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Pathophysiology

Week 1

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The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted through autosomal recessive inheritance. Which is the most likely diagnosis for this patient? Cystic Fibrosis
Adaptive cellular mechanisms function to: Protect cells from injury
If a patient has liquefactive necrosis, which organ should the nurse assess first? Brain
The nurse in the genetics clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads to progressive dementia in middle to later adulthood. To which disease is the nurse most likely referring? Huntington disease
The triplet of base pairs necessary to code for a specific amino acid is called a: Codon
The outward manifestation of a disease, often influenced by both genes and the environment, is called the disease: Phenotype
The condition that occurs when a zygote is missing in each cell is referred to as: A "monosomy"
The process by which RNA is formed from DNA for protein synthesis is: Transcription
The somatic cell that contains a multiple of 23 chromosomes is called: An euploid cell
Which is the chief function of ribosomes? Protein synthesis
Created by: Ashleeym
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