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Patho Midterm Practice Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
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Pathophysiology includes all of the following 
elements except: 
a) etiology 
b) clinical manifestations 
c) mechanisms of pathogenesis 
d) clinical management 
: D 
Understanding the epidemiology of a disease is essential for effective: 
a) prevention 
b) therapy 
c) treatment 
d) diagnosis 
: A 
Which of the following is an example of primary prevention? 
a) Childhood immunization for communicable diseases 
b) Routine Papanicolaou (Pap) smear o the cervix 
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c) Amniocentesis to detect geneti...
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patho 2 exam 3 unmc Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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Etiologies of Guillian Barre 
: Possibly triggered by a virus or bacterial infection 
What is often seen after URI, GI infection, or mono? 
: Guillian Barre 
Sensory and motor (but mainly motor) disorder that is acute and reversible (most of 
the time) 
: Guillian barre 
Patho of guillian barre 
: Inflammation 
Demyelination 
Axon destruction 
Sensory and motor dysfunction 
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Where symptoms start in Guillian barre 
: First starts toe to head 
Then goes from head to toe 
Clinical manifestations...
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pathophysiology exam 1 UNMC Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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true or false: afferent sensory fibers carry pain impulses from nociceptors to the brain 
: true 
the ______ is a region in the dorsal spinal cord where modulation of pain impulses 
occurs 
a. afferent sensory region 
b. S and L fiber complex 
c. Substantia gelatinosa 
d. Central transmission (T) cell 
: c. substantia gelatinosa 
regarding the Gate Control Theory of Pain, select the one FALSE statement 
a. L fibers stimulate (excite) BOTH the T cell and the SG 
b. S fibers inhibit BOTH the...
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Patho Exam 4 UNMC Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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Strabismus 
: Definition: "crossed eyes" deviation of one eye from the other when looking at 
an object 
Incidence: can be normal in infant until 4 months, after needs evaluation 
Normal A&P: extraocular muscles attach eyeball to orbit and allow for straight and 
rotary movement; each muscle from one eye is coordinated with a muscle from the 
other eye, which produces conjugate movement, and results in one image being 
produced 
Patho: most commonly caused by weak or hypertonic muscle in a...
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PATHO 370 Week 4 Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
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Which statement is true regarding asthma? 
: It is characterized by airway inflammation. 
What describes an asthma that is common in children and adolescents, with bronchospasm 
occurring within 3 minutes of physical exertion? 
: Exercise-induced 
Which is a characteristic of intrinsic (non-allergic) asthma? 
: Attacks are often severe. 
The most common cause of chronic bronchitis is 
: smoking 
Which cellular change is seen with chronic bronchitis? 
: Increased eosinophils 
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Destruction of b...
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Patho Exam 3 UNMC Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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Classify each of these as either acute or chronic: 
A. Arterial Thrombosis 
B. Arterial Atherosclerotic Disease 
C. Venous Thrombosis and Thrombophlebitis 
D. Venous Insufficiency/Venous Stasis 
: A. Arterial Thrombosis: ACUTE 
B. Arterial Atherosclerotic Disease: CHRONIC 
C. Venous Thrombosis and Thrombophlebitis: ACUTE 
D. Venous Insufficiency/Venous Stasis: CHRONIC 
Etiologies of arterial thrombosis usually include anything stimulating ___________. 
: The coagulation system 
Symptoms of advan...
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Pathophysiology exam 3 UNMC fall Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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what is diabetes Mellitus (DM)? 
: a systemic metabolic disorder in which there is chronic hyperglycemia (high 
blood sugar over years) 
what are 2 causes of diabetes mellitus? 
: 1. a decrease in production and secretion of insulin (type 1) 
2. a decrease in the cells ability to utilize the insulin (type 2) 
insulin deficiency can lead to... 
: impaired use of CHO, fats, and proteins 
chronic hyperglycemia causes... 
: structural abnormalities in (the vasculature of) many organs 
where is insu...
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 370 MIDTERM Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
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The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well 
established is referred to as: 
: Subclinical 
True or False: When the Cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic 
: True 
Cancer grading is based on 
: Cell Differentiation 
A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis but is not yet demonstrating signs of this 
disease. This stage of illness is called the ________ 
: Latent Stage 
Breast cancer in women who have the breast ca...
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Patho One Exam 3 UNMC Questions and Verified Answers | Passed | A+
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Genotype 
: the actual DNA composition in an individual 
Phenotype 
: physical appearance 
Alleles 
: alternate forms of a gene that controls specific trait 
Homozygous 
: two identical alleles for a trait (TT or tt) 
Heterozygous 
: two different alleles for a trait (Tt) 
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Dominant traits 
: only one allele is needed to express the trait, dominant alleles mask recessive 
alleles 
Recessive traits 
: two identical allele for the trait must be present to be expressed; a recessive 
trait (alle...
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PATH 370 Midterm Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded A+
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After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take cholesterol-lowering 
medication. This is an example of 
: tertiary prevention 
Which is NOT usually secreted in response to stress? 
a. Norepinephrine 
b. Cortisol 
c. Epinephrine 
d. Insulin 
: d. Insulin 
The sympathetic nervous system mediated by 
: norepinephrine 
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular: a. Atrophy 
b. Death 
c. Proliferation 
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d. Mutation 
: b. Death 
Cancer grading is based on 
: cell...
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