A pathology report identifies abnormal changes in the size, shape, and organization of mature cells. How would the nurse best classify these changes? - Dysplasia Which cellular change occurs in the liver of someone who has had a lobe of the liver removed? - Regeneration What does the nurse understand to be the most common cause of cellular injury? - Hypoxia During childhood, the thymus decreases in size. This is referred to as what type of atrophy? - Physiologic atrophy A nurse exami...

osmosis - movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane osmotic pressure: definition - the force that attracts water across a semi-permeable membrane water attractors in osmosis - - sodium - albumin passive diffusion - - solutes crossing a semi-permeable membrane down a concentration gradient - No ATP needed facilitated diffusion - - solutes moving across a semi-permeable membrane from low concentration to high - ATP required anaerobic respiration - Respiration that does n...

In regards to chromosomal mutation, nondisjunction is known as what? - Failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during cell division What is an example of an autosomal-dominant disease? - Huntington's disease What is an example of an autosomal-recessive disease? - Cystic fibrosis What is an example of an X-linked condition? - Red - green color blindness What is an example of multifactorial inheritance? - Pyloric stenosis Knowing physiologic signs of injury you might expect t...

Etiology - Cause of particular disease on microscopic level Pathogenesis - Story of how disease develops Atrophy - Decrease in the size of the cells, results in reduced tissue mass Hypertrophy - Increase in cell size, results in enlarged tissue mass Hyperplasia - Increased number of cells, results in enlarged tissue mass Metaplasia - Mature cell type is replaced by a different mature cell type, Ex: chronic smokers, cells lose cilia Dysplasia - Cells are different looking varyin...

NR283 Pathophysiology Test Bank Question and Answers (Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, Final Exam) Chamberlain College of Nursing

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1. Which of the following areas lacks blood vessels and nerves? a. Epidermis b. Dermis c. Subcutaneous tissue d. Fatty tissue ANS: A REF: 142 2. What is a raised, thin-walled lesion containing clear fluid called? a. Papule b. Pustule c. Vesicle d. Macule ANS: C REF: 143 3. Which of the following is a common effect of a type I hypersensitivity response to ingested substances? a. Contact dermatitis b. Urticaria c. Discoid lupus erythematosus d. Psoriasis ANS: B REF: 145 4. What ...