Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a cause of unexpected cell injury?
Hypoxia
Physical barriers of innate immunity include?
Tears, Skin, Hydrochloric Acid
C-reactive protein (CRP) and sedimentation rate (ESR) are lab tests that identify what?
Inflammation
What is the most common cause of hypoxia?
Ischemia
The portion of the brain stimulated by pyrogens is?
Hypothalamus
What is characterized by shape, size, and organization of cells?
Dysplasia
What is the type of immunity we were all born with?
Innate immunity
The outward expression of genes is called what?
Phenotype
Your patient presents with hypoxia, what is your priority action?
Respiratory Function
True or False? Benign tumors can compress local tissues.
True
The nurse will provide education to the family of the child of Turners syndrome about what?
Hormone replacement
Does Klinefelter syndrome occur in males or females?
Males Only
Visceral pain is described as pain that?
Originates in the internal organs
What is Ischemia?
Lack of blood flow and oxygen supply