1. A 13-year-old girl has a karyotype that reveals an absent homologous X 

chromosome with only a single Xchromosome present. What medical diagnosis will

the nurse observe on the chart? Turner syndrome

2. A 20-year-old pregnant female gives birth to a stillborn child. Autopsy reveals 

that the fetus has 92chromosomes. What term may be on the autopsy report

to describe this condition? Tetraploidy

3. A nurse is teaching a patient with diabetes how glucose is transported from the 

blood to the cell. What type of transport system should the nurse discuss with the 

patient? Passive-mediated transport (facilitateddiffusion

4. A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is 

an example of: Geneimprinting

5. A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the

following will facilitate hiscontinued muscle performance? Anaerobic glycolysis

6. A patient who has diarrhea receives a hypertonic saline solution intravenously to 

replace the sodium andchloride lost in the stool. What effect will this fluid

replacement have on cells? Cells will shrink

7. Which of the following mutations have the most significant effect on protein 

synthesis? Frameshiftmutation

8. What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an 

action potential? Sodiumgates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the

membrane potential from negative to positive

9. During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as Physiologic

atrophy.

10.55-year-old male has swelling of the feet. Which of the following aided in 

development of swelling? Na+movement into the cell