Nursing 612 AHA Final Comprehensive Exam
Acute glomerulonephritis Correct Answer: inflammation of the capillary loops of the renal glomeruli
Ascites Correct Answer: accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal
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Nursing 612 AHA Final Comprehensive Exam
Acute glomerulonephritis Correct Answer: inflammation of the capillary loops of the renal glomeruli
Ascites Correct Answer: accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity
Cholecystitis Correct Answer: inflammatory process of the gallbladder most commonly due to obstruction of the cystic duct from cholelithiasis, which may be either acute or chronic
Cholelithiasis Correct Answer: stone formation in the gallbladder occurs when cirain substances reach a
high concentration in bile and produce crystals
Cirrhosis Correct Answer: diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and alteration of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules
Irritable bowel syndrome Correct Answer: disorder of intestinal mobility
Duodenal ulcer Correct Answer: chronic circumscribed break in the duodenal mucosa that scars with healing
Lipase Correct Answer: enzyme that acts on emulsified fats
Peristalsis Correct Answer: muscular contractions that move products of digestion through the alimentary canal
Peritoneum Correct Answer: serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity
Primary hepatocellular carcinoma Correct Answer: frequently arises in the setting of cirrhosis, approximately 20 to 30 years after liver injury or disease onset
Pylonephritis Correct Answer: infection of the kidney and renal pelvis
Pyloric stenosis Correct Answer: hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus leads to obstruction of the pyloric sphincter
Pylorus Correct Answer: distal section of the stomach
Reflux Correct Answer: backflow caused by relaxation or incompetence of lower esophagus
Renal abscess Correct Answer: localized infection within the medulla or cortex of the kidney
Renal calculi Correct Answer: stones formed in the pelvis of the kidney from a physiochemical process associated with obstruction and infections in the urinary tract
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