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The primary abnormality seen in Paget's Disease?
osteoclastic bone resorption
What microscopic finding is found in Paget's Disease of the bone?
cement lines
How could a metastatic tumor of the CNS present?
seizures
The three most common types of cancers that are metastatic to the brain?
(1) Lung CA
(2) Breast CA
(3) Melanoma
Type of cancer that is a malignancy of melanocytes?
melanoma
Melanocytes are derived from what cell types embryologically?
neural crest cells
Melanoma commonly metastasizes to what areas of the body?
-brain
-GI tract
-Bone
-liver
-lungs
Three clinical signs of phenylketonuria-PKU?
mental retardation, eczema, and a mousy...musty body odor in a toddler
PKU is inherited in what fashion?
autosomal recessive
Autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation that leads to deficient phenylalanine hydroxylase?
phenyketonuria
What enzyme is deficient in PKU?
phenylalanine hydroxylase
Genotype of parents if their offspring has an autosomal recessive condition like PKU?
heterozygous carriers
Probability that heterozygous carrier parents will transmit an autosomal recessive disease to their offspring?
1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4
This parameter respresents the extent of variance from the mean?
standard deviation
68% of observations lie within how many standard deviations from the mean?
one standard deviation
What % of observations lie within two standard deviations of the mean?
95%
99.7% of observations lie within how many standard deviations of the mean?
3 standard deviations
This ligament of the knee can be damaged by anterior motion of the tibia with respect to the femur?
anterior cruciate ligament
These giant cells make up the casseating granulomas seen in the lung during M. Tuberculosis infections?
Langhans giant cells
What type of cell makes up Langhans giant cells seen in tuberculosis infections?
macrophages
These t lymphocytes stimulate macrophages allowing them to kill intracellular M. Tuberculosis organisms?
CD4+ t lymphocytes
Common acid fast bacilli that deposits in the lungs?
M. tuberculosis
Type of immune cell that causes the death of virally infected cells?
CD 8+ t lymphocyte
Name of apical lung tumors?
Pancoast tumors
How does Horner's syndrome present?
triad of ipsilateral.... miosis, ptosis, and anhidrosis
Pancoast tumors (apical lung tumors) can cause what types of sxs through local invasion?
Horner syndrome, SVC syndrome, arm weakness, arm parathesias, and hoarseness
Most common pituitary tumor?
prolactinoma
Clinical symptom seen when pituitary tumors are within the hypophysial fossa?
bitemporal hemianopsia
What is anosmia?
loss in the sense of smell
How do pancoast tumors cause Horner's Syndrome?
the tumor invades the paravertebral sympathetic chain
What is the diagnosis when symptoms of schizophrenia are present for 1-6 months?
schizophreniform disorder
Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last for less than 1 month?
brief psychotic disorder
Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last 1-6 months?
schizophreniform disorder
Diagnosis when psychotic sxs last more than 6 months?
schizophrenia
Hormone that causes linear bone growth by stimulating the production of IGF-1 from the liver?
growth hormone
Factor that causes bone growth by stimulating the proliferation of cartilage in bone cells?
IGF-1 from the liver
Diagnosis of excess hormone production in a kid before puberty when the epiphyseal plates fuse?
gigantism
This type of IGF-1 DOES NOT contribute to a person's linear bone growth?
IGF-1 from the hypothalamus
This hormone inhibits the release of growth hormone?
somatostatin
This hormone stimulates the release of growth hormone?
GHrH
What are the secondary pathways involved in growth hormone signaling?
JAK-STAT pathway
A result of defective growth hormone receptors that leads to a DECREASE in linear bone growth?
Laron dwarfism
What do GH and IGF-1 levels look like in Laron dwarfism?
high serum GH levels...with low IGF-1 levels
When does the mitral valve open during the cardiac cycle?
when the pressure in the left atrium is GREATER than the pressure in the left ventricle
What produces the first heart sound-S1?
closing of the mitral valve and the opening of the aortic valve
What produces the second heart sound-S2?
closing of the aortic valve and opening of the mitral valve
This valve condition produces an opening snap in EARLY diastole shortly after the second heart sound-S2?
mitral stenosis
Name the common CYP 450 INDUCERS?
carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, griseofulvin
Name the common CYP 450 INHIBITORS?
cimetidine, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, azole anitfungals, grapefruit juice, isoniazid, ritonavir
How would penicillin V potentiate the anti-coagulant effects of warfarin?
oral penicillin V would reduce intestinal bacteria which would reduce vitamin K synthesis
Medications that have the potential to DECREASE warfarin's anti-coagulant effects?
cyp 450 inducers
What types of g proteins become active when you stiimulate alpha 1, alpha 2, beta1, and beta 2 receptors?
qiss
What type of muscle does not require extracellular calcium to cause contraction?
skeletal muscle
Calcium binds to this instead of troponin in smooth muscle cells?
calmodulin
What type of muscle does not use troponin for muscle contraction?
smooth muscle
norepinephrine acts on what adrenoreceptors?
alpha 1, alpha 2, and Beta 1
Describe diptheria toxin?
AB exotoxin that ribosylates elongation factor 2 (EF2) and prevents protein translation
Fungus with v-shaped branching septate hyphae?
aspergillus fumigatus
Treatment fo invasive aspergillosis?
amphotericin B
Fungus that causes meningitis and lung infections in AIDS patients?
Cryptococcus neoformans
Oval budding yeast with a thick caspsule?
cryptococcus
Dimorphic fungi that can exist in the body as yeast and therefore show no hyphae on biopsy?
blastomyces, histoplasma, and coccidiodes
Neutropenic patients with CML are at risk for infection by this fungus?
aspergillus fumigatus
Formula for standard gibbs free energy change?
delta G =-RTlnKeq
If gibbs free energy is NEGATIVE...what is the value of Keq?
GREATER than 1
If gibbs energy is POSITIVE...what is the value of Keq?
LESS than 1
Antiprogestin agent used to terminate early pregnancy?
mifepristone
Hormone necessary for implantation and maintenance of pregnancy?
progesterone
Progesterone antagonist used to terminate pregnancy?
mifepristone
Drug of choice for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia?
carbamazepine
Pain described as "a knife stabbing my face"
trigeminal neuralgia
Needed for glutamate residue carboxylation?
vitamin K