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NUR 2063 Exam 3 Focused Review

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NUR2063 Exam 3 Focused Review Ch. 2 Homeostasis, Allostasis, and Adaptive Responses to Stressors • Electrolyte pools- bones act as an electrolyte pool and store calcium magnesium, and phosphate i ... ons; shift of electrolytes into electrolyte pools will decrease plasma electrolyte concentration and shift of electrolytes from an electrolyte pool into the extracellular fluid will increase the plasma electrolyte concentration Ch. 7 Neoplasia • Metastasis- process by which cancer cells escape their tissue of origin and initiate new colonies of cancer in distant sites Ch. 9 Inflammation and Immunity • Passive vs active immunity- Passive: transfer of preformed antibodies against specific antigen from a protected or immunized individual to an unprotected or nonimmunized individual; types: mother to fetus: IgG- can cross placenta, mother to infant: IgA- from breast milk, serotherapydirect injections of antibodies (human or animal); active: a protected state owing to the body’s immune response as a result of active infection or immunization, types: immunizations- vaccines • Immunoglobulins- antibodies; two identical light polypeptide chains joined to identical heavy polypeptide chains by disulfide bonds; five different classes: IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD, & IgE • Ch. 11 Malignant Disorders of White Blood Cells • Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)- characterized by malignant granulocytes that carry the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+); does not respond well to chemotherapy: poor overall survival time; Blast stage CML- poor prognosis: 3 to 4 months; treatment- bone marrow transplant • Age of onset for multiple myeloma- median age 65 years • Malignant Disorders of WBCs- may be nonspecific signs & symptoms [Show More]

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