WGU Pathophysiology midterm review EXAM @ @ @ @ @
172 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 LATEST U
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Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ angina. -
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@ ✅Prinzmetal Variant @
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory response to -
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@ ✅Pulmonary Stenosis @
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess include -
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@ ✅bounding pulse @
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular -
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@ ✅death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what t
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ype of shock? -
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@ ✅Septic
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood flow -
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@ ✅decreases
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of what type of s
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hock? - @ @
@ ✅Septic
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of -
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@ ✅β-hemolytic streptococcal infection. @ @
,A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent shortness of breath during the night is experienci
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@ ✅paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea @ @
The effects of histamine release include -
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@ ✅increased vascular permeability @ @
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is -
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@ ✅Bence Jones proteins in the urine
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Emesis causes - @ @ @
@ ✅metabolic alkalosis @
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis -
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@ ✅liquefactive
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by -
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@ ✅hypokalemia
A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart failure reports that, "My feet swell if I eat salt but
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I don't understand why" The nurse's best response is -
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✅"Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood vessels, so fluid leaks o
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ut into your tissues and makes them swell."
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Cancer grading is based on -
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@ ✅cell differentiation
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The most common primary immune deficiency that affects only B cells is -
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@ ✅Selective IgA @
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with reentrant mechanisms? -
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@ ✅Preexcitation syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome) @ @ @ @
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year old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma and a prolonged aPTT, bu a normal pl
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atelet count, is likely to be diagnosed with -
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@ ✅Hemophilia
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of -
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@ ✅apoptosis
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I hypersensitivity reactions because -
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@ ✅massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
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What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? -
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@ ✅Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung disease is caused by -
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@ ✅increased residual lung volume @ @ @
Hypernatremia may be caused by - @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion @ @ @
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-
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1 contribute to shock states because they induce production of -
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@ ✅nitric oxide @
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR o
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f 100? -
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@ ✅Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118 @ @ @ @
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to offspring? -
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@ ✅Mutant tumor-suppressor gene @ @
172 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 LATEST U
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PDATE
Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ angina. -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Prinzmetal Variant @
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory response to -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Pulmonary Stenosis @
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess include -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅bounding pulse @
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what t
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
ype of shock? -
@ @ @ @
@ ✅Septic
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood flow -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅decreases
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of what type of s
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
hock? - @ @
@ ✅Septic
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅β-hemolytic streptococcal infection. @ @
,A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent shortness of breath during the night is experienci
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
ng - @ @
@ ✅paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea @ @
The effects of histamine release include -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅increased vascular permeability @ @
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Bence Jones proteins in the urine
@ @ @ @ @
Emesis causes - @ @ @
@ ✅metabolic alkalosis @
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅liquefactive
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅hypokalemia
A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart failure reports that, "My feet swell if I eat salt but
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
I don't understand why" The nurse's best response is -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
✅"Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood vessels, so fluid leaks o
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
ut into your tissues and makes them swell."
@ @ @ @ @ @ @
Cancer grading is based on -
@ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅cell differentiation
@
The most common primary immune deficiency that affects only B cells is -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Selective IgA @
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with reentrant mechanisms? -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Preexcitation syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome) @ @ @ @
, A 3- @
year old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma and a prolonged aPTT, bu a normal pl
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
atelet count, is likely to be diagnosed with -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Hemophilia
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅apoptosis
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I hypersensitivity reactions because -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung disease is caused by -
@
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅increased residual lung volume @ @ @
Hypernatremia may be caused by - @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion @ @ @
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-
@ @ @ @ @
1 contribute to shock states because they induce production of -
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
@ ✅nitric oxide @
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR o
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
f 100? -
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@ ✅Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118 @ @ @ @
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to offspring? -
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@ ✅Mutant tumor-suppressor gene @ @
