Week 8 - Midterm Exam v1

1.  Question: What is an example of compensatory hyperplasia

2.  Question: What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential to initiate and action potential.

3.  Question: What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.

4.  Question: Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure.

5.  Question: When a child inherits a disease that is autosomal recessive, it is inherited from who.  

6.  Question: Describe the chromosomal defect related to Prader Willi syndrome.

7.  Question: What mechanism can cause hypernatremia

8.  Question: What are the cause of hyperkalemia

9.  Question: What are likely causes of respiratory acidosis

10.  Question: When considering white blood cell differentials, acute inflammatory reactions are related to elevations of what leukocyte

11.  Question: In which structure do B lymphocytes mature and undergo changes that commit them to becoming B cells

12.  Question: Which immunoglobulins is present in blood, saliva, breast milk, and respiratory secretions

13.  Question: Which T cell control our limits in the immune response to protect the host own tissue against an autoimmune response

14.  Question: The common hay fever allergy is expressed through a rxn that is mediated by class of immunoglobulins

15.  Question: How many months does it take for the newborn to sufficiently protected by antibodies produced by its own B cells

16.  Question: A person with type O blood is considered to be the universal blood donor because type) blood contains with of the following

17.  Question: Cytokines are thought to cause fevers by stimulating the synthesis of which chemical mediators

18.  Question: Which cells are primary target for HIV?

19.  Question: The mammary glands enlarge during pregnancy primarily as a consequence of what type of hormonal event

20.  Question: Perceived stress elicits an emotional anticipatory response that begins where

21.  Question: The most common site for a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is which location

22.  Question: Where is the neurotransmitter norepinephrine secreted?

23.  Question: Thyroid stimulating (TSH) is released to stimulate the thyroid hormone and is inhibited when plasma levels are adequate. What is this an example of

24.  Question: What is the action of calcitonin

25.  Question: Aldosterone directly increases the reabsorption of what

26.  Question: Which laboratory value would the APRN expect to find if a person is experiencing syndrome inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

27.  Question: What are visual disturbances a result of pituitary adenoma

28.  Question: Which disorder is caused by hypersecretion of GH in adults?

29.  Question: How is the level of thyroid stimulating hormone in individuals with graves’ Disease impacted?

30.  Question: What are clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism

31.  Question: A patient dx with DKA has the following lab values PH 7.20, serum glucose 500mg/dl, +ketones, serum K+ 2mcg/L, Serum Na+ 130 mEq/L.  The patient reports that he has been sick with the flu for 1 week.  What relationship do those values have to his insulin deficiency?

32.  Question: When is hypoglycemia followed by rebound hyperglycemia observed in patients

33.  Question: A person has acne, easy bruising, thin extremities, truncal obesity. The clinical manifestations are indicative of which endocrine diagnosis

34.  Question: A person may experience which complications as a result of a reduction in parathyroid hormone.