NUR 631 Mid Term Review
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is an example of compensatory hyperplasia - Answer: Liver regeneration
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate an action potential -
Answer: Sodium gates open, sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane potential
from negative to positive
What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis - Answer: Caseous
Necrosis
Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure - Answer:
Plasma oncotic
When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from who - Answer:
Both parents are carriers
Describe the chromosomal defect related to Prader Willi Syndrome - Answer: Imprinting,
deletion, 4mb of chromosomes 15, inherited from Father short structure, hypotonia, small
hands and feet, obese, mild to moderate mental retardation, hypogonadism
What mechanism can cause hypernatremia - Answer: Caused by loss of H2O, DM insufficient
H2O intake
, Hypertonic solution
Over secretion of aldosterone
Cushing syndrome because of adrenocorticotropic hormone
What are the causes of hyperkalemia - Answer: Excess diet or intravenous intake
RF
K+ sparing diuretics
Hypoaldosteronism
Shift from ICF to ECF
Metabolic acidosis
What are likely causes of respiratory acidosis - Answer: Depress of respiratory center, disorder
of the lung parenchyma, alveolar hypoventilation CO2 is retained increase in H+, CO2 excess in
blood
Over sedation, brainstem trauma
Pulmonary edema, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis
Acute airway obstruction - does not affect renal buffer mechanism
Chronic COPD-renal compensation is effective and established
When considering white blood cell differentials, acute inflammatory reactions are related to
elevations of what leukocyte - Answer: Neutrophils
In which structure do B lymphocytes mature and undergo changes that commit them to
becoming B cells - Answer: Bone marrow
Which immunoglobulins is present in blood, saliva, breast milk, and respiratory secretions -
Answer: IgA
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is an example of compensatory hyperplasia - Answer: Liver regeneration
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate an action potential -
Answer: Sodium gates open, sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane potential
from negative to positive
What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis - Answer: Caseous
Necrosis
Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure - Answer:
Plasma oncotic
When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from who - Answer:
Both parents are carriers
Describe the chromosomal defect related to Prader Willi Syndrome - Answer: Imprinting,
deletion, 4mb of chromosomes 15, inherited from Father short structure, hypotonia, small
hands and feet, obese, mild to moderate mental retardation, hypogonadism
What mechanism can cause hypernatremia - Answer: Caused by loss of H2O, DM insufficient
H2O intake
, Hypertonic solution
Over secretion of aldosterone
Cushing syndrome because of adrenocorticotropic hormone
What are the causes of hyperkalemia - Answer: Excess diet or intravenous intake
RF
K+ sparing diuretics
Hypoaldosteronism
Shift from ICF to ECF
Metabolic acidosis
What are likely causes of respiratory acidosis - Answer: Depress of respiratory center, disorder
of the lung parenchyma, alveolar hypoventilation CO2 is retained increase in H+, CO2 excess in
blood
Over sedation, brainstem trauma
Pulmonary edema, emphysema, asthma, bronchitis
Acute airway obstruction - does not affect renal buffer mechanism
Chronic COPD-renal compensation is effective and established
When considering white blood cell differentials, acute inflammatory reactions are related to
elevations of what leukocyte - Answer: Neutrophils
In which structure do B lymphocytes mature and undergo changes that commit them to
becoming B cells - Answer: Bone marrow
Which immunoglobulins is present in blood, saliva, breast milk, and respiratory secretions -
Answer: IgA
