PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) 2023

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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED EXPLANATIONS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) 2023 A report comes back indicating that muscular atrophy has occurred. A nurse recalls that muscular a... trophy involves a decrease in muscle cell: a. number b. size c. vacuoles d. lipofuscin - Correct Answer-B. Size During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as what type of atrophy? a. Physiologic b. Pathologic c. Disuse d. Neurogenic - Correct Answer-A. Physiologic 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: a. increase in size b.decrease in length c.increase in excitability d.decrease in number - Correct Answer-A. Increase in size [Show More]

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