PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
a 23 year old diabetic has a pressure sore on his foot resulting
from poor circulation. the wound has large chunks of dead black
tissue. you know the dead tissue present in the wound is due to
____ of the tissue and is called ____ correct answer
hypoxia/necrosis
a 45 year old man just finished working the hot sun without
anything drink and comes to your clinic. he is acting confused,
has a tremor in his hamd and cannot remember where he parked
his car. after an exam, you anticipate he is suffering from ____ and
will require _____ correct answer hypernatremia/fluid
replacement
a mother tells you that she has hemophilia A and must take shots.
the father is unaffected. you know this is a genetic disease
characterized by a clothing factor VIII deficiency. being an x-
linked recessive disorder you now her son will have what %
chance of having the disease correct answer 100%
a young woman comes to your office with symptoms of
hyperthyroidism. she states she has been unable to control her
thyroid with medicine. after a series of tests, you believe she may
be suffereing from a hypersenstivity disorder producing cellular
dysfunction by stimulating the thyroid. which type of
hypersensitivity would produce these symptoms correct answer
type 2
,during the course of HIV infection, as the viral load increases, the
CD4+ count correct answer decreases
humans have 46 ____ which are made up of ____. copies of these
are called _____, which can be dominant or recessive correct
answer chromosomes/genes/alleles
in AIDS, fever, chronic diarrhea, weakness and weight loss > 10%
are clinical manifestations of correct answer HIV wasting
syndrome
in acute inflammation there is infiltration of the area by which
type of white blood cell correct answer neutrophils
in order to be diagnosed with AIDS, a patient must possess these
3 things correct answer HIV virus, low CD4 count, AIDS
defining illness
joe has von willebrand's disease, an autosomal dominant
disorder. for his son (don) to be inherit the disorder which of the
following must be true correct answer don must inherit the
defective gene from joe (his father)
hyperplasia correct answer the enlargement of an organ or
tissue based on the rapid reproduction of cells
metaplasia correct answer change of cell tissue type from one
type of tissue to another
, dysplasia correct answer abnormal growth or development of
a type of tissue
hypertrophy correct answer the enlargement in the size of the
cells of tissue based on an increase in the size of its cells
the characterized, localized cardinal signs of acute inflammation
include correct answer redness
what is the chance that a mother who is a carrier of an x-linked
recessive disease will produce a carrier daughter correct answer
50%
which immunoglobulin is found on mast cells in tissues and starts
an inflammation response in response to an allergen correct
answer IgE
which symptom of high potassium is the most life threatening and
must be addressed immediately correct answer ECG changes
your mom is in the garden and is stung by a bee. she is allergic to
bee stings. her body will respond to the sting by release ____ in
response to ___ due to a type ____ hypersensitivity correct
answer histamine/IgE/1
your patient is complaining about edema in their legs. they have
liver disease and do not produce much albumin. you know that
albumin is a collloid in the blood that helps control edema through
the action of correct answer capillary oncotic pressure
100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
a 23 year old diabetic has a pressure sore on his foot resulting
from poor circulation. the wound has large chunks of dead black
tissue. you know the dead tissue present in the wound is due to
____ of the tissue and is called ____ correct answer
hypoxia/necrosis
a 45 year old man just finished working the hot sun without
anything drink and comes to your clinic. he is acting confused,
has a tremor in his hamd and cannot remember where he parked
his car. after an exam, you anticipate he is suffering from ____ and
will require _____ correct answer hypernatremia/fluid
replacement
a mother tells you that she has hemophilia A and must take shots.
the father is unaffected. you know this is a genetic disease
characterized by a clothing factor VIII deficiency. being an x-
linked recessive disorder you now her son will have what %
chance of having the disease correct answer 100%
a young woman comes to your office with symptoms of
hyperthyroidism. she states she has been unable to control her
thyroid with medicine. after a series of tests, you believe she may
be suffereing from a hypersenstivity disorder producing cellular
dysfunction by stimulating the thyroid. which type of
hypersensitivity would produce these symptoms correct answer
type 2
,during the course of HIV infection, as the viral load increases, the
CD4+ count correct answer decreases
humans have 46 ____ which are made up of ____. copies of these
are called _____, which can be dominant or recessive correct
answer chromosomes/genes/alleles
in AIDS, fever, chronic diarrhea, weakness and weight loss > 10%
are clinical manifestations of correct answer HIV wasting
syndrome
in acute inflammation there is infiltration of the area by which
type of white blood cell correct answer neutrophils
in order to be diagnosed with AIDS, a patient must possess these
3 things correct answer HIV virus, low CD4 count, AIDS
defining illness
joe has von willebrand's disease, an autosomal dominant
disorder. for his son (don) to be inherit the disorder which of the
following must be true correct answer don must inherit the
defective gene from joe (his father)
hyperplasia correct answer the enlargement of an organ or
tissue based on the rapid reproduction of cells
metaplasia correct answer change of cell tissue type from one
type of tissue to another
, dysplasia correct answer abnormal growth or development of
a type of tissue
hypertrophy correct answer the enlargement in the size of the
cells of tissue based on an increase in the size of its cells
the characterized, localized cardinal signs of acute inflammation
include correct answer redness
what is the chance that a mother who is a carrier of an x-linked
recessive disease will produce a carrier daughter correct answer
50%
which immunoglobulin is found on mast cells in tissues and starts
an inflammation response in response to an allergen correct
answer IgE
which symptom of high potassium is the most life threatening and
must be addressed immediately correct answer ECG changes
your mom is in the garden and is stung by a bee. she is allergic to
bee stings. her body will respond to the sting by release ____ in
response to ___ due to a type ____ hypersensitivity correct
answer histamine/IgE/1
your patient is complaining about edema in their legs. they have
liver disease and do not produce much albumin. you know that
albumin is a collloid in the blood that helps control edema through
the action of correct answer capillary oncotic pressure
