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NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIS EXAM 1 SUMMER
(JEAN GENZALE) NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 250 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+(BRAND NEW!!)
A direct result of anaerobic metabolism during hypoxic cell injury
is:
a. increased ATP
b. metabolic acidosis
c. tissue ischemia
d. all of the above. .....ANSWER..... b. metabolic acidosis
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Rationale: When oxygen is not available, cells switch to
anaerobic metabolism, which yields an acid called lactate, or
lactic acid.
Accumulation of which of the following molecules results in
irreversible cell injury?
a. Calcium
b. Melanin
c. Lipids
d. Water .....ANSWER..... a. Calcium
Rationale: The accumulation of calcium causes irreversible
mitochondrial injury.
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to:
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a. speed up cellular death.
b. prevent cellular aging.
c. treat disease.
d. protect cells from injury. .....ANSWER..... d.protect cells from
injury.
An individual with damage to the spinal cord may experience
atrophy of which of the following organs?
a. Skeletal muscles
b. Skin
c. Liver
d. Brain .....ANSWER..... a. Skeletal muscles
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Rationale: Lack of nerve stimulation to skeletal muscles results in
muscle atrophy.
Chronic infection of the cervix by the human papillomavirus
results in cervical:
a. hormonal hyperplasia.
b. atrophy.
c. dysplasia.
d. metaplasia. .....ANSWER..... c. dysplasia.
Rationale: (Chronic infection or inflammation is a common cause
of cervical dysplasia.)
Ethanol (alcohol) causes cell injury by which of the following
mechanisms?
NURS 617 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIS EXAM 1 SUMMER
(JEAN GENZALE) NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM|
COMPLETE 250 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+(BRAND NEW!!)
A direct result of anaerobic metabolism during hypoxic cell injury
is:
a. increased ATP
b. metabolic acidosis
c. tissue ischemia
d. all of the above. .....ANSWER..... b. metabolic acidosis
,Page 2 of 131
Rationale: When oxygen is not available, cells switch to
anaerobic metabolism, which yields an acid called lactate, or
lactic acid.
Accumulation of which of the following molecules results in
irreversible cell injury?
a. Calcium
b. Melanin
c. Lipids
d. Water .....ANSWER..... a. Calcium
Rationale: The accumulation of calcium causes irreversible
mitochondrial injury.
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to:
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a. speed up cellular death.
b. prevent cellular aging.
c. treat disease.
d. protect cells from injury. .....ANSWER..... d.protect cells from
injury.
An individual with damage to the spinal cord may experience
atrophy of which of the following organs?
a. Skeletal muscles
b. Skin
c. Liver
d. Brain .....ANSWER..... a. Skeletal muscles
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Rationale: Lack of nerve stimulation to skeletal muscles results in
muscle atrophy.
Chronic infection of the cervix by the human papillomavirus
results in cervical:
a. hormonal hyperplasia.
b. atrophy.
c. dysplasia.
d. metaplasia. .....ANSWER..... c. dysplasia.
Rationale: (Chronic infection or inflammation is a common cause
of cervical dysplasia.)
Ethanol (alcohol) causes cell injury by which of the following
mechanisms?
