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NURS 504 Pathophysiology Midterm Questions And Answers Latest Update
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NURS 504 Pathophysiology Midterm Questions
And Answers Latest Update
A patient cuts his finger. Which fibers transmit the pain signal? ANS✔✔ A-
delta fibers
Where is the gate located that is referred to in the gate control theory of
pain? ANS✔✔ Substantia gelatinosa
Massage therapy relieves pain by stimulating the _____ that close the pain
gate. ANS✔✔ A-beta fibers
When caring for a person who has had pain for 3 days, what physiologic
signs of pain would a nurse expect to find? ANS✔✔ Increased heart rate and
respiratory rate with diaphoresis
Which is a description of Cheyne-Stokes respirations? ANS✔✔ A smooth
increase in rate and depth followed by a gradual smooth decrease in rate
and depth
Which is a characteristic of brainstem death? ANS✔✔ Apnea
Which description is consistent with a complex partial seizure? ANS✔✔
Consciousness is impaired as well as the ability to respond to exogenous
stimuli
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The body compensates to a rise in intracranial pressure by first displacing:
ANS✔✔ Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
What pathologic alteration produces tremors at rest, rigidity, akinesia, and
postural abnormalities? ANS✔✔ Atrophy of neurons in the substantia nigra
that produce dopamine
Which neurologic disorder is characterized by cortical nerve cell processes
that have become twisted and dilated? ANS✔✔ Alzheimer disease
A blunt force injury to the forehead would result in a contrecoup injury to
the _____ region. ANS✔✔ Occipital lobe
What damage is most likely to occur to the brain in a classic cerebral
concussion (grade IV)? ANS✔✔ Diffuse cerebral disconnection from the
reticular activating system
The signs of thyroid crisis resulting from Graves disease include: ANS✔✔
Hyperthermia and tachycardia.
The level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in Graves disease is usually:
ANS✔✔ Low
Palpation of the neck of a person with Graves disease would detect a thyroid
that is: ANS✔✔ Enlarged diffusely.
What are clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism? ANS✔✔ Constipation,
decreased heat rate, and lethargy
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A person with type 1 diabetes experiences hunger, lightheadedness,
tachycardia, pallor, headache, and confusion. The most probable cause of
these symptoms is: ANS✔✔ Hypoglycemia caused by increased exercise.
Hyperkalemia develops in the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis because:
ANS✔✔ Hydrogen ions shift into the cell in exchange for potassium to
compensate for metabolic acidosis.
Which of the following hormones will not raise blood glucose?
Glucagon
Parathyroid hormone
Epinephrine
Cortisol
Glucocorticoids
Growth hormone ANS✔✔ Parathyroid hormone.
The polyuria associated with diabetic nephropathy is caused by ANS✔✔
Increased protein excretion.
Of the following people, who is at highest risk for a cerebrovascular accident
(CVA)? ANS✔✔ Black women older than 70 years of age
Atrial fibrillation, rheumatic heart disease, and valvular prosthetics are risk
factors for which type of stroke? ANS✔✔ Embolic
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Conditions that adversely influence progression and extent of ischemic
injury include all of the following except:
Hypercoaguable state
Systemic hypertension
Rapid development of ischemic event
Subnormal body temperature ANS✔✔ Subnormal body temperature
The true statement in regards to ischemic penumbra (IP) is
a. IP is an area of massive neuronal death that results from a global
reduction in cerebral
blood flow (CBF)
b. CBF in the IP is usually above the 50% of the norm
c. Auto regulatory mechanisms are preserved in the IP
d. IP is a potentially salvageable area of marginal blood flow that surrounds
a core ofischemic brain tissue ANS✔✔ IP is a potentially salvageable area of
marginal blood flow that surrounds a core of ischemic brain tissue
MS is an __________ disorder diffusely involving degeneration of _____ myelin
and loss of axons. MS is described as occurring when a previous ______
insult to the nervous system has occurred in a genetically susceptible
individual with a subsequent abnormal immune response in the CNS.
ANS✔✔ autoimmune, CNS, viral
Which of the following are autoimmune disorders?
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