ECPI 2024 - NUR 221
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - SMITH - EXAM #1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Mortality - Answer-The state of being subject to death
Health - Answer-Perceived wholeness of body, mind, and spirit
Illness - Answer-A state resulting in suffering or distress
Incidence - Answer-The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a
specific time. (New Cases)
Prevalence - Answer-The number of cases of a particular disease or condition present
in a population at a given time. (Total Cases)
Endemic - Answer-disease constantly present in a population
Epidemic - Answer-A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at
a particular time
Pandemic - Answer-Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very
high proportion of the population
Opportunistic pathogens - Answer-Are those that cause disease only in a host with a
compromised immune system. Patients with fungal invasion of tissues are frequently
immunocompromised, such as persons with AIDS.
First line of Defense - Answer-skin and mucous membranes
Second line of Defense - Answer-inflammatory response
Third line of Defense - Answer-immune response
Goals of inflammation - Answer-Increase blood flow to site
Increase healing cells at site
Prepare for tissue repair
Chemotaxis - Answer-Cell movement that occurs in response to chemical stimulus
Leukocytes (WBC) - Answer-Phagocytosis; removal of dead tissue
Neutrophils - Answer-A type of WBC; earliest phagocytic responders
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY - SMITH - EXAM #1
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Mortality - Answer-The state of being subject to death
Health - Answer-Perceived wholeness of body, mind, and spirit
Illness - Answer-A state resulting in suffering or distress
Incidence - Answer-The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a
specific time. (New Cases)
Prevalence - Answer-The number of cases of a particular disease or condition present
in a population at a given time. (Total Cases)
Endemic - Answer-disease constantly present in a population
Epidemic - Answer-A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at
a particular time
Pandemic - Answer-Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very
high proportion of the population
Opportunistic pathogens - Answer-Are those that cause disease only in a host with a
compromised immune system. Patients with fungal invasion of tissues are frequently
immunocompromised, such as persons with AIDS.
First line of Defense - Answer-skin and mucous membranes
Second line of Defense - Answer-inflammatory response
Third line of Defense - Answer-immune response
Goals of inflammation - Answer-Increase blood flow to site
Increase healing cells at site
Prepare for tissue repair
Chemotaxis - Answer-Cell movement that occurs in response to chemical stimulus
Leukocytes (WBC) - Answer-Phagocytosis; removal of dead tissue
Neutrophils - Answer-A type of WBC; earliest phagocytic responders
