NR 507 Week 4 Midterm (Version 6: Retired)
- Question: Which statement concerning exotoxins is true?
- Question: The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is used to screen for which cancer?
- Question: Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure?
- Question: An infant’s hemoglobin must fall below ___ g/dl before signs of pallor, tachycardia, and systolic murmurs occur.
- Question: The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows what to occur?
- Question: Apoptosis is a(an):
- Question: What is the life span of platelets (in days)?
- Question: Which statement is true concerning the IgM?
- Question: Which criterion is used to confirm a diagnosis of asthma in an 8-year-old child?
- Question: Which laboratory test is considered adequate for an accurate and reliable diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis in a symptomatic man?
- Question: Where in the respiratory tract do the majority of foreign objects aspirated by children finally lodge?
- Question: What physical sign is the result of turbulent blood flow through a vessel?
- Question: Which primary characteristic is unique for the immune response?
- Question: Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure?
- Question: What is the most important negative inotropic agent?
- Question: Which drug may be prescribed orally for outbreak management of herpes simplex viral (HSV) infections?
- Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- Question: Which hormone is required for water to be reabsorbed in the distal tubule and collecting duct?
- Question: What are the abnormalities in cytokines found in children with cystic fibrosis (CF)?
- Question: Which cardiac chamber has the thinnest wall and why?
- Question: The coronary ostia are located in the:
- Question: What effect do natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates?
- Question: Erythrocyte life span of less than 120 days, ineffective bone marrow response to erythropoietin, and altered iron metabolism describe the pathophysiologic characteristics of which type of anemia?
- Question: Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in which disorder?
- Question: Where are antibodies produced?
- Question: What is the fundamental physiologic manifestation of anemia?
- Question: In a normal, nonmutant state, an oncogene is referred to as a:
- Question: What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone?
- Question: The only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the:
- Question: What is the final stage of the infectious process?
- Question: What process allows the kidney to respond to an increase in workload?
- Question: Which organ is stimulated during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
- Question: What is the most common cause of insufficient erythropoiesis in children?
- Question: Which organism is a common sexually transmitted bacterial infection?
- Question: Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) can occur if the mother:
- Question: When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
- Question: Which type of antibody is involved in type I hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question: What is the most common cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA)?
- Question: Research supports the premise that exercise has a probable impact on reducing the risk of which cancer?
- Question: An individual is more susceptible to infections of mucous membranes when he or she has a seriously low level of which immunoglobulin antibody?
- Question: An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be detected at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?
- Question: What is the life span of an erythrocyte (in days)?
- Question: The glomerular filtration rate is directly related to which factor?
- Question: Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral sphincter is supplied by which nerves?
- Question: What is the action of urodilatin?
- Question: The risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) decreases for premature infants when they are born between how many weeks of gestation?
- Question: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?
- Question: The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system via which nerve?
- Question: Which term is used to identify the movement of gas and air into and out of the lungs?
- Question: What is the purpose of the spirometry measurement?
- Question: A person with type O blood is considered to be the universal blood donor because type O blood contains which of the following?
- Question: Which statement concerning benign tumors is true?
- Question: Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes and contract like smooth muscles cells, thereby influencing the glomerular filtration rate?
- Question: How much urine accumulates in the bladder before the mechanoreceptors sense bladder fullness?
- Question: Which manifestations of vasoocclusive crisis are associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) in infants?
- Question: The drug heparin acts in hemostasis by which processes?
- Question: Which compensatory mechanism is spontaneously used by children diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot to relieve hypoxic spells?
- Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- Question: What is the primary cause of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
- Question: Which hormone is synthesized and secreted by the kidneys?
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