Portage Learning NURSING BS 231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 - 2021/22

Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 pts Each of the following statements are true regarding control over the GFR except: The kidney can maintain a constant GFR despite variations in the arterial blood pressure of the rest of the body. The sympathetic nervous system can supersede the renal autoregulatory syste...

1. The liver is responsible for each of the following EXCEPT: Making clotting factors Storing bile Drug metabolism Stores glucose 2. Risk factors for gallstone formation include each of the following EXCEPT: Obesity Male gender Age (40’s) Pregnancy 3. Chronic reflux esophagitis can develop ...

1. A patient experiences a seizure that manifests with motor weakness on the right side, a tingling sensation on the right side, and flushing. They have experienced which type of seizure? Focal seizure with impairment of consciousness or awareness Generalized tonic/clonic seizure Focal seizure w...

Exam 5: Pulmonary 1. Both carbon dioxide and oxygen are able to bind with hemoglobin. 1. True b. Hypoventilation is associated with decreased PCO2. 1. False b. The breathing rate is determined by input from ______ that monitor oxygen, carbon dioxide, and pH levels in the blood. 1. Chemorecept...

1. The coagulation cascade involves each of the following except 1. Make thrombocytes 2. Activate the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways 3. Convert fibrinogen to fibrin 4. Convert prothrombin to thrombin b. Which of the following medications would decrease a person’s risk for clotting? Select a...

1. Explain the challenges of diagnosing autoimmune disorders. 1. There are over 80 identified, many with overlapping presentations. Many manifestations are nonspecific and are seen in other non-autoimmune diseases. Blood testing isn’t perfect either, as some tests are more generic and can be e...

1. Blood tests for tumor markers are the single best screening tool for cancer. Why or why not? 1. False, they are elevated in benign conditions, most are not elevated in the early stages of malignancy. b. What is the most important procedure in diagnosing the correct cancer and histology? 1. T...

1. Nutritional deprivation can cause tissue to atrophy. True 2. Metaplastic cells are not better prepared to survive under stressful circumstances. False 3. Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the number of cells False 4. Endometrial hyperplasia...