PATHOPHYSIOLOGY NUR 315 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
50% - 70% human body mass made up of correct answer Water
AB+ correct answer Universal recipient
Accumulations correct answer Fatty liver
Glycogen
Proteins
Pigments, heme
Calcium
Urate (from purine metabolism)
Active transport correct answer Mechanism used to move things that can't diffuse
through membrane across membrane
Uses energy (ATP)
Adipocytes correct answer Fat cells
When intake many calories don't make more fat cells, fat cells just get larger
Adrenal gland & stress (**exam) correct answer Major stressor = adrenal gland
releases cortisol & epinephrine
,ACTH stimulates cortex of adrenal gland to release cortisol
Adrenal medulla releases epinephrine
Allele correct answer Version of particular gene
Anoxia correct answer Total lack of oxygen (not breathing, large blood clot such
as pulmonary embolus
Antibodies correct answer Produced by plasma cells (mature B cells)
Antigens correct answer Substance that is foreign or "non-self"
Apoptosis correct answer "Programmed cell death"
Most cells live certain amount of time
Asthma & beta agonist correct answer More use of beta agonist = body response
lessens
More exposure = less beta receptors
Beta agonists may become ineffective with continuous use
Atrophy correct answer Cells decrease or shrink in size (pathologic & disuse)
, When cells shrink, entire organ shrinks
Skeletal muscle, heart, secondary sex organs, brain
Average intake of liquid correct answer 2400 mL
Cardiac myocytes correct answer Beat because of unique characteristic that
allows Na+ to leak into cell
Has 46 chromosomes
Cardiovascular effects of immobility (**exam) correct answer Venous stasis -
pooling of blood in veins; leg muscles while walking moves blood back to central
circulation against gravity
Pulmonary embolism - blood clot in pulmonary arterial system that impairs
oxygenation & circulation
Not moving leads to blood clots
Cell communication correct answer Contact signaling: some release transmitter &
attach to receptor
Remote signaling: messenger floats around to reach other cell (WBCs)
ACCURATE ANSWERS
50% - 70% human body mass made up of correct answer Water
AB+ correct answer Universal recipient
Accumulations correct answer Fatty liver
Glycogen
Proteins
Pigments, heme
Calcium
Urate (from purine metabolism)
Active transport correct answer Mechanism used to move things that can't diffuse
through membrane across membrane
Uses energy (ATP)
Adipocytes correct answer Fat cells
When intake many calories don't make more fat cells, fat cells just get larger
Adrenal gland & stress (**exam) correct answer Major stressor = adrenal gland
releases cortisol & epinephrine
,ACTH stimulates cortex of adrenal gland to release cortisol
Adrenal medulla releases epinephrine
Allele correct answer Version of particular gene
Anoxia correct answer Total lack of oxygen (not breathing, large blood clot such
as pulmonary embolus
Antibodies correct answer Produced by plasma cells (mature B cells)
Antigens correct answer Substance that is foreign or "non-self"
Apoptosis correct answer "Programmed cell death"
Most cells live certain amount of time
Asthma & beta agonist correct answer More use of beta agonist = body response
lessens
More exposure = less beta receptors
Beta agonists may become ineffective with continuous use
Atrophy correct answer Cells decrease or shrink in size (pathologic & disuse)
, When cells shrink, entire organ shrinks
Skeletal muscle, heart, secondary sex organs, brain
Average intake of liquid correct answer 2400 mL
Cardiac myocytes correct answer Beat because of unique characteristic that
allows Na+ to leak into cell
Has 46 chromosomes
Cardiovascular effects of immobility (**exam) correct answer Venous stasis -
pooling of blood in veins; leg muscles while walking moves blood back to central
circulation against gravity
Pulmonary embolism - blood clot in pulmonary arterial system that impairs
oxygenation & circulation
Not moving leads to blood clots
Cell communication correct answer Contact signaling: some release transmitter &
attach to receptor
Remote signaling: messenger floats around to reach other cell (WBCs)
