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NUR 529 EXAM 1 EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Pathogenesis - (answers)explains how the disease process evolves. Sequence of
cellular and tissue events that take place from the time of initial contact with an
etiologic agent until the ultimate expression of a disease.
Morphology - (answers)Refers to the fundamental structure or form of cells or
tissues. Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and microscopic
changes that are characteristic of a disease.
Histology - (answers)Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular matrix of
body tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis of many types of
cancers.
Clinical Manifestation - (answers)make it evident that the person is sick (fever)
Diagnosis - (answers)Designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem.
Requires a careful history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests.
Clinical Course - (answers)Describes the evolution of a disease. A disease can have
an acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is relatively severe, but self-
limiting. Chronic disease implies a continuous, long-term process. Subacute
disease is an intermediate or between acute and chronic; not as severe as an
acute disease and not as prolonged as a chronic disease.
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Primary Prevention - (answers)directed at keeping disease from occurring by
removing risk factors (vaccination)
Secondary Prevention - (answers)detects disease early when it is still
asymptomatic and treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the disease from
progressing (pap smear)
Reliability - (answers)the extent to which an observation, when repeated, gives
the same result
Validity - (answers)the extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is
intended to measure
Sensitivity - (answers)determining the likelihood or how well the test or
observation identifies people with a disease
Specificity - (answers)determining the likelihood or how well the test or
observation identifies people without a disease
Predictive value - (answers)the extent to which an observation or test result is
able to predict the presence of a given disease or condition
Incidence - (answers)the number of new cases arising in a population at risk
during a specified time
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Prevalence - (answers)a measure of existing disease in a population at a given
point in time
Morbidity - (answers)describes the effects an illness has on a person's life
Mortality - (answers)pertains to the causes of death in a given population
Tertiary Prevention - (answers)directed at clinical interventions that prevent
further deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease that is already
present (antibiotic)
Hyperplasia - (answers)refers to an increase in the number of cells in an organ or
tissue. It occurs in tissues with cells that are capable of mitotic division, such as
the epidermis, intestinal epithelium, and glandular tissue.
Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)hormonal (pregnancy) and compensatory
(partial removal of organ)
Hormonal Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)breast and uterine enlargement
during pregnancy
Compensatory Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)regeneration of liver after
partial hepatectomy
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nonphysiologic (pathologic) hyperplasia - (answers)due to excessive hormonal
stimulation or the effects of growth factors on target tissues. Example: excessive
estrogen production can cause endometrial hyperplasia and abnormal menstrual
bleeding; benign prostatic hyperplasia is related to the action of androgens.
Metaplasia - (answers)represents a reversible change in which one adult cell type
(epithelial or mesenchymal) is replaced by another adult cell type
Dysplasia - (answers)is characterized by deranged cell growth of a specific tissue
that results in cells that vary in size, shape, and organization, strongly implicated
as a precursor of cancer
Necrosis - (answers)refers to cell death in an organ or tissue that is still part of a
living organism
Liquefaction Necrosis - (answers)occurs when some of the cells die but their
catalytic enzymes are not destroyed. Example: softening of the center of an
abscess with discharge of its contents
Coagulation Necrosis - (answers)acidosis develops and denatures the enzymatic
and structural proteins of the cell. Characteristic of hypoxic injury and is seen in
infarcted areas. Infarction occurs when an artery supplying an organ or part of the
body becomes occluded and no other source of blood supply exists
Caseous Necrosis - (answers)form of coagulation necrosis in which the dead cells
persist indefinitely. Most commonly found in the center of TB granulomas
NUR 529 EXAM 1 EXAM WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
Pathogenesis - (answers)explains how the disease process evolves. Sequence of
cellular and tissue events that take place from the time of initial contact with an
etiologic agent until the ultimate expression of a disease.
Morphology - (answers)Refers to the fundamental structure or form of cells or
tissues. Changes are concerned with both the gross anatomic and microscopic
changes that are characteristic of a disease.
Histology - (answers)Deals with the study of the cells and extracellular matrix of
body tissues. Sections play an important role in the diagnosis of many types of
cancers.
Clinical Manifestation - (answers)make it evident that the person is sick (fever)
Diagnosis - (answers)Designation as to the nature or cause of a health problem.
Requires a careful history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests.
Clinical Course - (answers)Describes the evolution of a disease. A disease can have
an acute, subacute, or chronic course. Acute disorder is relatively severe, but self-
limiting. Chronic disease implies a continuous, long-term process. Subacute
disease is an intermediate or between acute and chronic; not as severe as an
acute disease and not as prolonged as a chronic disease.
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Primary Prevention - (answers)directed at keeping disease from occurring by
removing risk factors (vaccination)
Secondary Prevention - (answers)detects disease early when it is still
asymptomatic and treatment measures can effect a cure or stop the disease from
progressing (pap smear)
Reliability - (answers)the extent to which an observation, when repeated, gives
the same result
Validity - (answers)the extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is
intended to measure
Sensitivity - (answers)determining the likelihood or how well the test or
observation identifies people with a disease
Specificity - (answers)determining the likelihood or how well the test or
observation identifies people without a disease
Predictive value - (answers)the extent to which an observation or test result is
able to predict the presence of a given disease or condition
Incidence - (answers)the number of new cases arising in a population at risk
during a specified time
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Prevalence - (answers)a measure of existing disease in a population at a given
point in time
Morbidity - (answers)describes the effects an illness has on a person's life
Mortality - (answers)pertains to the causes of death in a given population
Tertiary Prevention - (answers)directed at clinical interventions that prevent
further deterioration or reduce the complications of a disease that is already
present (antibiotic)
Hyperplasia - (answers)refers to an increase in the number of cells in an organ or
tissue. It occurs in tissues with cells that are capable of mitotic division, such as
the epidermis, intestinal epithelium, and glandular tissue.
Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)hormonal (pregnancy) and compensatory
(partial removal of organ)
Hormonal Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)breast and uterine enlargement
during pregnancy
Compensatory Physiologic Hyperplasia - (answers)regeneration of liver after
partial hepatectomy
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nonphysiologic (pathologic) hyperplasia - (answers)due to excessive hormonal
stimulation or the effects of growth factors on target tissues. Example: excessive
estrogen production can cause endometrial hyperplasia and abnormal menstrual
bleeding; benign prostatic hyperplasia is related to the action of androgens.
Metaplasia - (answers)represents a reversible change in which one adult cell type
(epithelial or mesenchymal) is replaced by another adult cell type
Dysplasia - (answers)is characterized by deranged cell growth of a specific tissue
that results in cells that vary in size, shape, and organization, strongly implicated
as a precursor of cancer
Necrosis - (answers)refers to cell death in an organ or tissue that is still part of a
living organism
Liquefaction Necrosis - (answers)occurs when some of the cells die but their
catalytic enzymes are not destroyed. Example: softening of the center of an
abscess with discharge of its contents
Coagulation Necrosis - (answers)acidosis develops and denatures the enzymatic
and structural proteins of the cell. Characteristic of hypoxic injury and is seen in
infarcted areas. Infarction occurs when an artery supplying an organ or part of the
body becomes occluded and no other source of blood supply exists
Caseous Necrosis - (answers)form of coagulation necrosis in which the dead cells
persist indefinitely. Most commonly found in the center of TB granulomas
