NUR 631 Final Exam
- Where do we hold DNA inside the cell?
Answer Nucleus
- What is it called when cell's commit suicide/programmed cell death?
Answer Apoptosis
- In carbon monoxide poisoning, what would we see and why?
Answer Tissue damage d/t CO binding on hemoglobin preventing oxygen from being able to bind to those sites, preventing tissue oxygenation
- If ph is LOW, Bicarb is HIGH and CO2 is HIGH what condition do we have?
Answer Respiratory acidosis
- How do molecules get intracellular or extracellular?
Answer Water molecules via osmosis, other molecules via hydrostatic pressure
- If a patient is vomiting a lot, what would they develop and why?
Answer Metabolic alkalosis - they are losing all gastric acid contents and holding onto bicarb
- To exam for neural tube defects in an amniocentesis, what are we looking at?
Answer Alpha fetal protein
- Why would a newborn have type 1 DM? What kind of condition is it? 1 / 3
Answer
Autoimmune disorder
- What symptoms will someone with Trisomy 21 have?
Answer Wide eyes, webbed neck, short stature, flat low-set ears, low nasal bridge, IQ <70
- What gene is responsible for the maintenance of all other cells?
Answer House- keeping genes
- If a patient comes in with chronic wounds that aren't healing, what are we thinking about?
Answer Diabetes - some underlying condition preventing proper wound healing
- If a newborn does not have enough collectin proteins what kind of infection would they
develop?
Answer A respiratory infection - pneumonia
- Where do B Lymphocytes grow and mature?
Answer Bone marrow
- If someone gets a vaccination or gets chicken pox from someone else, what kind of
immunity do they have?
Answer Active-acquired immunity
- Why do we give rhogam?
Answer To prevent hemolytic anema given to Rh negative mom with Rh positive baby
- Why does someone have rejection occur after an organ transplant? 2 / 3
Answer
T helper cells release cytokines, cytotoxins attack endothelial cells and cause tissue damage
- What is happening at a cellular level in a type II sensitivity reaction?
Answer Anti- bodies bind antigens on the cell surface
- What is an exotoxin?
Answer This is released by bacteria and causes you to get sick
- What cells fight fungal infections?
Answer Phagocytes, T lymphocytes
- Why is it that when you are stressed you are more at risk to get sick?
Answer Cortisol increases and causes T helper cells to be suppressed (cortisol suppresses T1 cell)
- Severely stressed patient - what will we see in lab work?
Answer Hypoglycemia
- What happens if we've got cellular metabolism that is just not working right
- what will happen?
Answer Filled up with waste
- Least likely interleukin to stimulate endothelial proinflammatory stage?
- / 3
Answer