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Question 40

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A patient in the hospital has hypernatremia. What condition should the healthcare professional assess for?

Selected Hypersecretion of Answer: aldosterone

Question 41

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What physical sign does the healthcare professional relate to the result of turbulent blood flow through a vessel?

Selected Murmur heard on Answer:

auscultation

Question 42

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A student asks the professor to differentiate Type 2 diabetes mellitus from Type 1. The professors' response would be that Type 2 is best described as what?

Selected Resistance to insulin by insulinAnswer: sensitive

tissues

Question 43

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A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional explains that the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions, cerebral hemorrhage, and coma are caused by what mechanism?

Selected High sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of the brain cells into Answer: the

blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink.

Question 44

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Oxygenated blood flows through which vessel?

Selected Pulmonary Answer: veins

Question 45

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What is one function of the tumor cell marker?

Selected To screen individuals at high risk

Answer: for cancer

Question 46

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Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell?

Selected Glycolys

Answer:

is

Question 47

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What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability?

Selected Fragile X

Answer: syndrome

Question 48

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A patient has been diagnosed with primary emphysema but claims there is no history of smoking. What action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?

Selected Facilitate genetic testing on Answer: the

patient.

Question 49

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In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what?

Selected Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during

Answer: acute inflammation

Question 50

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When renin is released, it is capable of which action?

Selected Formation of Answer: angiotensin I

Question 51

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A healthcare professional is conducting community education on vaccinations. Which statement about vaccines does the professional include in the presentation?

Selected Vaccines require booster injections to maintain lifeAnswer: long protection.

Question 52

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A patient has been admitted for a possible small intestinal obstruction. What is the first sign the healthcare professional assesses for that would indicate the presence of this condition?

Selected Distenti

Answer:

on

Question 53

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A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process?

Selected Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the Answer: bile canaliculi.

Question 54

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A patient has diabetes mellitus. A recent urinalysis showed increased amounts of protein. What therapy does the healthcare provider educate the patient that is specific to this disorder?

Selected Treatment with an ACE Answer:

inhibitor

Question 55

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What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis?

Selected Injury to the endothelial cells that line the

Answer: artery walls

Question 56

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A patient is in severe shock and is receiving vasopressin. A student asks the health care professional to explain the rationale for this treatment. What response by the professional is most accurate?

Selected Antidiuretic hormone causes vasoconstriction to help increase

Answer: blood pressure.

Question 57

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A professor has taught a student about skeletal alterations seen in chronic kidney disease. Which statement by the student indicates the professor needs to give more information?

Selected The parathyroid gland is no longer able to secrete sufficient

Answer: parathyroid hormone.

Question 58

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During cell injury caused by hypoxia, why does an increase in the osmotic pressure within the cell occur?

Selected Sodium chloride enters Answer: the cell.

Question 59

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A student is preparing to irrigate a patient's wound and gathers supplies, including hydrogen peroxide. What response by the health care professional is best?

Selected Tell the student to get some normal Answer: saline

instead.

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