Pathophysiology

Question 1

What term is defined as the chest being depressed because the sternum is displaced posteriorly?

Answer 1

Pectus excavatum

Question 2

What condition is caused when the CSF cannot move through the ventricular system?

Answer 2

Hydrocephalus

Question 3

Which of the following repairs the protrusion of abdominal contents through a weakening of the abdominal lining?

Answer 3

Herniorraphy

Question 4

What term is defined by a congenital deformity where the sternum becomes pronounced anteriorly?

Answer 4

Pectus carinatum

Question 5

What condition is present when there is no opening between the right ventricle and the right atrium?

Answer 5

Tricuspid atresia

Question 6

A patient with peripheral vascular disease presents with cramping in the lower leg, the pain subsides when the patient rests. What condition do these symptoms suggest?

Answer 6

Claudication

Question 7

Which of the following is a condition that changes that causes changes in blood pressure or heart rate, chronic diarrhea, and darkening of the skin occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of their hormones?

Answer 7

Addison’s disease

Question 8

Which of the following is another name for renal cell carcinoma : nephroblastoma, adenocarcinoma, or nephropathy?

Answer 8

Adenocarcinoma

Question 9

What term is used to describe the fatty plaque that accumulates against the wall of an artery?

Answer 9

Atheroma

Question 10

What is the indicated heart rate for bradycardia?

Answer 10

Heartrate of 60 beats per minute or slower

Question 11

Which of the following is used to assess the surface area burned on a patient : Abbreviated burn severity index, Rule of nines, Lund-Browder?

Answer 11

Rule of nines and lund-browder

Question 12

This is something a patient feels, a perception about a condition, disease, or illness :

Answer 12

Symptom

Question 13

A patient presents with upper limb pain, weakness in the hand, parethesia of fingers, and drooping shoulder girdle. The patient is having symptoms of :

Answer 13

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Question 14

Which of the following is not an anuerysm form : saccular, fusiform, internal, dissecting?

Answer 14

Internal

Question 15

What is a condition where the nasal mucosa is inflamed and over produces mucous?

Answer 15

Rhinitis

Question 16

What is the condition that causes the mucosal lining in the paranasal sinuses to become inflamed?

Answer 16

Sinusitis

Question 17

What term is used when the pharyngeal tonsils are inflamed?

Answer 17

Adenoiditis

Question 18

Which of the following conditions causes snapping and locking of the fingers and thumb?

Answer 18

trigger finger

Question 19

Which of the following conditions is a stenosing tenosynovitis : dupuytren’s disease, pheochromocytoma, cushing syndrome, de quervain’s disease?

Answer 19

De Quervain’s disease

Question 20

Which stage of labor is defined as the span between complete dilation of the cervix and birth of the infant?

Answer 20

Stage 2

Question 21

Which of the following is the MOST effective mechanical method of controlling bleeding occurring from needle holes in vessel anastomoses : pledget, suction, ligature, clamp?

Answer 21

pledget

Question 22

Which of the following procedures is used for removal of an embolus : endarterectomy, balloon catheterization, anuerysmectomy, fasciotomy?

Answer 22

balloon catheterization