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WGU Pathophysiology D236 Describe how your body responds to an infection. - ANSWER T cells produce cytokines, which stimulate B cells. B cells produce antibodies. Identify role of DNA changes in congenital abnormalities. - ANSWER Mutations in genes or chromosomal abnormalities How does development disrupts congenital abnormalities? - ANSWER Alterations of D...

WGU pathophysiology D236 What is Starling's Law of Capillary forces? How does this explain why a nutritionally deficient child would have edema? - ANSWER Starling's Law describes how fluids move across the capillary membrane. There are two major opposing forces that act to balance each other, hydrostatic pressure (pushing water out of the capillaries) and osmotic pressure (including oncontic pressure, which pushes fluid into the capillarie...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam (Latest Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A As Diane completes her race, what enables her body to maintain homeostasis despite her increased activity? Choose 3 answers. Diane's sports drink helped to replace sodium and water lost due to sweating. Diane's body produces more angiotensin II, allowing her body to constrict blood vessels and increase her blood pressure. Diane's kidney reabsorbs more water and sodium in response to AD...

WGU Pathology Pre-Assessment 2023/2024 A patient's records indicate a diagnosis of a staph skin infection which caused a boil to develop on the patient's buttock region. Symptoms included red, swollen skin with pus. Which additional symptom can appear in the affected area? - ANSWER Warm to touch A patient presents with anemia, jaundice, fever, and malaise due to the destruction of red blood cells. Which infectious disease does this describe? - ...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam A chromosomal disorder in females in which either an *X chromosome* is missing, making the person XO instead of XX, or part of one X chromosome is deleted. - ANSWER Turner syndrome A human genetic disease caused by a recessive allele for a dysfunctional enzyme leads to the accumulation of certain lipids in the brain. Seizures, blindness, and degeneration of motor and mental per...

WGU D236 Pathophysiology Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A Which types of tissue most often develop tumors? - ANSWER Epithelial and connective tissues What are the following benign tumors? - ANSWER Papilloma - A wart Lipoma - begins in the fatty tissue Myoma - Fibroid Chondroma - Tumor of cartilage cells ...