MCCANCE AND HUETHER’S PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM PREP 2026 QUESTION BANK AND ANSWER KEY MASTER DISEASE PROCESS SET

MCCANCE AND HUETHER’S
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM PREP 2026
QUESTION BANK AND ANSWER KEY
MASTER DISEASE PROCESS SET

◉ plasticity
Answer: a principle of the CNS meaning that it is capable of change.
the ability of the CNS to do this decreases with age


◉ gyri
Answer: numerous convolutions on the surface of the cerebrum


◉ sulci
Answer: grooves between adjacent gyri


◉ fissures
Answer: deeper grooves of the cerebrum


◉ gray matter

, Answer: cell bodies and dendrites of neurons. Organized into
columns perpendicular to the surface that receive, integrate, store,
and transmit info


◉ white matter
Answer: lies beneath the cerebral cortex and is composed of
myelinated nerve fibers which send messages to neurons


◉ longitudinal fissure
Answer: separates the two cerebral hemispheres


◉ prefrontal
Answer: area responsible for goal-oriented behavior, short-term
memory, and elaboration of though and inhibition of emotion


◉ premotor
Answer: area involved in programming of motor movements


◉ basal ganglia system
Answer: extrapyramidal system - eferrent pathways outside the
pyramids of the medulla oblongata


◉ contralateral control