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PATHO D236 WGU EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (95)
As Diane completes her Diane's sports drink helped to replace sodium and
race, what enables her water lost due to sweating.
body to maintain
homeostasis despite Diane's body produces more angiotensin II,
her increased activity? allowing her body to constrict blood vessels
Choose 3 answers. and increase her blood pressure.
Diane's sports drink Diane's kidney reabsorbs more water and
helped to replace sodium in response to ADH and aldosterone.
sodium and water lost
due to sweating.
Diane's body produces
more angiotensin II,
allowing her body to
constrict blood
vessels and increase her
blood pressure.
Diane's kidney
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reabsorbs more water
and sodium in
response to ADH and
aldosterone.
Extracellular fluid shifts
into intracellular fluid,
expanding cells and
stimulating the thirst
center in the
hypothalamus.
Diane's breathing
increases to expel more
CO2, which decreases
pH and brings it back
to homeostatic levels.
incorrect
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Michael's pulmonary His CO2 level is increased because his lungs
edema leads to have difficulty removing it from the
respiratory acidosis. bloodstream.
How does pH
impact Michael's His K+ is elevated because, as H+ moves inside
basal metabolic of cells in an attempt to get it out of the
panel? Choose 3 bloodstream, K+ moves from cells into the
answers. bloodstream.
His CO2 level is His sodium level is decreased due to hypervolemia.
increased because
his lungs have
difficulty removing it
from the
bloodstream.
His K+ is elevated
because, as H+ moves
inside of cells in an
attempt to get it out of
the bloodstream, K+
moves from cells into
the bloodstream.
His sodium level is
decreased due to
hypervolemia.
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His calcium level is
reduced because the
elevated concentration
of H+ makes it
easier for Ca+ to bind to
albumin.
His CO2 level is
decreased because
his lungs have
difficulty adding it
into the
bloodstream.
What differentiates type The insulin producing cells of type I diabetics
I from type II diabetes? are destroyed, and they do not produce insulin.
In type II diabetics, their cells are less
The insulin producing responsive to insulin.
cells of type I diabetics
are destroyed, and they
do not produce insulin. In
type II diabetics, their
cells are less
responsive to insulin.
Type I diabetes can be
treated, while type II
diabetics do not
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PATHO D236 WGU EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (95)
As Diane completes her Diane's sports drink helped to replace sodium and
race, what enables her water lost due to sweating.
body to maintain
homeostasis despite Diane's body produces more angiotensin II,
her increased activity? allowing her body to constrict blood vessels
Choose 3 answers. and increase her blood pressure.
Diane's sports drink Diane's kidney reabsorbs more water and
helped to replace sodium in response to ADH and aldosterone.
sodium and water lost
due to sweating.
Diane's body produces
more angiotensin II,
allowing her body to
constrict blood
vessels and increase her
blood pressure.
Diane's kidney
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reabsorbs more water
and sodium in
response to ADH and
aldosterone.
Extracellular fluid shifts
into intracellular fluid,
expanding cells and
stimulating the thirst
center in the
hypothalamus.
Diane's breathing
increases to expel more
CO2, which decreases
pH and brings it back
to homeostatic levels.
incorrect
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Michael's pulmonary His CO2 level is increased because his lungs
edema leads to have difficulty removing it from the
respiratory acidosis. bloodstream.
How does pH
impact Michael's His K+ is elevated because, as H+ moves inside
basal metabolic of cells in an attempt to get it out of the
panel? Choose 3 bloodstream, K+ moves from cells into the
answers. bloodstream.
His CO2 level is His sodium level is decreased due to hypervolemia.
increased because
his lungs have
difficulty removing it
from the
bloodstream.
His K+ is elevated
because, as H+ moves
inside of cells in an
attempt to get it out of
the bloodstream, K+
moves from cells into
the bloodstream.
His sodium level is
decreased due to
hypervolemia.
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His calcium level is
reduced because the
elevated concentration
of H+ makes it
easier for Ca+ to bind to
albumin.
His CO2 level is
decreased because
his lungs have
difficulty adding it
into the
bloodstream.
What differentiates type The insulin producing cells of type I diabetics
I from type II diabetes? are destroyed, and they do not produce insulin.
In type II diabetics, their cells are less
The insulin producing responsive to insulin.
cells of type I diabetics
are destroyed, and they
do not produce insulin. In
type II diabetics, their
cells are less
responsive to insulin.
Type I diabetes can be
treated, while type II
diabetics do not
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