NR507: W4 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Laryngospasms - Answer-Examination of the throat in a child demonstrating signs and
symptoms of acute epiglottitis may contribute to which life-threatening complication?
Genital herpes - Answer-When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between
10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
CD4 T-helper Th2 lymphocytes - Answer-Which T-lymphocyte is a key determinant of
childhood asthma?
Bound to hemoglobin - Answer-How is most of the oxygen in blood transported?
Chronic blood loss - Answer-What is the most common cause of iron deficiency
anemia?
DiGeorge Syndrome - Answer-In which primary immune deficiency is thetre a partial-to-
complete absence of T-cell immunity?
QRS - Answer-Which complex (wave) represents the sum of all ventricular muscle cell
depolarizations?
eosinophils - Answer-During an IgE hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is
activated?
atelectasis - Answer-What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress
syndrome of the newborn
alcohol - Answer-Which substance has been shown to increase the risk of cancer when
used in combination with tobacco smoking?
Proximal convoluted tubules - Answer-The only surface inside the nephron where ells
are covered in microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the?
Pulmonary edema - Answer-Continuous increases in left ventricular filling pressures
result in which disorder?
Normal mechanism for cells to self-destruct when growth is excessive - Answer-
Apoptosis is a (an)
, Right-to-left blood shunting - Answer-The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows
what to occur?
40 to 60 - Answer-If the SA node fails, then at what rate can the AV node depolarize?
Mesangial Cells - Answer-Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes
and contract like smooth muscle cells, thereby influencing GFR?
IgA - Answer-An individual is more susceptible to infections of mucous membranes
when he or she has a seriously low level of which immunoglobulin antibody?
Aorta - Answer-The coronary ostia are located in the
Activates platelets - Answer-What is the role of collagen in the clotting process?
Zinc - Answer-Deficiences in which element can produce depression of both B and T
cell function?
Maintenance of genomic integrity - Answer-What is the role of caretaker genes?
Premature birth - Answer-What is the chief predisposing factor for respiratory distress
syndrome of the newborn?
Is Rh-negative and the fetus is Rh-positive - Answer-Hemolytic disease of the newborn
can occur if the mother:
Ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus - Answer-Which congenital heart
defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18 and Down Syndrome?
Spleen - Answer-Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure?
Spread - Answer-What is the final stage of the infectious process?
IgM is the first antibody produced during the initial response to an antigen - Answer-
Which statement is true concerning IgM?
Parasympathetic fibers - Answer-Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral
sphincter is supplied by which nerves?
Administration of radioactive cobalamin and the measurment of its excretion in the urine
to test for vitamin B12 deficienct - Answer-Which statement best describes a Schilling
test?
Bacteria - Answer-Phagocytosis involves neutrophils actively attacking, engulfing, and
destroying which microorganisms?
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Laryngospasms - Answer-Examination of the throat in a child demonstrating signs and
symptoms of acute epiglottitis may contribute to which life-threatening complication?
Genital herpes - Answer-When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between
10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
CD4 T-helper Th2 lymphocytes - Answer-Which T-lymphocyte is a key determinant of
childhood asthma?
Bound to hemoglobin - Answer-How is most of the oxygen in blood transported?
Chronic blood loss - Answer-What is the most common cause of iron deficiency
anemia?
DiGeorge Syndrome - Answer-In which primary immune deficiency is thetre a partial-to-
complete absence of T-cell immunity?
QRS - Answer-Which complex (wave) represents the sum of all ventricular muscle cell
depolarizations?
eosinophils - Answer-During an IgE hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is
activated?
atelectasis - Answer-What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress
syndrome of the newborn
alcohol - Answer-Which substance has been shown to increase the risk of cancer when
used in combination with tobacco smoking?
Proximal convoluted tubules - Answer-The only surface inside the nephron where ells
are covered in microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the?
Pulmonary edema - Answer-Continuous increases in left ventricular filling pressures
result in which disorder?
Normal mechanism for cells to self-destruct when growth is excessive - Answer-
Apoptosis is a (an)
, Right-to-left blood shunting - Answer-The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows
what to occur?
40 to 60 - Answer-If the SA node fails, then at what rate can the AV node depolarize?
Mesangial Cells - Answer-Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes
and contract like smooth muscle cells, thereby influencing GFR?
IgA - Answer-An individual is more susceptible to infections of mucous membranes
when he or she has a seriously low level of which immunoglobulin antibody?
Aorta - Answer-The coronary ostia are located in the
Activates platelets - Answer-What is the role of collagen in the clotting process?
Zinc - Answer-Deficiences in which element can produce depression of both B and T
cell function?
Maintenance of genomic integrity - Answer-What is the role of caretaker genes?
Premature birth - Answer-What is the chief predisposing factor for respiratory distress
syndrome of the newborn?
Is Rh-negative and the fetus is Rh-positive - Answer-Hemolytic disease of the newborn
can occur if the mother:
Ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus - Answer-Which congenital heart
defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18 and Down Syndrome?
Spleen - Answer-Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure?
Spread - Answer-What is the final stage of the infectious process?
IgM is the first antibody produced during the initial response to an antigen - Answer-
Which statement is true concerning IgM?
Parasympathetic fibers - Answer-Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral
sphincter is supplied by which nerves?
Administration of radioactive cobalamin and the measurment of its excretion in the urine
to test for vitamin B12 deficienct - Answer-Which statement best describes a Schilling
test?
Bacteria - Answer-Phagocytosis involves neutrophils actively attacking, engulfing, and
destroying which microorganisms?
