WGU D115 Exam | Advanced
Pathophysiology for the Advanced
Practice Nurse Exam | Q&A Rated A+ |
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What is an effect of ionizing radiation exposure?
A) respiratory distress
B) sun intolerance
C) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) aberrations
D) death - Correct Answer - Ans: C- deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) aberrations
Obesity creates a greater risk for dehydration in people because:
A) adipose cells contain little water because fat is water repelling
B) the metabolic rates of obese adults are slower than those of
lean adults
C) the rates of urine output of obese adults are higher than thos of
lean adults
D) the thirst receptors of the hypothalamus do not function
effectively
,- Correct Answer - Ans: A- adipose cells contain little water
because fat is water repelling
In addition to osmosis, what force is involved in the movement of
water between the plasma and interstitial fluid spaces?
A) oncotic pressure
B) buffering
C) net filtration
D) hydrostatic pressure
- Correct Answer - Ans: D- hydrostatic pressure
Venous obstruction is a cause of edema because of an increase
in which pressure?
A) capillary hydrostatic
B) interstitial hydrostatic
C) capillary oncotic
D) interstitial oncotic
- Correct Answer - Ans: A- capillary hydrostatic
At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular
space into the interstitial space because:
A) the interstitial hydrostatic pressure is higher than the capillary
hydrostatic pressure
, B) the capillary hydrostatic pressure is higher than then capillary
oncotic pressure
C) the interstitial oncotic pressure is higher than the interstitial
hydrostatic pressure
D) the capillary oncotic pressure is lower than the interstitial
hydrostatic pressure
- Correct Answer - Ans: B- the capillary hydrostatic pressure is
higher than then capillary oncotic pressure
It is true that natriuretic peptides:
A) decrease blood pressure and increase sodium and water
excretion
B) increase blood pressure and decrease sodium and water
excretion
C) increase the heart rate and decrease potassium excretion
D) decrease the heart rate and increase the potassium excretion -
Correct Answer - Ans: A- decrease blood pressure and increase
sodium and water excretion
What causes the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions,
cerebral hemorrhage, and coma in hypernatremia?
A) high sodium in the blood vessels pulls water out of the brain
cells into the blood vessels, causing brain cells to shrink
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