NUR631 / NUR 631 Midterm Exam |
Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Exam | Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A
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A person has acne, easy bruising, thin extremities, and truncal obesity.
Which endocrine diagnosis are the clinical manifestations indicative of?
- Correct Answer - Cushings Disease
A person may experience which complications as a result of a reduction
of parathyroid hormone.
- Correct Answer - a) decreased calcium levels, which create tetany,
muscle cramps, spasms, hyperreflexia, tonic-clonic convulsions,
laryngeal spasms, dry skin, loss of body and scalp hair, hypoplasia
during devolving of teeth, horizontal ridges in nails, cataracts, basal
ganglia calcifications, bone deformities.
Which nutrients are necessary for the synthesis of DNA and the
maturation of erythrocytes
- Correct Answer - Folate and Vitamin B12/cobalamin
Which type of anemia is characterized by fatigue, weakness, dyspnea as
well as conjunctiva of the eyes and brittle concave nails?
- Correct Answer - Iron Deficiency
In Infectious mononucleosis (IM), what does the monospot test detect
- Correct Answer - Heterophile and antibodies/ IM
, Vitamin K is required for normal clotting factor synthesis by what
- Correct Answer - Liver
How is erythroblastosis fetalis defined
- Correct Answer - a) hemolytic diagnosis of the fetus/newborn that
occurs when the system of an Rh-negative mother produces antibodies
to an antigen in the blood of an Rh-positive fetus, which crosses the
placenta and destroys fetal erythrocytes and is characterized by
increases in circulation erythroblasts and jaundice
Which type of anemia occurs as a result of thalassemia
- Correct Answer - microcytic Hypochromic
Which factor is responsible for hypertrophy of the myocardium-
associated with HTN
- Correct Answer - Angiotensin ll, increased to ventricular ejection,
valvular cysts
What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone
- Correct Answer - Sodium Excretion
A family friend shows a recent lab report, he would like you to interpret
the findings. Lab values show hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia,
elevated alkaline phosphates, and PTH. What is the cause of this and
risks for?
- Correct Answer - parathyroid adenoma and parathyroid hyperplasia
Why don't patient with type 2 DM generally develop ketoacidosis
Advanced Physiology and
Pathophysiology Exam | Questions and
Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A
– GCU | Latest Update
A person has acne, easy bruising, thin extremities, and truncal obesity.
Which endocrine diagnosis are the clinical manifestations indicative of?
- Correct Answer - Cushings Disease
A person may experience which complications as a result of a reduction
of parathyroid hormone.
- Correct Answer - a) decreased calcium levels, which create tetany,
muscle cramps, spasms, hyperreflexia, tonic-clonic convulsions,
laryngeal spasms, dry skin, loss of body and scalp hair, hypoplasia
during devolving of teeth, horizontal ridges in nails, cataracts, basal
ganglia calcifications, bone deformities.
Which nutrients are necessary for the synthesis of DNA and the
maturation of erythrocytes
- Correct Answer - Folate and Vitamin B12/cobalamin
Which type of anemia is characterized by fatigue, weakness, dyspnea as
well as conjunctiva of the eyes and brittle concave nails?
- Correct Answer - Iron Deficiency
In Infectious mononucleosis (IM), what does the monospot test detect
- Correct Answer - Heterophile and antibodies/ IM
, Vitamin K is required for normal clotting factor synthesis by what
- Correct Answer - Liver
How is erythroblastosis fetalis defined
- Correct Answer - a) hemolytic diagnosis of the fetus/newborn that
occurs when the system of an Rh-negative mother produces antibodies
to an antigen in the blood of an Rh-positive fetus, which crosses the
placenta and destroys fetal erythrocytes and is characterized by
increases in circulation erythroblasts and jaundice
Which type of anemia occurs as a result of thalassemia
- Correct Answer - microcytic Hypochromic
Which factor is responsible for hypertrophy of the myocardium-
associated with HTN
- Correct Answer - Angiotensin ll, increased to ventricular ejection,
valvular cysts
What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone
- Correct Answer - Sodium Excretion
A family friend shows a recent lab report, he would like you to interpret
the findings. Lab values show hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia,
elevated alkaline phosphates, and PTH. What is the cause of this and
risks for?
- Correct Answer - parathyroid adenoma and parathyroid hyperplasia
Why don't patient with type 2 DM generally develop ketoacidosis
