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123654777 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A 16-year-old girl has broken her arm while snowboarding. When she arrives at hospital, she is shocked at the amount of swelling at the injury site.

Which of the following statements best explains the physiological rationale for her swelling?
A)
Migration and proliferation of mast cells, neutrophils, and platelets to the injury site occupy an increased volume of tissue.
B)
Potent vasodilation increases the total volume of vascular space at the site of inflammation.
C)
Osmotic flow of plasma into the intravascular space causes increased blood volume and interstitial fluid.
D)
Loss of plasma proteins causes an increase in interstitial osmotic pressure.

Question 2

The nurse knows that a drug in a category identified as a colony-stimulating factor (CSF) helps

A)
cells engulf and digest microbes that want to attach to cell membranes and destroy normal cell function.
B)
produce cells that will be the first responder cells to protect against cancer formation.
C)
stimulate the person's immune system so that he or she can kill his or her own cancer cells.
D)
stimulate bone marrow to produce large numbers of mature cells such as platelets and erythrocytes.

Bsand8 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans:
D

Feedback:

Swelling is the result of plasma proteins leaving the interstitial space, resulting in increased osmotic pressure of interstitial fluid and movement of fluid into tissues. Blood components, vasodilation, nor increased intravascular volume accounts for swelling.

Answer to Question 2

Ans:
D

Feedback:

CSFs participate in hematopoiesis by stimulating bone marrow pluripotent stem and progenitor or precursor cells to produce large numbers of mature platelets, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, and monocytes.