Skeletal dysplasia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Pathophysiology Exam 1 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers Which of the following would be the most likely cause of an iatrogenic disease? - Correct Answer An unwanted effect of a prescribed drug The manifestations of a disease are best defined as the: - Correct Answer signs and symptoms of a disease The best definition of the term prognosis is the: - Correct Answer predicted outcome or likelihood of recovery from a specific disease Which of the following is considered a syste...

Pathology Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025 atrophy - ANSWERSdecrease in size due to a decrease in stress (immobility) hypertrophy - ANSWERSincrease in size due to an increase in stimulation like stretching, pressure, volume overload hyperplasia - ANSWERSincrease in number of cells due to an increase in stimuli metaplasia - ANSWERSchange in cell type due to a change in the stressor dysplasia - ANSWERSchange in shape, size and organization of cells atrophy o...

Advanced Patho NURS 5315 exam 1 action potential The process by which excitable cells transmit information from one to another. How is the action potential altered by a potassium imbalance? (Hyperkalemia) The ECF has more K+ ions. The membrane potential becomes more positive (hypopolarized). Cells become MORE excitable. T waves peak. QRS complexes widen. Causes dysrhythmias, weakness, paresthesia. {If membrane potential becomes equal to threshold potential cardiac standstill occurs}...

Etiology - answer-the study of the causes of a disease Dysplasia - answer-a tissue in which the cells vary in size and shape Necrosis - answer-when a group of cells in the body dies Atrophy - answer-wasting of skeletal muscle Phagocytosis - answer-ingestion of foreign material or cell debris by white blood cells (a bacterial capsule can provide some protection) Leukocytosis - answer-significant change in the proportion of one type of WBC Rege...

1. Which of the following adaptive changes is considered to be the most dangerous with regard to malignant changes? a. atrophy b. dysplasia c. metaplasia d. hypertrophy - Answer-dysplasia 2. Which of the following situations is an example of hyperplasia? 1. increase in the size of the heart in a trained athlete 2. thickening o the gallbladder's walls in response to gallstones 3. development of callus on a laborer's hands 4. enlargement of the prostate gland with age - Answer-3, 4 3....

1. Which of the following would be the most likely cause of an iatrogenic disease? a. An inherited disorder b. A combination of specific etiological factors c. An unwanted effect of a prescribed drug d. Prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment ANS: C 2. The manifestations of a disease are best defined as the a. subjective feelings of discomfort during a chronic illness. b. signs and symptoms of a disease. c. factors that precipitate an acute episode of a chronic illnes...

Orthotics- Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified Is a KAFO functional locomotion? ️️No... it's recreational -people need to be independent with WC locomotion Progression of orthoses by joints ️️-AFO -KAFO -HKAFO -THKAFO Can we control the knee with an AFO? ️️yes -we can add an element of control -may not be enough for the impairment Issues that would benefit from a hip orthosis ️️-childhood skeletal disorders like congenital hip dysplasia -legg-calve perthes ...

Cellular injury correct answers Leads to injury of tissues and organs, determining structural patterns of disease. If adaption is not enough what does it lead to? correct answers Injury What is the most common cause of cellular injury? correct answers Hypoxia Cellular adaptation: correct answers a reversible, structural, or functional response to both normal or physiologic conditions and to adverse or pathologic conditions All forms of disease begin with ______________ in cells. corr...

The manifestations of a disease are best defined as the: a. subjective feelings of discomfort during a chronic illness. b. signs and symptoms of a disease. c. factors that precipitate an acute episode of a chronic illness. d. early indicators of the prodromal stage of infection. The best definition of the term prognosis is the: a. precipitating factors causing an acute episode. b. number of remissions to be expected during the course of a chronic illness. c. predicted...

Irene Gold Boards Part 1 Pathology Exam With 100% Correct And Verified Answers. What type of degeneration is this? →calcium infiltration into normal tissue →hypervitaminosis D - Corret Answer-calcification, metastatic What type of degeneration is this? →calcium infiltration into abnormal/damage tissues → atherosclerosis or atheroma →damage to tunica intima - Corret Answer-calcification, dystrophic What type of degeneration is this? →TB - Corret Answer-caseous What type of d...