PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 370 MIDTERM
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
A serious complication of deep vein ( correct answers ) A
thrombosis embolus pulmonary
Venous obstruction leads to edema because it ( corre
pressure answers ) Increases capillary hydrostatic ct
A cause of thrombocytopenia includes ( correct answers )
chemotherapy
Which is not a manifestation of acute arterial obstruction? ( correct
answers ) Purpura
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include ( correct
answers ) Hyperlipidemia
A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron
deficiency anemia is ( correct answers ) Elevated total iron-binding
capacity
The major cause of death from leukemic disease is ( correct answers )
Infection Pernicious anemia is caused
by a lack of ( correct answers ) Intrinsic
factor
Activation of intrinsic pathway of coagulation is initiated by
( correct answers ) Tissue thromboplastin
Tissues are able to auto-regulate their rate of blood flow by controlling
( correct answers ) Vascular resistance
A three-year-old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma
and a prolonged aPTT, but a normal platelet count, is likely to be
diagnosed with
( correct answers ) Hemophilia
Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by ( correct
answers ) The autonomic nervous system
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified
because they ( correct answers )
Develop recurrent infections
, True or False: The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B
12(cobalamin) or folate is caused by a disruption in DNA synthesis of the
blast cells in the bone marrow that produces very large abnormal bone
marrow cells called megaloblasts
( correct answers )
True
Which condition is associated with an elevated reticulocyte count?
( correct answers ) hemolytic anemia
What laboratory finding is usually found in aplastic anemia?( correct
answers ) Pancytopenia
Which disorder is considered a primary immunodeficiency disease?
( correct
answers
) HIV/AIDS
A patient is diagnosed with a tortuous blood vessel of the right hand
that bleeds spontaneously. This patient presents with ( correct
answers ) Telangiectasia
What characteristic is indicative of hemolytic anemia?
( correct answers ) Jaundice
The movement of blood through the vascular system as opposed by the
force of ( correct answers )
Resistance
Autologous cell transplantation is a procedure in which ( correct
answers ) Stem cells are harvested
from the patient and then returned to the same patient
Which causes vasoconstriction? ( correct answers )
Norepinephrine
The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody
production is type
( correct answers )
IV
Disseminated intravascular coagulation may be treated with heparin
therapy to ( correct answers )
Inhibit clotting factor consumption
The final step in clot formation is: ( correct answers )
Clot retraction
Which condition enhances lymphatic flow? ( correct answers
) Increased interstitial fluid colloid
osmotic pressure
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean
corpuscular volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia?
( correct answers ) Iron deficiency
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
A serious complication of deep vein ( correct answers ) A
thrombosis embolus pulmonary
Venous obstruction leads to edema because it ( corre
pressure answers ) Increases capillary hydrostatic ct
A cause of thrombocytopenia includes ( correct answers )
chemotherapy
Which is not a manifestation of acute arterial obstruction? ( correct
answers ) Purpura
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include ( correct
answers ) Hyperlipidemia
A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron
deficiency anemia is ( correct answers ) Elevated total iron-binding
capacity
The major cause of death from leukemic disease is ( correct answers )
Infection Pernicious anemia is caused
by a lack of ( correct answers ) Intrinsic
factor
Activation of intrinsic pathway of coagulation is initiated by
( correct answers ) Tissue thromboplastin
Tissues are able to auto-regulate their rate of blood flow by controlling
( correct answers ) Vascular resistance
A three-year-old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma
and a prolonged aPTT, but a normal platelet count, is likely to be
diagnosed with
( correct answers ) Hemophilia
Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by ( correct
answers ) The autonomic nervous system
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified
because they ( correct answers )
Develop recurrent infections
, True or False: The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B
12(cobalamin) or folate is caused by a disruption in DNA synthesis of the
blast cells in the bone marrow that produces very large abnormal bone
marrow cells called megaloblasts
( correct answers )
True
Which condition is associated with an elevated reticulocyte count?
( correct answers ) hemolytic anemia
What laboratory finding is usually found in aplastic anemia?( correct
answers ) Pancytopenia
Which disorder is considered a primary immunodeficiency disease?
( correct
answers
) HIV/AIDS
A patient is diagnosed with a tortuous blood vessel of the right hand
that bleeds spontaneously. This patient presents with ( correct
answers ) Telangiectasia
What characteristic is indicative of hemolytic anemia?
( correct answers ) Jaundice
The movement of blood through the vascular system as opposed by the
force of ( correct answers )
Resistance
Autologous cell transplantation is a procedure in which ( correct
answers ) Stem cells are harvested
from the patient and then returned to the same patient
Which causes vasoconstriction? ( correct answers )
Norepinephrine
The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody
production is type
( correct answers )
IV
Disseminated intravascular coagulation may be treated with heparin
therapy to ( correct answers )
Inhibit clotting factor consumption
The final step in clot formation is: ( correct answers )
Clot retraction
Which condition enhances lymphatic flow? ( correct answers
) Increased interstitial fluid colloid
osmotic pressure
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean
corpuscular volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia?
( correct answers ) Iron deficiency
