monocytes migrate into a variety of tissues and fully mature into tissue
macrophages and myeloid dendritic cells -✓✓Blood cells that differentiate into
macrophages
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• arterial BP during expiration exceeds arterial pressure during inspiration by more
than 10 mmHg -✓✓What is pulsus paradoxus
• dyspnea, tachycardia, jugular venous distention, cardiomegaly, and pulsus
paradoxus -✓✓symptoms of cardiac tamponade
• what test do you do to check the functioning of a valve -✓✓Echocardiogram
• enlarged, superficial veins; a twisted, dilated vein w/ incompetent valves -
✓✓varicose veins
• (1) trauma to the saphenous veins that damages one or more valves, or (2)
gradual venous distention caused by the action of gravity on blood in the legs -
✓✓Causes of varicose veins
• condition in which venous circulation is inadequate due to partial vein blockage
or leakage of venous valves; primarily affects feet and ankles; discoloration of the
skin. Makes it difficult for blood to return to the heart from the legs -✓✓chronic
venous insufficiency/ venous insufficiency
• Pituitary adenoma usually benign and slow growing. arise from the anterior
pituitary. -✓✓Hyperpituitarism
,• endocrine disorder. occurs when the pituitary gland produces an excessive
amount of growth hormone after the completion of puberty -✓✓Acromegaly
• Slowly progressive disease. Connective tissue proliferation. Hypersecretion of
growth hormone -✓✓hypothyroidism
• -automimune thyroiditis (Hashimoto)
-Iatrogenic loss of thyroid tissue after surgical or radioactive treatment -
✓✓Hypothyroidism
• 1. poor concentration, memory, dementia, psychosis, coma
2. seizures
3. headaches (pseudotumor cerebri)
4. CN: papilledema, ptosis, tonic pupil, trigeminal neuralgia, facial palsy, tinnitus,
hearing loss
5. cerebellar ataxia: truncal + gait ataxia > limb ataxia, dysarthria, nystagmus
5. NMJ: myasthenia gravis
6. nerves: carpal tunnel, polyneuropathy, delayed DTR -✓✓neurological
manifestations of hypothyroidism
• a common form of hyperthyroidism resulting from overproduction of thyroxine;
caused by a false immune system response (goiter is often formed). Antibodies to
TSH receptor that stimulate T3 and T4 production. Diffuse nontender goiter.
Proptosis and extraocular muscle dysfunction occurs in 50% of cases. -✓✓Graves
(or Graves') disease
• Type II hypersensitivity where there is stimulation of the thyroid by antibodies
directed against the TSH receptor
, The gland results in hyperplasia of the gland (goiter). Increased synthesis of TH -
✓✓Grave's Disease
• In the case of decreased production or excessive loss of albumin , the reduced
oncotic pressure leads to excessive movement of fluid and solutes into the tissues
and decreased blood volume. -✓✓the effect of low plasma albumin
• Albumin (approximately 60% of total plasma protein at a concentration of about
4 g/dl) is the most abundant plasma protein. -✓✓What is the most abundant class
of plasma protein
• Because it cannot undergo mitotic division, the erythrocyte has a limited life span
of approximately 120 days. -✓✓erythrocytes
• Basophils contain cytoplasmic granules that hold an abundant mixture of
biochemical mediators, including histamine, chemotactic factors, proteolytic
enzymes, and an anticoagulant (heparin) -✓✓Granulocytes that contain granules of
vasoactive amines, such as histamine, are called
• Platelets (thrombocytes) are not true cells but are disk-shaped cytoplasmic
fragments that are essential for blood coagulation and control of bleeding. -
✓✓formed elements of the blood that are not cells but are disk-shaped cytoplasmic
fragments essential for blood clotting
• Only monocytes migrate into a variety of tissues and fully mature into tissue
macrophages and myeloid dendritic cells -✓✓Blood cells that differentiate into
macrophages
