ATI RN
ATI Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam I Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A patient is diagnosed as having elevated cholesterol level. The nurse is aware that plaque on the inner lumen of arteries begins as what?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B: Fatty streaks. Fatty streaks are the earliest visible signs of atherosclerosis and are primarily composed of lipid-laden macrophages within the arterial wall. Platelets and fibrin (
A) are involved in clot formation, not the initial stages of plaque formation. White blood cells (
C) and foam cells (
D) are involved in the later stages of atherosclerosis. The other choices are irrelevant to the initial development of plaque.
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