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NUR 631 PATHO FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027
ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Graves disease is an autoimmune disease that results in
which maternal antibody?
a. binding with receptors for neural transmitters on muscle
cells, causing neonatal muscular weakness
b. affecting the receptor for TSH, causing neonatal
hyperthyroidism
c. Inducing anomalies in the fetus or causing pregnancy
loss
d. destroying platelets in the fetus and neonate -
ANSWER-ANS: B
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Dietary vitamin B12 is a large molecule that requires a
protein secreted by parietal cells into the stomach (intrinsic
factor [IF]) to transport across the ileum. Defects in IF
production lead to decreased B12 absorption and
pernicious anemia. The other options are not the result of
this process.
Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic
anemia?
a. iron deficiency
b. pernicious
c. Sideroblastic
d. Hemolytic - ANSWER-ANS: B
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Pernicious anemia is the most common type of
megaloblastic anemia. The remaining options are not
classified as megaloblastic anemias.
The underlying disorder of which anemia is a result of the
defective secretion of the intrinsic factor, which is essential
for the absorption of vitamin B12?
a. microcytic
b. pernicious
c. hypochromic
d. hemolytic - ANSWER-ANS: B
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, the
most common type of megaloblastic anemia.
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After a person has a subtotal gastrectomy for chronic
gastritis, which type of anemia will result?
a. iron deficiency
b. aplastic
c. folic acid
d. pernicious - ANSWER-ANS: D
From the options available, only pernicious anemia is
caused by vitamin B12 deficiency, which is often
associated with the end-stage type A chronic atrophic
gastritis.
What causes the atrophy of gastric mucosal cells that
result in pernicious anemia?
a. erythrocyte destruction
NUR 631 PATHO FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027
ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Graves disease is an autoimmune disease that results in
which maternal antibody?
a. binding with receptors for neural transmitters on muscle
cells, causing neonatal muscular weakness
b. affecting the receptor for TSH, causing neonatal
hyperthyroidism
c. Inducing anomalies in the fetus or causing pregnancy
loss
d. destroying platelets in the fetus and neonate -
ANSWER-ANS: B
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Dietary vitamin B12 is a large molecule that requires a
protein secreted by parietal cells into the stomach (intrinsic
factor [IF]) to transport across the ileum. Defects in IF
production lead to decreased B12 absorption and
pernicious anemia. The other options are not the result of
this process.
Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic
anemia?
a. iron deficiency
b. pernicious
c. Sideroblastic
d. Hemolytic - ANSWER-ANS: B
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Pernicious anemia is the most common type of
megaloblastic anemia. The remaining options are not
classified as megaloblastic anemias.
The underlying disorder of which anemia is a result of the
defective secretion of the intrinsic factor, which is essential
for the absorption of vitamin B12?
a. microcytic
b. pernicious
c. hypochromic
d. hemolytic - ANSWER-ANS: B
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, the
most common type of megaloblastic anemia.
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After a person has a subtotal gastrectomy for chronic
gastritis, which type of anemia will result?
a. iron deficiency
b. aplastic
c. folic acid
d. pernicious - ANSWER-ANS: D
From the options available, only pernicious anemia is
caused by vitamin B12 deficiency, which is often
associated with the end-stage type A chronic atrophic
gastritis.
What causes the atrophy of gastric mucosal cells that
result in pernicious anemia?
a. erythrocyte destruction
