Advanced Pathophysiology Quiz 1-Nurs 6501
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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
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.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the
following? ✔✔Answer: XXY
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
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
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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