NUR 631 Midterm Exam with
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Somogyi effect - CORRECT ANSWER-hypoglycemia followed by rebound
hyperglycemia
Overcompensation for low blood sugar
What does our body use to transport something across a cell membrane? - CORRECT
ANSWER-carrier proteins
what stops water soluble molecules from crossing into a cell? - CORRECT ANSWER-
lipid bilayer
not water permeable
what is the absolute refractory period in the cardiac cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER-
nothing can happen during that period no matter what stimulus is presented
what do we need to move fluid from the arterial end of a capillary into the interstitial
fluid? - CORRECT ANSWER-hydrostatic pressure
what type of cellular adaptation replaces one type of cell with another type of cell? -
CORRECT ANSWER-metaplasia
hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER-increase in the number of cells
eg. breast tissue
hemosiderosis - CORRECT ANSWER-abnormal increase of iron in blood
a concern after multiple blood transfusions
Na+ 164 , what will you see - CORRECT ANSWER-confusion, convulsion, cerebral
hemorrhage, coma
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cells are shrinking, due to high sodium in blood vessels pulling water out of cells
ABG: pH 7.28 HCO3 28 CO2 60 - CORRECT ANSWER-Respiratory acidosis
Turner syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER-A chromosomal disorder
x-linked chromosome
short in stature
webbed neck
What alleles are consistent with Ab blood type? - CORRECT ANSWER-AB
Why could one twin baby get asthma and the other not? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Epigenetics
Epigenetics - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of environmental influences on gene
expression that occur without a DNA change
cells that attack a parasitic invasion? - CORRECT ANSWER-eosinophils
why do neonates not have a good inflammatory response? - CORRECT ANSWER-
compliment system - neonate has not developed this yet
compliment system - CORRECT ANSWER-Group of about 30 proteins in blood plasma
that complement defense reactions and help attract phagocytes to foreign cells; can
help promote lysis of the foreign cell
What do you never want to use on a wound? - CORRECT ANSWER-hydrogen peroxide
it kills tissue
use NS instead
Why are there different routes for vaccinations? - CORRECT ANSWER-different routes
stimulate different lymphocyte areas
this impacts how we get immunity
treatment for Hypersensitivity reaction that is IgE mediated - CORRECT ANSWER-
antihistamine
type 2 hypersensitivity - CORRECT ANSWER-antibodies will bind to antigens and make
complexes
slower
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