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SCI 225 Week 16 Pathophysiology Final Exam Proctored-Nightingale College. Question 1 1 / 1 pts A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is the nurse’s best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM) is caused by: a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane. the production of ketones. increased glucose in the urine. The presence of glucose in the urine filtrate ...

SCI 225 Week 16 Pathophysiology Final Exam Proctored-Nightingale College. Question 1 1 / 1 pts A patient with type 1 diabetes asks the nurse what causes polyuria. What is the nurse’s best response? The symptom of polyuria in diabetes mellitus (DM) is caused by: a reduced ADH response caused by insulin deficiency. the loss of protein across the glomerular membrane. the production of ketones. increased glucose in the urine. The presence of glucose in the urine filtrat...

Tay-Sachs disease correct answers A disease that results in accumlation of lipids, in the nerve cells of the brain. What causes metaplasia in humans? correct answers cell injury from noxious (poisonous) stimuli Algor Mortis correct answers The cooling of the body after death Dysplasia is characterized by correct answers abnormal changes in cell secretions Clastogens correct answers agents tht cause chromosomal breakage What is tatooing and stippling? correct answers Gunshot wounds...

The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis? correct answers Cystic Fibrosis Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: correct answers protect cells from injury If a patient liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse asses first? correct answers Brain The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in middle to late adu...

convergent correct answers two plate boundaries interacting where one subducts or goes under the other one. seasons correct answers caused by the tilt of the earth weather correct answers local atmospheric conditions over a short period of time. It is highly variable hour to hour and day to day. Climate correct answers Regional atmospheric conditions over a long period of time (30 Years), "average" weather throughout the year, more predictable. Biomes correct answers global associa...

Homeostasis correct answers Relatively stable internal conditions under fluctuating environmental conditions. In homeostasis, the body's organ systems normally maintain temperature, pH, blood composition, and fluid levels within a precise range and cor- rect any fluc disease correct answers a deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts or modifies the performance of vital functions. For example, the amount of glucose in the blood is tightly regulated to ensure tha...

How much solar radiation is absorbed by the land and sea? Correct Answer 50% of the solar radiation that reaches the Earth. What the the core Nature of Science ideas? Correct Answer -Science demands and relies on empirical evidence -There is no single step-by-step scientific method by which all science is done -Scientific knowledge is tentative but durable -Laws and theories are related by distinct kinds of scientific knowledge -Science is a highly creative endeavor -Science is a subject...

How can we know climate of the past? Correct Answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis Correct Answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics Correct Answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers Glaciation hypothesis Correct Answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger Correct Answer a ship that took a voyage to study...

Homeostasis Correct Answer Relatively stable internal conditions under fluctuating environmental conditions. In homeostasis, the body's organ systems normally maintain temperature, ph, blood composition, and fluid levels within a precise range and cor- rect any fluc Disease Correct Answer a deviation from normal structure or function in the body that interrupts or modifies the performance of vital functions. For example, the amount of glucose in the blood is tightly regulated to ensure that ...

Nature of science Correct Answer Describes the things that scientific knowledge is based on and how it's developed What are the nine, core NOS ideas? Correct Answer 1) Science demands and relies on empirical evidence 2) Knowledge production in science includes many common features and shared habits of mind. However, there is no single step-by-step method by which all science is done 3) Scientific knowledge is tentative but durable (science can not prove anything, but scientific conclusions...

The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis? Correct Answer Cystic Fibrosis Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: Correct Answer protect cells from injury If a patient liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse asses first? Correct Answer Brain The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in middle to late adulth...

Convergent Correct Answer two plate boundaries interacting where one subducts or goes under the other one. Seasons Correct Answer caused by the tilt of the earth Weather Correct Answer local atmospheric conditions over a short period of time. It is highly variable hour to hour and day to day. Climate Correct Answer Regional atmospheric conditions over a long period of time (30 Years), "average" weather throughout the year, more predictable. Biomes Correct Answer global associations...