Patho Unit 2

Stimulus is to _____ as response is to _____.

• Stressor;morbidity

• Chronic;acute

• Event; change

• Cells;Organs

Which stimulus is MOST likely a stressor?

• intaking food

• walking

• listening to music

• getting cold

Which condition is necessary for the process of adaptation?

• recurring stimuli

• environmental stability

• resistance

• pathogenesis

Which phrase BEST describes an example of a maladaptation?

• A runner develops larger leg muscles after weeks of working out

• a walker gets tired after walking five miles and twists their ankle

• a snowboarder becomes hungry while practicing on the slopes

• a student finds it easier to climb the stairs on campus after using them for a few weeks

A doctor sees a patient with an acute skin rash. After the doctor examines the patient and determines the rash’s severity, what else must they know before they can say whether the rash is “chronic”?

• symptoms

• duration

• morbidity

• pathogenesis

A public health official has prepared a report on mortality data. Which type of information would MOST likely be included in such a report?

• prevalence of illness in the given population

• percentage of tests for an illness that is positive

• number of deaths per unit of population

• total incidence of disease across all groups

Acute is to _____ as chronic is to _____.

• disease;death

• events;stressors

• change;illness

• short;long

Four students were asked about their science studies and the topics that interested them the most. Which student is MOST interested in pathophysiology?

• "Understanding how disease forms in the body"

• "Identifying how we respond to our environment"

• "Explaining the relationship between health and DNA"

• "Finding new mechanisms for health the body"

Which phrase BEST describes the phenomenon of exacerbation?

• when an acute illness becomes a chronic disease

• when a stressor reactivates a disease or condition in the body

• when the rate of disease surpasses the rate of death in a population

• when structures in the cell no longer perform their function

Which phrase BEST describes an example of a chronic, but not acute, illness?

• a patient who had a neck injury experiencing pain

• a patient hospitalized with appendicitis

• a patient with COPD who has been a long-time smoker

• a patient who had COVID and is experiencing symptoms for a few weeks.