Exam 4: Altered Cellular and Tissue Biology

A common pathway of irreversible cell injury involves increased intracellular:

While reading a textbook, a student reads the term apoptosis.The student recalls that apoptosis is a condition in which cells program themselves to:

A family presents to their primary care provider reporting headache, nausea, weakness, tinnitus, and vomiting.Which of the following would be the most likely explanation for these symptoms?

Sodium and water accumulation in an injured cell are a direct result of:

When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in response to an increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will experience hypertrophy which is an:

When a nurse observes muscle stiffening occurring within 6-14 hours after death, the nurse should document this finding as the presence of:

Confirmation of somatic death is based on:

A report comes back indicating that muscular atrophy has occurred.A nurse recalls that muscular atrophy involves a decrease in muscle cell:

Liquefactive necrosis occurs in the brain because:

A 20-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a jagged sharp-force injury that is longer than it is deep.Which type of wound will the nurse be caring for?

What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from diseases?

A 15-year-old female presents to the ER following a physical assault.She has internal damage to the neck with deep bruising.X-ray reveals fractures of the hyoid bone and tracheal and cricoid cartilage.Which of the following most likely caused her injuries?

A 50-year-old female became infected with Clostridium bacteria and died a week later.Examination of her red blood cells revealed lysis of membranes.Which of the following was the most likely cause of her death?

A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles.What term would the nurse use to define this process?

A newborn male is diagnosed with albinism based on skin, eye, and hair appearance.Which finding will support this diagnosis?

A 2-year-old swallowed watch batteries.Following ingestion, kidney function was impaired, and the heart began to fail.Which of the following was the most likely cause?