Pathophysiology - Exam 3 - UTA (Urban) Latest Update 2025-2026 150 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
3 Depth related breathing patterns - CORRECT ANSWER: hypopnea- shallow
breathing.hyperpnea- increased depth (tidal volume) of respirations apnea-no respirations at all
- Things that contribute to Heart Failure - CORRECT ANSWER: PUMP PROBLEM:
contractility weakened
INCREASED RESISTANCE: increased afterload to forward flow.
INCREASED PRELOAD: fluid volume overload (increased preload)
5 Specific Arterial Diseases related to Atherosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER:
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) Arterial thrombi and emboli Aneurysms Hypertension Coronary artery disease
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) - CORRECT ANSWER: one of several possible
coronary-artery-flow-blocking situations occurs 1) sudden clot development.2) an arterial embolus flows into a narrowed coronary artery 3) an existing plaque ruptures & its contents fill up the lumen.
Afterload - CORRECT ANSWER: Amount of blood ejected from the heart
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Afterload problems - CORRECT ANSWER: Resistance - ANY resistance to forward flow
Analyphalyaxis - CORRECT ANSWER: severe, potentially life-threatening allergic
reaction. It can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to something you're allergic to.
Low blood pressure (hypotension) A weak and rapid pulse
Aneurysms - CORRECT ANSWER: A ballooning and weakened area in an artery.
Aneurysms - CORRECT ANSWER: localized dilation or out-pouching or arterial vessel wall. weakened walls from HTN or atherosclerosis create bulging. can happen in the brain, aorta, abdominal aortic, thoracic aortic.
Angina - CORRECT ANSWER: a painful constriction or tightness- chest pain - painful ischemia to the heart.
Arterial disease ischemia - CORRECT ANSWER: no hair on legs, skin shiny, cool and pale feet, skin ulcers, diminished pulses.
Arterial Insufficiency - CORRECT ANSWER: Muscle tone and the state of the lumen are compromised.
Arterial thromboembolitic problems - CORRECT ANSWER: a clot in a vessel flowing
from the heart. distal tissue ischemia.
Arteriogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of angiogenesis (general word for "new blood vessel creation") End result of this is the establishment of COLLATERAL CIRCULATION composed of new branches of the coronaries that develop and can "feed" tissue beyond an occluded or nearly-occluded vessel. 2 / 3
The better the collateral circulation, the more stable the CAD.
Arteriosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER: Thick and Hardened artery
HTN | Smoking | Diabetes
Intima is damaged and walls stiffen. Elasticity and compliance decreases.
asthma - CORRECT ANSWER: chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways due to
bronchial hyperresponsiveness to stimuli such as allergens in environment.wheezing sound caused by expiration
meds: bronchodilators like ventolin
atelectasis - CORRECT ANSWER: happens when groups of alveoli cave in due to
blockage in the bronchioles (such as collections of mucus from inflammatory changes) air can't get into alveoli so they collapse.
Atherosclerosis - CORRECT ANSWER: Fatty Deposits
Plaques form | tissue inflamed | High amount of LDL's (low-density lipoproteins=more fat than protein)
Atrial Fibrillation - CORRECT ANSWER: chaotic impulses in the atria. diminished CO due to no "atrial kick" blood can coagulate.
Blood Pressure (Systolic and Diastolic) - CORRECT ANSWER: Blood Pressure- simply the fluid pressure in the arterial system
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