Nurs6501ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Quiz 2
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the
following will facilitate his continued muscle performance? - Answer: Anaerobic
glycolysis
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an
action potential? - Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell,
changing the membrane potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would
reveal which of the following? - Answer: XXY
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the
nurse looking for? - Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic
disease
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
- Answer: Expressivity
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include
regarding cholesterol? - Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the
erythrocyte, which reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an
example of: - Answer: Gene imprinting
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond?
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene - Answer: Autosomal recessive
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes? - Answer:
By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as: -
Answer: Sodium
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in: - Answer:
Reduced protein synthesis
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from
diseases? - Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are
believed to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has a karyotype that reveals an
absent homologous X chromosome with only a single X chromosome present? Her
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Quiz 2
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the
following will facilitate his continued muscle performance? - Answer: Anaerobic
glycolysis
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an
action potential? - Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell,
changing the membrane potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would
reveal which of the following? - Answer: XXY
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the
nurse looking for? - Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic
disease
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
- Answer: Expressivity
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include
regarding cholesterol? - Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the
erythrocyte, which reduces its ability to carry oxygen.
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an
example of: - Answer: Gene imprinting
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond?
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene - Answer: Autosomal recessive
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes? - Answer:
By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as: -
Answer: Sodium
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in: - Answer:
Reduced protein synthesis
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from
diseases? - Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are
believed to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has a karyotype that reveals an
absent homologous X chromosome with only a single X chromosome present? Her
