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59 Cards in this Set
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Ribosomes attached to the RER synthesize what type of proteins?
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secretory, membrane bound, and lysosomal proteins
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These are welll developed in protein secreting cells?
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RER
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Function of the SER?
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steroid synthesis and drug detoxification
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Surface marker specific for macrophages?
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CD 14
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B cell surface marker?
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CD 20
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A deficiency in what enzyme causes Niemann Pick Disease?
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sphingomyelinase
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Probability that someone with a positive test willl truely have a disease?
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Positive predictive value (a/a+b)=TP/TP+FP
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In normal individuals, the O2 saturation should be the same in what areas of the heart?
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the atria and the ventricles
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The most common congenital heart defect that creates a L to R shunt?
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ventricular septal defect (VSD)
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Most likely heart defect if there is an increase in O2 saturation between the RA and the RV?
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left to right shunt....VSD
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Produces a holosystolic murmur that is loudest over the left mid sternal border?
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VSD
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Produces a continous systolic and diastolic machinary like murmur?
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patent ductus arteriosis
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Visual impairment in an HIV patient?
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CMV retinitis
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RX for cytomegalovirus induced retinitis?
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ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir
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Used to rx CMV infection in an HIV pt but causes hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia?
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foscarnet
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Most common site of urinary obstruction (hydronephrosis) in a fetus?
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ureteropelvic junction(junction between the kidney and the ureter)
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Describes an obstruction of the cystic duct or common bile duct by a gallstone?
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choledocolithiasis
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Abdominal pain and distention, vomiting, tenderness to palpation, and tinkling bowel sounds are characteristic of what finding?
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small bowel obstruction
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Occurs in pts with a hx of gallstones where a gs causes an obstruction at the ileocecal valve?
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gallstone ileus
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What would be seen on x-ray with gallstone ileus?
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air in the gallbladder and biliary tree
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Group A beta hemolytic streptococci?
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streptococcus pyrogenes
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Major virulence factor for group A beta hemolytic step. pyrogenes that inhibits phagocytosis?
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M protein
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Total resistance of a parallel circuit?
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1/TPR= 1/r1+ 1/r2+ 1/r3...
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Describes blood flow in an individual organ?
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series circuit
TPR=R1+R2+R3 |
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LOW levels of alpha fetoprotein (AFP) are associated with what condition?
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Trisomy 21
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Conditions associated with HIGH alpha fetoprotein?
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(1) multiple gestation
(2) neural tube defects (3) abdominal wall defects |
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RX used for heparin overdose?
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protamine sulfate
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Emetic rx that is valuable IMMEDIATELY following ingestion of a poison?
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syrup of ipecac
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Rat poison =
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warfarin
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RX for a patient who has ingested rat poison?
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fresh frozen plasma (replenishes coag factors 2,7,9, and 10)
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Multiple ring enhancing lesions in an HIV patient?
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toxoplasmosis
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Pulmonary function test findings in a patient with emphysema?
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(1) decreasd FEV1/FVC
(2) increase in total lung volume (3) decreased diffusing capacity |
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Exits the skull through the foramen ovale and innervates the muscles of mastication?
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mandibular nerve (CNV3)
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DOC for absence seizures?
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ethosuximide or sodium valproate
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Maturing erythrocytes lose their ability to synthesize Heme when they lose what organelle?
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mitochondria
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What is missing in severe combined immunodeficiency?
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adenosine deaminase (adenosine is toxic to B and T cells)
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Triad of cerebellar defects (ataxia), spider angiomas (telangiactasia), with IgA deficiency?
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ataxia telangiectasia
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Combination of thrombocytopenic purpura, infections, and eczema with a decrease in IgM?
What is the mode of inheritance? |
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
x-linked recessive |
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Recurrent bacterial infections, absent pus formation, and delayed separation of the umbilicus?
What is the defect? |
leukocyte adhesion deficiency
missing integrins |
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Combination of partial albinism, recurrent resp tract and skin infections, with neurological disorders (seizures and peripheral neuropathy)?
What is the defect? |
chediak-higashi syndrome
defective lysosomal transport gene |
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Recurrent bacterial infections after 6 months, affects Boys, and a decrease in all classes of immunoglobulins?
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Brutons agammaglobulinemia
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Tetany (hypocalcemia), recurrent viral/fungal infections with congenital heart and great vessel defects?
What pharyngeal pouches fail to develop? |
digeorge syndrome (thymic aplasia)
3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouches |
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Presents with eczema, reccurent cold abcesses, coarse facial features, and retained primary teeth?
What is the defect? |
Job's syndrome (hyper IgE syndrome)
Th cells fail to make IFN gamma-->inability of neutrophils to respond to chemotactic stimuli |
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Candida albicans infections of the skin and mucous membranes?
What is the rx? |
chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
ketoconazole |
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Which hormones use steroid recpetors?
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(1)estrogen
(2)progesterone (3)testosterone (4)aldosterone (5)Vitamin D (6) T3 and T4 (7) glucocorticoids |
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Which hormones use tyrosine kinase receptors?
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(1)Insulin
(2)IGF-1 (3)FGF (4)PDGF (5)prolactin (6)GH |
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What factors are required for H. influenzae to grow on agar?
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factors X (hematin) and V (NAD+)
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When H. influenzae grows near B hemolytic S. aureus on agar?
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satellite phenomenon
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Group of drugs associated with rhabdomyloysis and are metabolized by the P450 enzyme system?
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statins
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Only statin not metabolized by P450?
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pravastatin
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rx for opoid intoxication
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naloxone
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rx for benzodiazepine overdose?
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flumazenil
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rx for acute neonatal narcotic withdrawal?
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tincture of opium
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Number of true positives divided by the total number of subjects WITH a disease?
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sensitivity (a/a+c)
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The number of true negatives divided by the total number of subjects WITHOUT a disease?
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specificity (d/d+b)
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What artery delivers blood to the medial portions of the two hemispheres of the brain?
What defects would be seen upon occlusion? |
anterior cerebral arteries
deficits to contralateral legs |
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Used for heart failure and causes hyperkalemia through its action on the Na/K Atpase pump?
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digoxin
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Abnormalities seen in tetralogy of fallot?
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(1) pulmonic stenosis
(2) VSD (3) RV hypertrophy (4) overriding aorta |
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The degree of R to L shunting in TOF depends on the severity of what defect?
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severity of pulmonic stenosis
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