Advanced Pathophysiology Quiz 1-Nurs 6501 Walden University QUESTIONS WITH 100% Accurate solutions +Rationales

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A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the following will facilitate his continued muscle performance?

Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis

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What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action potential?

Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane potential from negative to positive.

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A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the following?

Answer: XXY

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A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?

Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease

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An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?

Answer: Expressivity

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In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regarding cholesterol?

Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its ability to carry oxygen.

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A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example of:

Answer: Gene imprinting

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When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene

Answer: Autosomal recessive

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How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?

Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)

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The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:

Answer: Sodium

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The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:

Answer: Reduced protein synthesis

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What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from diseases?

Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from cell injury.

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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.

Answer: Turner syndrome

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A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would most of the genetic information be contained?

Answer: Nucleolus

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The nurse is teaching staff about the most common cause of Down syndrome. What is the nurse describing?

Answer: Maternal nondisjunction

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A 50-year-old male was recently diagnosed with Huntington disease. Transmission of this disease is associated with:

Answer: Delayed age of onset

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A patient wants to know the risk factors for Down syndrome. What is the nurse's best response?

Answer: Pregnancy in women over age 35

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What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?

Answer: Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development

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A newborn male is diagnosed with albinism based on skin, eye, and hair appearance. Which finding will support this diagnosis?

Answer: Inability to convert tyrosine to DOPA (3,4 dihydroxyphenylalanine)

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Sodium and water accumulation in an injured cell are a direct result of:

Answer: Decreased ATP production

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A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:

Answer: Plasma proteins

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The ion transporter that moves Na + and Ca 2+ simultaneously in the same direction is an example of which of the following types of transport?

Answer: Symport

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A patient has severe mental retardation caused by a deletion of part of chromosome 5. What genetic disorder will the nurse see documented in the chart?

Answer: Cri du chat syndrome

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A 20-year-old pregnant female gives birth to a stillborn child. Autopsy reveals that the fetus has 92 chromosomes. What term may be on the autopsy report to describe this condition?

Answer: Tetraploidy

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Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?

Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to potassium

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