A patient reported health concerns and had stated a strong family history of cancer. What symptoms below would the nurse find concerning?

A nurse is counseling a 42-year-old woman who is pregnant and concerned about the risk of Down syndrome. Which of the following is the most important factor to discuss regarding her increased risk of having a baby with Down syndrome?

Mr. Epperson was lifting a heavy piece of furniture when he experienced crushing pain in his chest, began sweating heavily, and was nauseated. His wife drove him to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction (heart attack) and given intravenous drugs to dissolve a clot that was obstructing a major coronary artery. After his hospitalization, Mr. Epperson’s doctor told him that some of his heart muscle had died.   Match the questions with the correct answers regarding the cell injury in Mr. Epperson’s heart.  

A genetically programmed cell death is a process that can destroy cells that are no longer needed. Which of the following terms best described the above process?

A patient has a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X chromosome with only a single X chromosome present. What medical diagnosis will the nurse observe on the chart?

If both parents are carrying the cystic fibrosis gene, what is the probability that they will give birth to a child that will have the disease? 

The most common cause of cellular injury is:

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cells are ones with the normal number of chromosomes, while monosomy is a type of in which one chromosome is present in only one copy.

A type of lymphocyte that eliminates virally infected and cancerous cells.