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what is mutualism?
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an infection where microorganism and host benefit
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If your Pt has a bacterial infection what are the two symptoms you'll always see?
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Fever, increase WBC's
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Name the normal places where is it's normal to find higher acidity in the body?
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Vagina, Skin, Stomach, Urine
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Define stress?
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organism acted upon by forces that disrupt homeostasis;adaptive capacity of individual
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What is differentiation of cells(anaplasia)?
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pattern of cells compared to normal the more poorly differentiated it is the worse.
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What is a carcinoma?
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malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue
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What is a sarcoma?
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a malignant tumor-mesenchymal; arising from connective tissue
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Name the three methods of metastic spread?
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blood,lymph,direct extension
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Name the four types of immunotherapy for cancer?
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interferons,monoclonal antibodies,adjunct to other therapies,hope for vaccines
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Name for reasons for radiation therapy?
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kills cells beyond primary site,unresectable,damage nuclear DNA(beneficial effect on rapidly dividing cells),destruction of normal cells
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Cortisol is released when the body undergoes stress but what does it's release do?
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95% of glucocorticoid activity,promotes gastric secreation,inhibits uptake of glucose by cells preserving it for neurons,stimulates gluconeogenesis in liver,catabolic in muscle,bone,lymhoid,skin,and adipose,suppresses formation of antibodies,suppress inflamatory response;good for tx;not bebeficial for wound healing and increases risk of infection.
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what increases with strenuous excercise and fear and parallels rise in cortisol?
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growth hormone
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when will you see a drop in testosterone?
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after physical and psychological stressful stimuli
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What do endorphins do; when do they increase?
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they raise pain threshold, produce sedation and euphoria.
increase with excercise,drama,anticipation,etc. |
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What is incapable of replication outside of living cell?
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viruses
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