ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: EXAM 1,
REGIS COLLEGE NU606 QUIZ 1 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Risk - CORRECT ANSWER -Factor that when present increases the chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the likelihood of encountering a
stressor
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of disease that allows us to determine a
person's likelihood of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent cases is the
total number of cases of disease existing in a population. A prevalence rate is the total
number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population
Indicates how widespread the disease is
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of disease that allows us to determine a
person's probability of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of time.
Therefore, incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence
rate is the number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk
for the disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease.
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER -The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the
number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Altering susceptibility or reducing exposure
for susceptible persons
*Both illness and disease are absent
,example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Early detection, screening, and
management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present
example: screenings and testings
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing
disability, and restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present
example: education
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER -study of the patterns of disease involving
populations; examining the occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission, and
distribution of diseases in large groups of populations/people
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A disease theat is native to a local region
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER -When a disease is disseninated to many individals at the
same time
(spread to many people at the same time)
,Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER -Epidemics that affect large geographic regions, perhaps
spreading worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)
*Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to Stressors* - CORRECT ANSWER -
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER -A state of being in which all systems are in balance
around a articular ideal "set-point"
Exhausation - CORRECT ANSWER -Point where body can no longer return to
homeostasis following a prolonged exposure to noxious agents
Allostatic Overload - CORRECT ANSWER -"Cost" of body's organs and tissues for an
excessive or ineffectively regulated allostatic response; effect of "wear and tear" on the
body
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER -Adaptation: biopsychosocial process of change in
response to new or altered circumstances, internal or external in origin
Coping: behavioral adaptive response to a stressor using culturally based coping
mechanisms
Adaptation and coping: terms used interchangeably
Arousal - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes alterations in responsiveness to homeostatic
pressures, sensory stimuli and emotional reactivity, and to changes in motor activity
Function of Cortisol - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary glucocorticoid
Affects protein metabolism
, Promotes appetite and food-seeking behaviors
Has anti-inflammatory effects
Chemical mediator in the inflammation response of the body
Adrenal corticosteroid critical to maintenance of homeostasis
May synergize or antagonize effects of catecholamines
*Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function* - CORRECT ANSWER -
Endocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Hormones traveling in the
bloodstream
Long range signaling
Neurocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Neurons firing information through
synapses
Signals travel a very small distance between neuron and target cell
Paracrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER -Signaling through the extraceullar fluid
between cells in a tissue
Localized areas of communication
Autocrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER -Localized signaling in which the
secreting cell is also the target cell
Feedback to self
REGIS COLLEGE NU606 QUIZ 1 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Risk - CORRECT ANSWER -Factor that when present increases the chance of disease
Not stressors, but conditions or situations that increase the likelihood of encountering a
stressor
Prevalence - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of disease that allows us to determine a
person's likelihood of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent cases is the
total number of cases of disease existing in a population. A prevalence rate is the total
number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population
Indicates how widespread the disease is
Incidence - CORRECT ANSWER -A measure of disease that allows us to determine a
person's probability of being diagnosed with a disease during a given period of time.
Therefore, incidence is the number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease. An incidence
rate is the number of new cases of a disease divided by the number of persons at risk
for the disease.
Conveys information about the risk of contracting the disease.
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER -The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the
number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Primary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Altering susceptibility or reducing exposure
for susceptible persons
*Both illness and disease are absent
,example: vaccinations, healthy lifestyles
Secondary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Early detection, screening, and
management of disease
*Illness absent, disease present
example: screenings and testings
Tertiary Prevention - CORRECT ANSWER -Rehabilitation, supportive care, reducing
disability, and restoring effective functioning
*Both illness and disease present
example: education
Epidemiology - CORRECT ANSWER -study of the patterns of disease involving
populations; examining the occurrence, incidence, prevalence, transmission, and
distribution of diseases in large groups of populations/people
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWER -A disease theat is native to a local region
Epidemic - CORRECT ANSWER -When a disease is disseninated to many individals at the
same time
(spread to many people at the same time)
,Pandemic - CORRECT ANSWER -Epidemics that affect large geographic regions, perhaps
spreading worldwide.
(spread to large geographic areas)
*Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Adaptive Responses to Stressors* - CORRECT ANSWER -
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER -A state of being in which all systems are in balance
around a articular ideal "set-point"
Exhausation - CORRECT ANSWER -Point where body can no longer return to
homeostasis following a prolonged exposure to noxious agents
Allostatic Overload - CORRECT ANSWER -"Cost" of body's organs and tissues for an
excessive or ineffectively regulated allostatic response; effect of "wear and tear" on the
body
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER -Adaptation: biopsychosocial process of change in
response to new or altered circumstances, internal or external in origin
Coping: behavioral adaptive response to a stressor using culturally based coping
mechanisms
Adaptation and coping: terms used interchangeably
Arousal - CORRECT ANSWER -Includes alterations in responsiveness to homeostatic
pressures, sensory stimuli and emotional reactivity, and to changes in motor activity
Function of Cortisol - CORRECT ANSWER -Primary glucocorticoid
Affects protein metabolism
, Promotes appetite and food-seeking behaviors
Has anti-inflammatory effects
Chemical mediator in the inflammation response of the body
Adrenal corticosteroid critical to maintenance of homeostasis
May synergize or antagonize effects of catecholamines
*Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function* - CORRECT ANSWER -
Endocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Hormones traveling in the
bloodstream
Long range signaling
Neurocrine Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Neurons firing information through
synapses
Signals travel a very small distance between neuron and target cell
Paracrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER -Signaling through the extraceullar fluid
between cells in a tissue
Localized areas of communication
Autocrine Communcation - CORRECT ANSWER -Localized signaling in which the
secreting cell is also the target cell
Feedback to self
