WGU Pathophysiology EXAM A,B&C COMBINATION examination 2025 -2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
WGU Pathophysiology
EXAM A
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
Which variation in heart rate is due to changes in the rate and depth of
breathing?
a. murmur
b. cyanosis
c. sinus arrhythmia
d. stent
c. sinus arrhythmia
What covers the larynx during swallowing?
a. epiglottis
b. glottis
c. conchae
d. sinus
a. epiglottis
Which structure has the centers that regulate respiration?
a. cerebral cortex
b. diencephalon
c. brain stem
d. cerebellum
c. brain stem
Which term describes incomplete lung expansion?
a. effusion
b. adhesion
c. epistaxis
d. atelectasis
d. atelectasis
Which system directly innervates skeletal muscles?
a. central nervous system
b. somatic nervous system
c. parasympathetic nervous system
d. sympathetic nervous system
b. somatic nervous system
What cells are involved in most nervous system tumors?
a. motor neurons
b. sensory neurons
,c. interneurons
d. neuroglia
d. neuroglia
What promotes the "fight-or-flight" response?
a. sympathetic nervous system
b. parasympathetic nervous system
c. somatic nervous system
d. reflex arc
a. sympathetic nervous system
What is an abnormal accumulation fo CSF within the brain called?
a. cerebral hemorrhage
b. hemiplegia
c. hydrocephalus
d. subdural hematoma
c. hydrocephalus
What are tremors, limb rigidity, slow movement, and impaired balance signs
of?
a. Alzheimer disease
b. Bell palsy
c. meningitis
d. Parkinson disease
d. Parkinson disease
What type of impulse are pain messages?
a. special sensory
b. general sensory
c. somatic motor
d. visceral motor
b. general sensory
What is the functional unit of the renal system?
a. renal capsule
b. kidney
c. nephron
d. juxtaglomerular apparatus
c. nephron
How does fluid move out of the glomerulus?
a. filtration
b. diffusion
c. osmosis
d, active transport
a. filtration
Which term means "pus in the urine"?
a. pyuria
b. uremia
c. anemia
d. enuresis
pyuria
Choose the principal hormonal regulator of metabolism?
a. thyroxine
b. triiodothyronine
,c. aldosterone
d. progesterone
a. thyroxine
Which structure secretes epinephrine?
a. adrenal cortex
b. adrenal medulla
c. kidneys
d. pancreas
b. adrenal medulla
Which organ regulates sleep-wake cycles?
a. pituitary
b. thyroid
c. thymus
d. pineal
d. pineal
What is testicular inflammation called?
a. phimosis
b. epididymitis
c. prostatitis
d. orchitis
d. orchitis
What is the term for the area between the vaginal opening and the anus?
a. vestibule
b, vulva
c. hymen
d. perineum
d. perineum
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral
d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response to
infection?
, a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin
c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome
a. serum sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus
b. interatrial septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction and
relaxation?
a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output
c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+
WGU Pathophysiology
EXAM A
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
Which variation in heart rate is due to changes in the rate and depth of
breathing?
a. murmur
b. cyanosis
c. sinus arrhythmia
d. stent
c. sinus arrhythmia
What covers the larynx during swallowing?
a. epiglottis
b. glottis
c. conchae
d. sinus
a. epiglottis
Which structure has the centers that regulate respiration?
a. cerebral cortex
b. diencephalon
c. brain stem
d. cerebellum
c. brain stem
Which term describes incomplete lung expansion?
a. effusion
b. adhesion
c. epistaxis
d. atelectasis
d. atelectasis
Which system directly innervates skeletal muscles?
a. central nervous system
b. somatic nervous system
c. parasympathetic nervous system
d. sympathetic nervous system
b. somatic nervous system
What cells are involved in most nervous system tumors?
a. motor neurons
b. sensory neurons
,c. interneurons
d. neuroglia
d. neuroglia
What promotes the "fight-or-flight" response?
a. sympathetic nervous system
b. parasympathetic nervous system
c. somatic nervous system
d. reflex arc
a. sympathetic nervous system
What is an abnormal accumulation fo CSF within the brain called?
a. cerebral hemorrhage
b. hemiplegia
c. hydrocephalus
d. subdural hematoma
c. hydrocephalus
What are tremors, limb rigidity, slow movement, and impaired balance signs
of?
a. Alzheimer disease
b. Bell palsy
c. meningitis
d. Parkinson disease
d. Parkinson disease
What type of impulse are pain messages?
a. special sensory
b. general sensory
c. somatic motor
d. visceral motor
b. general sensory
What is the functional unit of the renal system?
a. renal capsule
b. kidney
c. nephron
d. juxtaglomerular apparatus
c. nephron
How does fluid move out of the glomerulus?
a. filtration
b. diffusion
c. osmosis
d, active transport
a. filtration
Which term means "pus in the urine"?
a. pyuria
b. uremia
c. anemia
d. enuresis
pyuria
Choose the principal hormonal regulator of metabolism?
a. thyroxine
b. triiodothyronine
,c. aldosterone
d. progesterone
a. thyroxine
Which structure secretes epinephrine?
a. adrenal cortex
b. adrenal medulla
c. kidneys
d. pancreas
b. adrenal medulla
Which organ regulates sleep-wake cycles?
a. pituitary
b. thyroid
c. thymus
d. pineal
d. pineal
What is testicular inflammation called?
a. phimosis
b. epididymitis
c. prostatitis
d. orchitis
d. orchitis
What is the term for the area between the vaginal opening and the anus?
a. vestibule
b, vulva
c. hymen
d. perineum
d. perineum
Which cavity contains the mediastinum?
a. abdominal
b. dorsal
c. pelvic
d. ventral
d. ventral
What is a syndrome?
a. A communicable disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
c. A disease that is neither acute nor chronic
d. A widespread disease
b. A disease accompanied by a characteristic group of signs and diseases
Which of the following is part of the internal non-specific response to
infection?
, a. tears
b. saliva
c. neutrofils
d. skin
c. histamine
Sensitivity to animal-derived immune serum may lead to a serious condition
called?
a. serum sickness
b. Hay fever
c. Kaposi sarcoma
d. Rejection syndrome
a. serum sickness
What separated the upper chambers of the heart from each other?
a. intercalated disk
b. interatrial septum
c. interventricular septum
d. ductus arteriosus
b. interatrial septum
Which term describes one complete sequence of heat contraction and
relaxation?
a. systole
b. diastole
c. cardiac cycle
d. cardiac output
c. cardiac cycle
Which medication reduces cardiac output by lowering sympathetic response?
a. anticoagulant
b. antiarrhythmic agent
c. slow calcium-channel blocker
d. beta-adregenic blocking agent
