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ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZ 1-NURS 6501 WALDEN UNIVERSITY
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ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZ 1-NURS 6501WALDEN UNIVERSITY
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the
following will facilitate his continued muscle performance? - Answers-Answer:
Anaerobic glycolysis
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action
potential? - Answers-Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell,
changing the membrane potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal
which of the following? - Answers-Answer: XXY
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the
nurse looking for? - Answers-Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic
disease
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes? - Answers-
Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as: -
Answers-Answer: Sodium
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in: - Answers-
Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from
diseases? - Answers-Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes
are believed to result from cell injury.
What is the diagnosis of a 13-year-old female who has a karyotype that reveals an
absent homologous X chromosome with only a single X chromosome present? Her
features include a short stature, widely spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the
elbow, and sparse body hair. - Answers-Answer: Turner syndrome
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would most
of the genetic information be contained? - Answers-Answer: Nucleolus
The nurse is teaching staff about the most common cause of Down syndrome. What is
the nurse describing? - Answers-Answer: Maternal nondisjunction
A 50-year-old male was recently diagnosed with Huntington disease. Transmission of
this disease is associated with: - Answers-Answer: Delayed age of onset
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