NR507 Final Study Guide
Human Papillomavirus - answer What is the major virus involved in the development of
cervical cancer?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial
hyperreactivity, and inflammation - answer Which statement accurately describes
childhood asthma?
Infectivity - answer The ability of the pathogen to invade and multiply in the host is
referred to as:
Adipose cells contain little water because fat is water repelling. - answer Obesity
creates a greater risk for dehydration in people because:
The rest of one's life - answer Continued therapy of pernicious anemia generally lasts
how long?
Pulmonary disorder involving an abnormal expression of protein-producing viscous
mucus that obstructs the airways, pancreas, sweat ducts, and vas deferens - answer
Which statement best describes cystic fibrosis?
Cilia - answer What pulmonary defense mechanism propels a mucous blanket that
entraps particles moving toward the oropharynx?
Force Viscosity; strength - answer As stated in the Frank-Starling law, a direct
relationship exists between the ___ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole and
the ___ of contraction during the next systole.
5 Months - answer The tonic neck reflex observed in a newborn should no longer be
obtainable by:
Epithelial cells - answer Carcinoma refers to abnormal cell proliferation originating from
which tissue organ?
Increasing rate and depth of breathing - answerWhich of the following describes how
the body compensates for anemia?
Mylelomeningocele - answerWhat term is used to describe a hernial protrusion of a
saclike cyst that contains meninges, spinal fluid, and a portion of the spinal cord through
a defect in a posterior arch of a vertebra?
, Hypocalcemia - answerChvostek and Trousseau signs indicate which electrolyte
imbalance?
6-14 - answerAfter sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet
seronegative for how many months?
Norepinephrine - answerWhich hormone prompts increased anxiety, vigilance, and
arousal during stress response?
Neutrophils - answerWhich blood cells are the chief phagocytes involved in the early
inflammation process?
Lungs - answerWhere are alveolar macrophages found?
Stiffening of the chest wall - answerWhich normal physiologic change occurs in the
aging pulmonary system?
Lack of symptoms - answerAn infant diagnosed with small patent ductus arteriosus
(PDA) would likely exhibit which symptom?
IX - answerHemophilia B is caused by a deficiency of which clotting factor?
Anaphylaxis - answerA hypersensitivity reaction that produces an allergic response is
called:
Pain is generally associated with late-stage cancer - answerWhich statement is true
regarding pain and cancer?
Anencephaly - answerWhat is the anomaly in which the soft bony component of the
skull and much of the brain is missing?
Gas exchange shifts from the placenta to the lung - answerAt birth, which statement is
true?
Fatigue - answerWhat is the most commonly reported symptom in cancer treatment?
Increase neurotransmitter levels within the synapse - answerThe common property
among the three types of medications used to treat depression is that they"
Heat Exhaustion - answerProlonged high environmental temperatures that produce
dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and
tachycardia cause which disorder of temperature regulation?
Parasympathetic - answerCongenital Aganglionic megacolon (Hirchsprung disease)
involves inadequate motility of the colon caused by neural malformation of which
nervous system?
Human Papillomavirus - answer What is the major virus involved in the development of
cervical cancer?
An obstructive airway disease characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, bronchial
hyperreactivity, and inflammation - answer Which statement accurately describes
childhood asthma?
Infectivity - answer The ability of the pathogen to invade and multiply in the host is
referred to as:
Adipose cells contain little water because fat is water repelling. - answer Obesity
creates a greater risk for dehydration in people because:
The rest of one's life - answer Continued therapy of pernicious anemia generally lasts
how long?
Pulmonary disorder involving an abnormal expression of protein-producing viscous
mucus that obstructs the airways, pancreas, sweat ducts, and vas deferens - answer
Which statement best describes cystic fibrosis?
Cilia - answer What pulmonary defense mechanism propels a mucous blanket that
entraps particles moving toward the oropharynx?
Force Viscosity; strength - answer As stated in the Frank-Starling law, a direct
relationship exists between the ___ of the blood in the heart at the end of diastole and
the ___ of contraction during the next systole.
5 Months - answer The tonic neck reflex observed in a newborn should no longer be
obtainable by:
Epithelial cells - answer Carcinoma refers to abnormal cell proliferation originating from
which tissue organ?
Increasing rate and depth of breathing - answerWhich of the following describes how
the body compensates for anemia?
Mylelomeningocele - answerWhat term is used to describe a hernial protrusion of a
saclike cyst that contains meninges, spinal fluid, and a portion of the spinal cord through
a defect in a posterior arch of a vertebra?
, Hypocalcemia - answerChvostek and Trousseau signs indicate which electrolyte
imbalance?
6-14 - answerAfter sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet
seronegative for how many months?
Norepinephrine - answerWhich hormone prompts increased anxiety, vigilance, and
arousal during stress response?
Neutrophils - answerWhich blood cells are the chief phagocytes involved in the early
inflammation process?
Lungs - answerWhere are alveolar macrophages found?
Stiffening of the chest wall - answerWhich normal physiologic change occurs in the
aging pulmonary system?
Lack of symptoms - answerAn infant diagnosed with small patent ductus arteriosus
(PDA) would likely exhibit which symptom?
IX - answerHemophilia B is caused by a deficiency of which clotting factor?
Anaphylaxis - answerA hypersensitivity reaction that produces an allergic response is
called:
Pain is generally associated with late-stage cancer - answerWhich statement is true
regarding pain and cancer?
Anencephaly - answerWhat is the anomaly in which the soft bony component of the
skull and much of the brain is missing?
Gas exchange shifts from the placenta to the lung - answerAt birth, which statement is
true?
Fatigue - answerWhat is the most commonly reported symptom in cancer treatment?
Increase neurotransmitter levels within the synapse - answerThe common property
among the three types of medications used to treat depression is that they"
Heat Exhaustion - answerProlonged high environmental temperatures that produce
dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and
tachycardia cause which disorder of temperature regulation?
Parasympathetic - answerCongenital Aganglionic megacolon (Hirchsprung disease)
involves inadequate motility of the colon caused by neural malformation of which
nervous system?
