Week 1 quiz
Question 1
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell
injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of
organelles. What term would the nurse use to define this process?
Question 2
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.
Question 3
Sodium and water accumulation in an injured cell are a
direct result of:
Question 4
A patient who has diarrhea receives a hypertonic saline
solution intravenously to replace the sodium and chloride lost in the stool.
What effect will this fluid replacement have on cells?
Question 5
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?
Question 6
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome.
His karyotype would reveal which of the following?
Question 7
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to
distinguish aging from diseases?
Question 8
A group of prison inmates developed tuberculosis following
exposure to an infected inmate. On examination, tissues were soft and granular
(like clumped cheese). Which of the following is the most likely cause?
Question 9
Which of the following disorders is manifested primarily in
males?
Question 10
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a
proband, what is the nurse looking for?
Question 11
The ion transporter that moves Na+ and Ca2+ simultaneously
in the same direction is an example of which of the following types of
transport?
Question 12
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should
the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene.
Question 13
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information
should the nurse include regarding cholesterol?
Question 14
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which
region of the cell would most of the genetic information be contained?
Question 15
A nurse is discussing the movement of fluid across the
arterial end of capillary membranes into the interstitial fluid surrounding the
capillary. Which process of fluid movement is the nurse describing?
Question 16
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell’s endoplasmic
reticulum results in:
Question 17
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi
syndrome. This condition is an example of:
Question 18
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is
referred to as _____ atrophy.
Question 19
A 55-year-old male with a 30-year history of smoking is
examined for respiratory disturbance. Examination of his airway (bronchial)
reveals that stratified squamous epithelial cells have replaced the normal
columnar ciliated cells. This type of cellular adaptation is called:
Question 20
A nurse is teaching a patient with diabetes how glucose is
transported from the blood to the cell. What type of transport system should
the nurse discuss with the patient?
Question 21
A newborn male is diagnosed with albinism based on skin,
eye, and hair appearance. Which finding will support this diagnosis?
Question 22
After a geneticist talks to the patient about being a
chromosomal mosaic, the patient asks the nurse what that means. How should the
nurse respond? You may _____ genetic disease(s).
Question 23
A patient wants to know the risk factors for Down syndrome.
What is the nurse’s best response?
Question 24
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic
pressure. The nurse recalls that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is
determined by:
Question 25
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
