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WGU PATHO D236 – EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (86)
Turner syndrome A chromosomal disorder in females in which either
an X chromosome is missing, making the
person XO instead of XX, or part of one X
chromosome is deleted.
A human genetic disease caused by a recessive
allele for a dysfunctional enzyme leads to the
Tay-Sachs Disease accumulation of certain lipids in the brain.
Seizures, blindness, and degeneration of motor
and mental performance usually become
manifest a few months after birth, followed by
death within a few years.
Down syndrome A condition of mild to severe intellectual
disability and associated physical disorders
caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
Antidiuretic hormone is not secreted
adequately, or the kidney is resistant to its
Diabetes Insipidus effect. The serum sodium is often elevated
due to excess free water losses.
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In diabetes insipidus, your blood glucose levels
are normal, but your kidneys can't properly
concentrate urine.
In heart valve disease, one or more of the valves
in your heart doesn't work properly.
Regurgitation (or leakage of the valve). When
the valve(s) do not close completely, it causes
blood to flow backward through the valve.
Cardiac Valve Disease This reduces forward blood flow and can lead
Process to volume overload in the heart.
Stenosis (or narrowing of the valve). When the
valve(s) opening becomes narrowed, it limits
the flow of blood out of the ventricles or atria.
The heart is forced to pump blood with
increased force to move blood through the
narrowed or stiff (stenotic) valve(s).
Heart valve disease can cause many complications,
including:
* Heart failure.
Cardiac Valve * Stroke.
Complications * Blood clots.
* Heart rhythm abnormalities.
* Death.
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers are spread by contact
with infected animals or insects. The viruses that
Respiratory Illness from cause viral hemorrhagic fevers live in a variety
bats of animal and insect hosts.
Most commonly, the hosts include mosquitoes,
ticks, rodents, or bats. Some viral hemorrhagic
fevers can also be spread from person to
person.
Different types of
anemia include:
Anemia due to
vitamin B12
deficiency
Anemia due to folate
Anemia (folic acid) deficiency
Anemia due to iron
deficiency
Anemia of
chronic disease
Hemolytic
anemia
Idiopathic
aplastic
anemia
Megaloblastic
anemia
Pernicious
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anemia
Sickle cell
anemia
Thalassemia
The kidneys have two main ways to maintain
acid-base balance - their cells reabsorb
Acid Base Balance - lung bicarbonate HCO3− from the urine back to the
and kidney blood and they secrete hydrogen H+ ions into
compensation the urine.
By adjusting the amounts reabsorbed and
secreted, they balance the bloodstream's pH.
Pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Prostate cancer Cancer of the prostate gland usually occurs in men
middle-aged and older.
Artery response during Vasoconstriction
blood loss.
Does cell shrink or swell ?
This condition is inherited in an autosomal
dominant pattern , which means one copy of
Marfan Syndrome - the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to
Autosomal dominant cause the disorder.
trait
At least 25 percent of Marfan syndrome cases
result from a new mutation in the FBN1 gene
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WGU PATHO D236 – EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (86)
Turner syndrome A chromosomal disorder in females in which either
an X chromosome is missing, making the
person XO instead of XX, or part of one X
chromosome is deleted.
A human genetic disease caused by a recessive
allele for a dysfunctional enzyme leads to the
Tay-Sachs Disease accumulation of certain lipids in the brain.
Seizures, blindness, and degeneration of motor
and mental performance usually become
manifest a few months after birth, followed by
death within a few years.
Down syndrome A condition of mild to severe intellectual
disability and associated physical disorders
caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21
Antidiuretic hormone is not secreted
adequately, or the kidney is resistant to its
Diabetes Insipidus effect. The serum sodium is often elevated
due to excess free water losses.
1/35
,7/22/25, 12:29 PM
In diabetes insipidus, your blood glucose levels
are normal, but your kidneys can't properly
concentrate urine.
In heart valve disease, one or more of the valves
in your heart doesn't work properly.
Regurgitation (or leakage of the valve). When
the valve(s) do not close completely, it causes
blood to flow backward through the valve.
Cardiac Valve Disease This reduces forward blood flow and can lead
Process to volume overload in the heart.
Stenosis (or narrowing of the valve). When the
valve(s) opening becomes narrowed, it limits
the flow of blood out of the ventricles or atria.
The heart is forced to pump blood with
increased force to move blood through the
narrowed or stiff (stenotic) valve(s).
Heart valve disease can cause many complications,
including:
* Heart failure.
Cardiac Valve * Stroke.
Complications * Blood clots.
* Heart rhythm abnormalities.
* Death.
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,7/22/25, 12:29 PM
Viral hemorrhagic fevers are spread by contact
with infected animals or insects. The viruses that
Respiratory Illness from cause viral hemorrhagic fevers live in a variety
bats of animal and insect hosts.
Most commonly, the hosts include mosquitoes,
ticks, rodents, or bats. Some viral hemorrhagic
fevers can also be spread from person to
person.
Different types of
anemia include:
Anemia due to
vitamin B12
deficiency
Anemia due to folate
Anemia (folic acid) deficiency
Anemia due to iron
deficiency
Anemia of
chronic disease
Hemolytic
anemia
Idiopathic
aplastic
anemia
Megaloblastic
anemia
Pernicious
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anemia
Sickle cell
anemia
Thalassemia
The kidneys have two main ways to maintain
acid-base balance - their cells reabsorb
Acid Base Balance - lung bicarbonate HCO3− from the urine back to the
and kidney blood and they secrete hydrogen H+ ions into
compensation the urine.
By adjusting the amounts reabsorbed and
secreted, they balance the bloodstream's pH.
Pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney
Prostate cancer Cancer of the prostate gland usually occurs in men
middle-aged and older.
Artery response during Vasoconstriction
blood loss.
Does cell shrink or swell ?
This condition is inherited in an autosomal
dominant pattern , which means one copy of
Marfan Syndrome - the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to
Autosomal dominant cause the disorder.
trait
At least 25 percent of Marfan syndrome cases
result from a new mutation in the FBN1 gene
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