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Nurs 3366 exam 1 review Questions With Complete Solutions
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- NURS 3366
- Institution
- University Of Texas - Arlington
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all mean the same as osmolality Correct Answers osmotic
pressure, oncotic pressure, tonicity
atrophy Correct Answers occurs as result of decreases in work
load, an area or organ is no longer stimulated much to do its
work so cells shrink
B to T Correct Answers water is pathologically GAINED by
body or protein is lost, so concentration of blood is
DECREASED
B to T causing fluid vol overload Correct Answers EDEMA;
tissues "pull in" water from blood they eventually show water
overload showing edema anywhere in body
back up plan 1 Correct Answers counterregulatory hormones
stimulate conversion of glycogen to glucose=glycogenolysis
which is the breakdown and results in higher blood sugar,
correcting hypoglycemia
back up plan 2 Correct Answers when glycogenolysis has
already exhausted a persons store of glycogen the body breaks
down FAT and PROTEINS=gluconeogenesis>>prod ketones
-excessive ketone prod can cause acidosis
cachexia or cachectic Correct Answers syndrome that includes
anorexia, early satiety, weight loss, weakness, altered cellular
, metabolism, patients have sunken features and malnourished
appearance
carboxyhemoglobin CO-HgCO Correct Answers created when
CO attaches to hemoglobin which happens easily since Hbg has
more affinity for CO, HgCO prevents O2 from binding to Hgb
so tissues become hypoxic
cellular injury can be caused by Correct Answers hypoxia via
ischemia, free radicals, cellular accumulations
chromosomal disorders Correct Answers aka chromosomal
abberations, type of genetic disorder that results from alterations
to numbers or structure of a chromosome, which in turn alters
the local genes, the genes functionality is disrupted and they
don't code proteins correctly giving rise to the phenotype of
disorder
chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) Correct Answers genetic
marker- develops bc of a translocation of pieces of chromosome,
in this case has 1 chromosome that gets shortened "squashed" in
this process and its called the Philadelphia chromosome
compensation for metabolic acidosis Correct Answers lungs try
to decrease acid gang by INCREASING amt of CO2 that is
exhaled>>increasing the rate and/or depth of respirations
compensation of metabolic alkalosis Correct Answers via lungs
by DECREASING rate and depth of respirations
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