Exam 4: BIO322 / BIO 322 (Latest
2024 / 2025 Update) Applied Pathophysiology Exam | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - GCU
Question:
pancreatitis
Answer:
inflammation of pancreas from choledocholithiasis (pancreatic duct or ampulla of vater), alcohol, trauma. characterized by epigastric pain, fever, jaundice (if blocking ampulla), hyperglycemia, CBC, increased pancreatic enzymes in blood
Question:
alcoholic hepatitis (alcohol liver disease)
Answer:
hepatomegaly, jaundice, ascites, spider angiomas. labs show AST:ALT greater
than 2, increased gamma-GT. histology shows ballooning, mallory bodies, steatosis
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Question:
liver malfunction can cause
Answer:
decreased albumin - ascites drug/hormones aren't getting detoxed - estrogen increased ammonia not getting made into urea - can effect CNS and AMS bilirubin built up - jaundice, clay stool no clotting factors - increased PT and bleeding time
Question:
viral hepatitis
Answer:
inflammation from Hep. A/E = fecal-oral transmission
Hep. B/C = blood/body fluid transmission. labs show AST:ALT less than 1
Question:
NASH
Answer:
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis - slower, insidious fat build up causes inflammation and fibrosis from high cholesterol, DM2. same as viral hepatitis,
labs show AST:ALT less than 1
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