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Pathophysiology of the Adult for
Advanced Practice Nursing Exam
Questions and Answers |100% Pass
MITOSIS VS MEOSIS - Answer✔✔-MITOSIS= SOMATIC CELLS
MEOSIS= SEX OR GAMETE CELLS
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING CELLULAR HOMEOSTASIS? - Answer✔✔-CELLULAR
COMMINICATION
THREE WAYS IN WHICH CELLS SIGNAL TO EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO COORDINATE MOVEMENTS
OR PROCESSES? - Answer✔✔-1. DISPLAY "SIGNAL MOLECULES" ON EXTERNAL SURFACE OF
PLASMA MEMBRANE
2. SEND SPECIFIC SIGNAL MOLECULES TO OTHER CELLS THAT BIND TO INTRACELLULAR
RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSMITTED DIRECTLY TO NUCLEUS
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3. GENERATING PROTEIN CHANNELS ON THE PLASMA MEMBRANE THAT CAN DIRECTLY EFFECT
THE ACTIVITY OF ADJACENT CELLS
Cells undergo - Answer✔✔-
CELL DEATH (PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH)
APOPTOSIS - Answer✔✔-OCCURS NATURALLY OR PREMATURELY( DX )
APOPTOSIS: STARTS WITH BREAK DOWN OF CHROMATIN; CELLS BREAKDOWN INTO DISCRETE
APOPTOTIC BODIES THAT ARE ABSORBED BY PHAGOCYTES
CELLS THAT DIE AS THEY WERE PROGRAMMED IN EFFORTS TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE & NEW
CELLS
NECROSIS OF A CELL - Answer✔✔-THE CELL SWELLS AND RUPTURE APPEARS ALONG THE
PLASMA MEMBRANE (BLEBBING).
THE REMNANTS OF THE NECROTIC CELLS LEAK INTO THE TISSUE CAUSING INFLAMMterm-
4ATION
CELL DEATH (PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH)
AUTOPHAGY - Answer✔✔-
CELLULAR DEATH OCCURS BY
Apoptosis & Necrosis - Answer✔✔-they both be blebbing along plasma membrane
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