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List the AIDS-defining opportunistic infections (6)
pneumocystis pneumonia
toxoplasmosis,
CMV retinitis
Mycobacterium avium complex
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
cryptococcal meningitis
fever, weight loss, cachexia, and night sweats are direct complications of what infection?
HIV
What 5 factors allow an AIDS diagnosis?
1) + HIV test
2) <200 CD4 T cells/uL
3) AIDS-defining opportunistic infections
4) AIDS-associated malignancies
5) HIV-complicating infections
What are the two modes of clot formation iin the human body?
1) platelet activation and aggregation
2) clotting cascade activation
a PTT tests which pathways?
intrinsic and the common pathway
a PT tests which pathways?
extrinsic and common pathway
a TT tests which pathway?
common pathway
VWF deficiency also causes a functional deficiency of which factor?
VIII
VWD - Von Willebrand Disease

AD
Lack of factor VIII
Hemophilia A

XLR
increased PTT, normal PT and bleeding time
an Ape ate(8) nine(9) Bananas
Lack of factor IX
Hemophilia B

XLR
increased PTT, normal PT and bleeding time
Viamin K deficiency results in which factors becoming non-functional?
X, IX, VII, II
(1972)
May be due to:
fat malabsorption
antibiotics
newborns
coumadin warfarin) therapy
Which vitamin does not cross the placenta and is not found in mothers milk?
Vitamin K - fat soluble vitamin, primarily provided by gut flora
A disorder of spontaneous activation of the coagulation cascade with resulting intravascular coagulation and organ ischemia, and consumption of clotting factors to yield mucosal bleeding?
DIC - Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

may be fatal
ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) in children is due to what?
acute (post viral infection); usually self-limited
In adults often is chronic and due to anti-structural platelet Ab
A disorder marked by spontaneous platelet aggregation with resulting systemic platelet clot formation and consumption of platelets - if let untreated it is FATAL!!
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
TX: plasmapheresis

severe thrombocytopenia
schistocytes
evidence of hemolysis
fever
ischemic organ damage
hemolytic anemia due to a deficiency in spectrin?
spherocytosis -
chronic disease characterized by hemolysis of speroidal RBCs anemia and splenomegaly
THE most common enzymopathy
G6PD deficiency
What is the single amino acid substitution responsible for sickle cell anemia?
substitution of VALINE for GLUTAMATE in the beta globin chain at the 6th amino acid position
List 3 states that promote sickling?
hypoxia, acidosis, and dehydration
In what case is alpha-Thalassemia lethal?
homozygosity
get 2 alpha thalassemia alleles from each parent
characterized by microcytic anemia & splenomegaly
Major Beta Thalassemia
Cooley's Anemia = severe microcytic anemia
List the 3 characteristics of Beta-Thalassemia
jaundice, leg ulcers, and splenomegaly
What are the two types of autoimmune hemolytic anemia?
warm agglutinin disease and cold agglutinin disease
Risk factors for Warm agglutinin Disease?
drugs, malignancies, and SLE
Risk factors for Cold Agglutinin Disease?
mycoplasma pneumonia, mononucleosis, Lymphoma

50% are idiopathic
Coombs Test that identifies antibodies directly bond to RBCs?
Direct Coombs Test
Coombs Test that identify free floating antibodies directed against RBCs?
Indirect Coombs Test

Test of choice for isoimmunization in Rh(-) females
Anemia due to decreased DNA synthesis ability (due to vit B12 or folate deficiency)
Megaloblastic anemia
Does B12 or folate deficiency result in neurologic symptoms?
Vitamin B12
List 3 causes of B12 or folate deficiency?
Diphyllobothrium latum (B12)
Poor Diet (B12 &/or folate)
Type A gastritis (B12)
Marked by anemia that is due to low grade long-term iron-deficiency; results in esophageal webs
Plummer-Vinson
Clinical findings of Fanconi anemia; high risk of what?
microcephaly
cafe-au-lait spots
small or absent thumbs
deformed or absent radius bones
recurrent aplastic anemia
HIGH risk of leukemia or lymphoma
characteristic RBCs of G6PD deficiency?
Heinz bodies
Howell-Jolly bodies indicate what?
That RBCs are leaving bone marrow while still immature
Basophilic stippling is indicative of what?
Lead poisoning
RBCs that are a result of iron overload secondary to deranged bone marrow function?
siderocytes
Immature RBCs - released early in response to hemorrhage
reticulocyte
causes of neutropenia due to decreased production? (5)
bone marrow disease
chemo
HIV-1
other drugs
Vit B12 or folate deficiency
causes of neutropenia due to increased destruction? (1)
Felty's syndrome - variant of RA that also includes immune-mediated destruction of neutrophils via anti-neutrophil antibodies
Eosinocytosis is due to what?
Type I hypersensitivites
Helminthic infections
Lymphocytosis is due to what (3)?
granulomatous diseases
viral infections
pertussis
Monocytosis is due to what? (2)
granulomatous diseases
infectious mononucleosis
MOST common malignancy of children?
ALL - acute myelogenous leukemia
Auer rods are found in which Leukemia?
AML - acute myelogenous leukemia
acute vs. chronic
lymphocytic vs. myelogenous
In Leukemias
acute vs. chronic - referring to the maturity of the cancer cell
lymphocytic - free floating
myelogenous - lineage other than lymphocytes
CML is associated with what chromosome?
Philadelphia Chromosome (9:22; translocation that bcr-abl fusion)
Splenomegaly with (+) TRAP and CD25 indicates what leukemia?
Hairy Cell Leukemia
involves only B cells
Reed Sternberg cells are found in Hodgkin's of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma?
Hodgkin's Disease
contiguous spread
leukocytosis of PMNs
nodal involvement
4 subtypes of Hodgkin's Disease?
1) lymphocyte predominance
2) nodular sclerosis
3) mixed cellularity
4) lymphocyte depletion
Lymphoma associated with bcl-2, hypercalcemia and hepatosplenomegaly?
Non-Hodgkin's Lymnphomas
All DNA viruses have a couble stranded genome; what is the one exception?
PARVOVIRUSES
All DNA viruses have an icosahedral nucleocapside; what is the one exception?
POXVIRUSES
Erythema infectiosum and 5th disease are caused by which virus?
PARVO B19
Papilloma virus causes what?
genital warts which may lead to cervix carcinoma
Respiratory infections and atypical pneumonia are caused by which family of viruses?
Adeno
Pox variola causes what disease?
smallpox
What family does HBV belong to and what disease does it cause?
Hepadna family and causes serum hepatitis B
Small pink warts of the skin from the Pox family are caused by what virus?
molluscum contagiosum
Herpes viruses produce an overt infection followed by a period of what?
latency
Which HSV virus mainly causes oral herpes and which one mainly causes genital herpes?
oral - HSV1
genital - HSV2
Chickenpox and shingles are caused by what virus?
VZV
During latency the EBV rests in what?
B lymphocytes
Roseola (6th disease) is caused by what virus?
HHV-6
HHV-8 causes what disease?
Kaposi sarcoma
Lesions appear in different stages of evolution in chickenpox or smallpox?
What are the stages of evolution?
chickenpos

vesicular to pustular to crusts
80% of respiratory tract infections are caused by bacteria or viruses?
VIRUSES
Hand/foot/mouth disease is caused by what virus?
Coxsackie A
Rhino virus causes the common cold and is what type of virus; RNA or DNA?
RNA
The measles are caused by what virus?
What about the German measles?
Rubeola

Rubella - German
Parainfluenza causes what disease?
Croup
Mutations within H1N1 caused by point mutations of viral RNA
ANTIGENIC DRIFT
H1N2 shsift to H1N1 caused by gene recombination
ANTIGENIC SHIFT
These viruses cause seasonal dz transmitted by insects
ARBOVIRUSES
What is the Flavirirus vector
mosquito
St. Louis encephalitis, yellow fever and Dengue fever are caused by what virus?
Flavivirus
Virus that causes California encephalitis and has a mosquito vector?
Bunyavirus
Which arbovirus is the exception and has no arthropod vector?
Hantavirus
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is caused by what virus?
JC virus
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is caused by what virus?
measles virus
What is the name for infectious proteins that can be transmitted to other species by inoculation of infected brain tissue?
PRIONS
Are prions transmitted by body secretions and inactivated by formalin?
NO
Kuru, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Scrapie, and BSE (mad cow disease) are all what?
PRIONS
What are the two main groups of retroviruses?
oncoviruses and lentiviruses
The oncovirus HTLV-1 leads to what?
adult T-cell leukemia
Name the two lentiviruses?
HIV-1 and HIV-2
T or F:

HIV-1 is much less common and less virulent?
FALSE;

HIV- 1 is the most common and HIV - 2 is least common and occurs in W. Africa
What are the 3 major genes in the genome of HIV?
env, gag and pol
This glycoprotein in the env gene mediates cell fusion
gp41
This glycoprotein in the env gene bind to CD4 receptor
gp120
gag core capsid protein
p24 (serologic marker)
2 Tests for HIV antibodies
ELISA
Western Blot
These rxns occur in what location:
Krebs cycle; FFA oxidation; formation of Acetyl CoA
Part of urea cycle, gluconeogenesis, and heme sythesis
Mitochondria
These rxns occur in what location:
synthesis and packaging of glycolipids, glycoproteins, and lipoproteins
Golgi apparatus
These rxns occur in what location:
Glycolysis, hmp shunt, protein synthesis, FA syn., part of urea cycle, part of gluconeogenesis and part of heme synthesis
Cytosol
DNA and RNA synthesis occurs in what organelle?
nucleus
In what organ and in what cells does fatty acid sythesis occur
liver, fat cells
in what organs do gluconeogenesis occur?
liver and kidneys
where does heme sythesis occur?
bone marrow
what organ do AA, urea, and cholesterol synthesis take place?
liver
what kind of inhibitor binds at same site as substrate?
competitive inhibitor
What does the Lineweaver-Burke plot show the relaitonship between?
substrate conc. [S] and rate of reaction [V]
What type of inhibitor binds at a different site from the substrate?
noncompetitive
High Km = ?
LOW affinity
Low Km = ?
HIGH affinity
What is the Km?
substrate concentration at which reaction rate is half of its max value
The maximal rate of rxn when enzyme is saturated with substrate?
Vmax
What are the acidic AAs? (2)
aspartate, glutamate
What are the basic AA's? (3)
histidine, lysine, arginine
What two groups make up and AAs?
carboxyl group and amino group, forming peptide bonds with each other
An amino acid is ketogenic if the carbon skeleton can be converted to what?
Acetyl CoA
dopa and dopamine; norepi and epi are products of what AA?
tyrosine
melanin and T3, T4 are products of what AA?
tyrosine
glutamate forms what product?
GABA
histamine is the product of what AA?
histidine
5-HT, melatonin, and niacin are products of what AA?
tryptophan
porphyrin, heme are products of what AA?
glycine
what is the other name for sickle cells?
drepanocytes
albinism is a defect of which enzyme?
tyrosinase
A defect in phenylalanine hydroxylase results in what disorder?
phenylketonuria
hyperreflexia, and urine with a sweet odor are signs of what disorder
maple syrup

defect in branched chain decaroxylase
mental retardation, hypopigmentation, and a musty odor are signs of what?
phenylketonuria
What are the 3 D's of pellagra?
dermatitis, dementia, and diarrhea
What is Pellagra?
Hartnup disease or dietary niacin deficiency
Defective tyrosinase in melanocytes inhibits tyrosine from becoming what?
dopa and ultimately melanin
What AA becomes essential in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU)?
Tyrosine
phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency inhibits phenylalanie from becoming what?
tyrosine and ultimately dopa/dopamine/NE and E
Defective homogentisate oxidase results in what AA disorder?
ALKAPTONURIA
What are the 3 branched chain AA's?
valine, isoleucine and leucine
which branched chain AA is glucogenic?
Valine
Defective cystathione synthase results in what AA disorder?
Homocystinuria
What are the 3 epimers of glucose?
alphaD-glucose
mannose
galactose
What is the structure of mannose?
OH-2
OH-3
4-OH
What is the structure of galactose?
2-OH
OH-3
OH-4
ring with 5 carbons + 1 oxygen
pyranose

ex: glucose
ring with 4 carbons + 1 oxygen
furanose

ex: fructose
C atom that has 4 different ligands
anomeric carbon
isomers that differ in only ONE carbon
epimers
mirror image (flipped at all anomeric C atoms)
enantiomers
Is sucrose a reducing or non-reducing sugar?
NON-REDUCING
What are the 3 reducing sugars?
glucose, galactose and fructose
These enzymes phosphorylate glucose to gluc-6-P
hexose kinases
what organ is hexokinase found in?
MUSCLE
what organ is glucokinase found in?
LIVER
Is the affinity of hexokinase high or low?
HIGH
Is the affinity of glucokinase high or low?
LOW
is the Vmax of glucokinase high of low?
HIGH
Is hexokinase or glucokinase inhibited by gluc-6-phosphate?
Hexokinase
In an alpha-bond which carbon is in the alpha position and is it up or down?
Carbon 1; down
In a beta-bond which carbon is in the betal position and is it up or down?
carbon 1; up
disaccharide found in beer?
maltose
composition of maltose?
glucose + glucose
composition of lactose?
galactose + glucose
which disaccharide is composed of glucose + fructose?
sucrose
what is the bond of maltose
alpha1 - 4
which disaccharide has a beta 1 - 4 bond?
lactose
what is the bond of sucrose
alpha1 - beta2
glycogen,starch, and cellulose are what type of saccharides?
polysaccharides
which bond cannot be hydrolyzed, therefore making this polysaccharide indigestible?
beta 1 - 4; cellulose
saccharide disorder with fructokinase defect that is benign/asymptomatic
fructosuria
what is the enzyme defect in fructose intolerance?
Aldolase B
What are the signs and symptoms of fructose intolerance?
hypoglycemia and liver failure
Saccharide disorder with uridyltransferase defect; cataracts and mental retardation?
galactosemia
what enzyme is defective in lactose intolerance and what is the sign/symptom of the disorder?
lactase

diarrhea
Should you drink milk if you have diarrhea?
NO; any diarrhea can result in temporary lactase deficiency
General fructose intolerance can be to a defect in either of these two enzymes?
fructokinase and aldolase B
In which disorder is fructose harmless? Fructosuria or fructose intolerance?
Fructosuria
fructokinase defect/deficiency inhibits fructose from becoming what?
fructose-1-P
Glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone are not not made if this enzyme is defective?
aldolase B
Failure to treat this disorder results in early mental retardation there for newborn screening for this disease is mandatory?
Galactosemia
galactose-1-P cannot become what in galactosemia?
UDP-galactose
Can glucose-6-P cross cell membranes?
NO
Deficiency of what enzyme results in glycogen accumulation in ALL organs?
alpha-glucosidase
Glucose -6-phosphatase is defective in which glycogen storage disease?
Von Fierke
liver and kidneys enlarged, fasting hypoglycemia, acidosis, and failure to thrive are signs of which glycogen storage disease?
Von Gierke
Muscle hypotonia, cardiac failure and death before age 2 occur in which glycogen storage disease?
Type II - Pompe
Skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase is defective in which glycogen storage disease?
Type V - McArdle
which glycogen storage disease involves a lysosomal enzyme of an alternate pathway of glycogen breakdown?
Type II - Pompe
what is the typical progression of glycogen breakdown?
glycogen to
glucose-1-P to
glucose-6-P to
glucose
enzyme responsible for glycogen to glucose-1-P
phosphorylase

McArdle disease
enzyme responsible for glucose-6-P to glucose
glucose-6 phosphatase

Von Gierke
List the 5 glycosaminoglycans?
hyaluronic acid
heparin
keratan sulfate
chondroitin sulfate
dermatan sulfate
These bind large amounts of water and provide lubrication?
glycosaminoglycans
What are the signs and symptoms or Hurler
cornea clouding and mental retardation
Which mucopolysaccharidosis just has cornea clouding?
Scheie
Which mucopolysaccharidosis just has mental retardation?
Hunter
alpha-L Iduronidase is the defective enzyme in which two mucopolysaccharidoses?
Hurler and Scheie
These have a protein core to which numerous side chains of glycosaminoglycans attach and their major functions are lubrication, extracellular matrix, and molecular "sieve"
proteoglycans
List the two "essential" fatty acids
Linoleic and arachidonic acid
What is the structure of palmitic acid?
16:0
What is the structure of stearic acid?
18:0
18:1(9) is the structure of what monounsaturated fatty acid?
Oleic acid
16:1(9) is the structure of what monounsaturated fatty acid?
palmitoleic acid
What are the two polyunsaturated plant oils?
linoleic and linolenic acid
18:2(9,12) is the structure of which plant oil? &
18:2(9,13,15) is the structure of which plant oil?
Linoleic

Linolenic
20:4(5,8,11,14) is the structure of this polyunsaturated fatty acid
arachidonic acid
What does this mean 18:1(9), in terms of fatty acid structure?
18 carbons, 1 double bond at position 9
Are saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids good for you?
No; saturated fat intake correlates with peripheral atherosclerosis and trans fatty acids are similarly harmful
What does amphipathic mean?
has both polar and unpolar parts
Where are >95% of bile salts reabsorbed?
In the ileum
cholic acid and chonodeoxychoic acid are primary or secondary bile acids?
PRIMARY
What are the two secondary bile acids?
deoxychoic acid and lithocholic acid
what are primary bile acids derived from?
cholesterol
Are primary or secondary bile acids produced from primary conjugated bile salts by intestinal bacteria?
SECONDARY
Glycocholic acid is made of cholic acid and what?
glycine
Taurocholic acid is made of choic acid and what?
taurine
With dietary fats, conjugate bile acids form what?
micelles
What is the bad cholesterol?

What is the good cholesterol?
LDL - "bad"

HDL - "good"
what is the order of lipoproteins in ultracentrifuge from top to bottom?
chylomicrons
VLDL
LDL
HDL
Free fatty acids and albumin
What is the order of lipoproteins on electrophoresis from top (-) to bottom (+)?
chylomicrons
LDL
VLDL
HDL
What has a glycerol backbone with 3 FA's attached?
Triglycerides
When one of the fatty acids in removed and a phosphate is added what is the product?
glycero-phospholipids
a sphingosine plus one fatty acid is what?
ceramide
a sphingosine, fatty acid, and phosphate ish what?
sphingophospholipids
sphingosine plus a fatty acid and sugar is what?
cerebrosides
a sphingosine plus a fatty acid and 3 sugars (one with NANA attached) is what?
gangliosides
phosphatidyl choline is also known as what?
lecithin
what are the components of lecithin?
phophatidic acid + choline
what is cardiolipin made up of?
2x phosphatidic acid + glycerine
what makes up sphingomyelin?
ceramide + choline
what makes up cerebroside?
ceramide + mono saccharide
what makes up globoside?
ceremide + oligosaccharide
What makes up ganglioside?
ceramide + oligosaccharide + NANA
Which spingolipidosis is X-linked recessive?
Fabry
Sphingolipidosis with blindness, deafness, convulsions, and globoid cells?
Krabbe
Sphingolipidosis with reddish purple skin rash, kidney and heart failure?
Fabry
Sphingolipidosis with blindness, cherry red macula and in Ashkenazi Jews?
Tay-Sachs
Which spingolipidosis does sphingomyelin accumulate?
Niemann-Pick
Which sphingolipidosis accumulates sulfatides and causes progressive paralysis?
metachromatic leukodystrophy
what enzyme is defective in Krabbe?
beta-galactosidase
what enzyme is defective in Gaucher?
beta-glucosidase
What sphingolipidosis results in liver and spleen enlargement, osteoporosis, and is in Ashkenazi Jews?
Gaucher
Which enzyme is defective in metachromatic leukodystrophy?
arylsulfatase
These disorders are due to defects in heme biosynthesis and as a result precursors of heme accumulate?
Porphyrias
Which two prophyrias cause abdominal pain?
acute intermittent and coproporphyria
What heme precursor accumulates in lead poisoning?
delta-ALA and protoporphyrin
Which two porphyrias have a photosensitivity?
cutanea tarda and coproporphyria
What type of anemia is associated with lead poisoning?
microcytic, hypochromic
basophilic stippling
Lead can cause delta-aminolevulinic acid and protoporphyrin accumulate due to stopping which steps in heme production?
FIRST and LAST
what is heme synthesized from?
delta-aminolevulinic acid (glycine + succinyl CoA)
What is the normal nutrient of the brain?
glucose
what is the normal nutrient of erythrocytes?
glucose
Which organ "takes anything" as it's normal and prolonged fasting nutrients?
HEART

FA's, ketone bodies, lactate, glucose
during rest what is the normal nutrient of muscle?
fatty acids
what is the normal nutrient of muscle during exercise?
glucose
What are the substrates for liver gluconeogenesis from muscle and RBC's ?
lactate
what is the substrate for liver gluconeogenesis from fat cells?
triglycerides -->glycerol
Steps (3) of production of ketones by the liver ?
TG's --> fatty acids --> ketones
night blindness, and growth retardation are signs of what vitamin deficiency?
A
scurvy is due to deficiency of what vitamin?
C
rickets and osteomalacia is deficiency of what vitamin?
D
beri beri is due to deficiency of which vitamin?
B1 (thiamin)
ataxia is a sign of deficiency of which vitamin?
E
pellagra (diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis) is a sign of deficiency of which vitamin?
niacin
seborrheic dermatitis and nervous disorders are signs of what vitamin deficiency?
biotin
glossitis and cheilosis are signs of deficiency of which vitamin?
B2 (riboflavin)
9 kcal/g
FAT
4 kcal/g
PROTEIN and sugar
glucose --> lactate
anaerobis glycolysis
glucose --> pyruvate
aerobic glycolysis
glucose --> 6 CO2
glucose (complete oxidation)
How many ATP does FADH2 yield?
2
How many ATP does NADH yield?
3
How many ATP do you yield per NADH in the glycerophosphate shuttle?
2 ATP
How many ATP do you yield per NADH in the malate shuttle?
3 ATP
"key enzymes" of glycolysis
phosphofructokinase-1 and 2
"key enzymes" of gluconeogenesis
fuctosediphosphatase-1 and 2
What effect does phosphorylation have on phosphofructokinase-2?
inhibits
What effect does phosphorylation have on fuctosediphosphatase-2?
activates
what is the key enzyme of pentose phosophate shunt?
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
what is the key enzyme of glycogen sythesis?
glycogen synthetase
What is the key enzyme of lipolysis ?
carnitine acyltransferase
what is the key enzyme of lipid synthesis ?
acetyl-CoA carboxylase
What is the key enzyme of cholesterol synthesis?
HMG CoA reductase
what is the allosteric inhibitor of lipolysis ?
malonyl CoA
Does phosphorylation activate or inhibit acetyl-CoA carboxylase and HMG CoA reductase?
INHIBITS
What are the two key enzymes of the citric acid cycle?
pyruvate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase
what is the key enzyme in purine synthesis?
amidotransferase
What is the key enzyme of ketone body synthesis?
HMB CoA synthase
What is the most potent estrogen? most potent androgen?
ESTRADIOL
TESTOSTERONE
How many C-atoms does cholesterol have?
27
bile acids have how many c-atoms?
24
cortisol, aldosterone and progesterone have how many c-atoms?
21
17-hydroxysteroids (cortisol metabolites) increase in what two instances?
(one deficiency and one syndrome)
11-hydroxylase deficiency and Cushing's syndrome
11-hydroxylase deficiency, 21-hydroxylase deficiency, Cushing's syndrome, and androgen producing adrenal or gonadal tumors cause and increase in what?
17-ketosteroids (dehydroandrosterone and androstenedione)
Zona glomerulosa produces what?
Mineralocorticoids
zona fasciculata produces what?
glucocorticoids
zona reticularis produces what?
androgens
Deficiency of what enzyme results in ambiguous genitalia in the male and primary amenorrhea at puberty in the female?
17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency
What cannot be produced in 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency?
glucocorticoids, androgens and estrogens
what deficiency results in increased DHEA in both male and female and also precocoious puberty in the male and ambiguous genitalia in the female?
21-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency
What is the most common defect of corticoid synthesis (95%)?
21-alpha-hydroxylast deficiency
50-60% of patients with 21-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency will also have this due to a lack of aldosterone?
salt wasting
Enzyme deficiency that causes precocious puberty in the male and ambiguous genitalia in the female and increased androgens in both sexes
11-beta-hydroxylase
With which enzyme deficiency do you see salt retention (hypertension and hypokalemia)?
11-beta-hydroxylase
What affect does insulin have on fat, sugar and protein synthesis?
ANABOLIC
"key enzymes" of gluconeogenesis
fuctosediphosphatase-1 and 2
What effect does phosphorylation have on phosphofructokinase-2?
inhibits
What effect does phosphorylation have on fuctosediphosphatase-2?
activates
what is the key enzyme of pentose phosophate shunt?
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
what is the key enzyme of glycogen sythesis?
glycogen synthetase
What is the key enzyme of lipolysis ?
carnitine acyltransferase
what is the key enzyme of lipid synthesis ?
acetyl-CoA carboxylase
What is the key enzyme of cholesterol synthesis?
HMG CoA reductase
what is the allosteric inhibitor of lipolysis ?
malonyl CoA
Does phosphorylation activate or inhibit acetyl-CoA carboxylase and HMG CoA reductase?
INHIBITS
Glucagon plays a catabolic role in which two processes in the liver?
gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis
GH plays a role in what process in the liver?
gluconeogenesis
cortisol inhibits or increases uptake of sugar in the muscle and fat?
INHIBITS
The purines?
adenine and guanine
the pyrimidines ?
cytosine
uracil
thymine
purines or pyrimidines linked to a pentose sugar?
nucleosides
phosphates of the nucleoside?
nucleotides
AZT has the same structure except the 3'-OH group, as which pyrimidine?
Thymidine
nucleosides as well as the bases end in -INE; what do the nucleotides end in?
-YLATE
where does de novo synthesis of purines occur?
LIVER
what does hypoxanthing, guanine, and adenine become in salvage of purine bases?
hypoxanthine --> IMP
guanine --> GMP
adenine --> AMP
What disease has defective phosphoribosyl transferase; therefore purine bases cannot be salvaged and are degraded to uric acid --> gout, severe neurological signs
Lesch-Nyhan
degradation of adenosine?
adenosine --> inosine --> hypoxanthine --> xanthine
degradation of guanosine?
guanosine --> guanine --> xanthine
What drug inhibits conversion of xanthine to uric acid and is used for TX of gout?
Allopurinol
De novo synthesis of glutamine?
glutamine --> carbamoylphosphate --> OMP --> UMP
UTP --> ?
dUMP --> ?
UTP --> CTP
dUMP --> dTMP
salvage of pyrimidine bases turns uracil into what? and cytosine into what?
uracil into UMP
cytosine into CMP
what is the pyrimidine base cytosine degraded into? (3)
CO2, NH4+, and Beta-alanine
What is the pyrimidine base thymine degraded into? (3)
CO2, NH4+, and beta-amino-isobutyrate
Do prokaryotes or eukaryotes have an operon?
PROKARYOTES
What does the operon consist of? (3)
promoter, operator, and one or more structural genes
If the repressor binds to operator, is the operon ON or OFF?
OFF (polymerase can't proceed)
what does the regular gene code for?
repressor
what is the gene products of the lac-OPERON?
beta-galactosidase plus two other proteins
what three things do humans (eukaryotes) have that prokaryotes do not for gene expression?
transcription factors, inducers, and enhancers
What are the binding sites for regulatory proteins in eukaryotes called?
response elements
region of bacterial DNA that endcodes a single protein?
cistron
prokaryotic mRNA encodes multiple proteins - what is the term for this?
polycistronic
which eukaryotic polymerase makes rRNA
polymerase I
which eukaryotic polymerase makes mRNA ?
polymerase II
What are the 3 steps of processing eukaryotic mRNA in the nucleus?
1) 5'-cap
2) poly A tail added to 3' end
3) introns are removed and exons spliced together
what does it mean when we say replication of eukaryotic DNA is semiconservative?
parental strands separate and each serves as a template for a newly synthesized one
How is the parental strand read?
3' to 5'
In what direction is the new strand of DNA produced?
5' to 3'
What is the RNA polymerase that copied parental strand and makes RNA primer?
primase
major DNA polymerase that replicated both parental strands and has proofreading ability?
polymerase III
yolk stalk becomes what?
meckel's diverticulum
Meckel's diverticulum: "2-2-2" means what?
persists in 2%
located at antimesenteric border of ileum within 2 feet iliocecal junction
is about 2 cm long
what bones are derived from the 1st arch?
malleus and incus
what bones are derived from the 2nd arch?
stapes, styloid and lesser horns of hyoid
what muscle is derived from the 3rd arch?
stylopharyngeal muscle
which arch makes up the internal carotid artery and which one makes up the external carotid artery?
Int. carotid art. - 3rd arch
ext. carotid art. - 2nd arch
which pouch is the inferior parathyroids derived from?
III
which pouch are the superior parathyroids derived from?
IV
Which ducts make up the epidiymis and vas deferens in the male?
Wolff ducts (mesonephric duct)
Which ducts make up the fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina down to hymen in the female?
Muller (paramesonephric duct)
What becomes the urinary bladder and urachus?
allantois
what becomes the bladder tigonum, ureter, collecting tubules?
ureteric bud
what becomes the kidneys?
metanephros
foramen ovale becomes what postnatally?
fossa ovalis
ductus arteriosus becomes what postnatally?
ligamentum arteriosum
optic canal contents?
optic nerve and opthalmic artery
superior orbital fissure contents?
CN III, IV, V (opthalmic), VI
sympathetic nerves
opthalmic veins
foramen rotundum contents?
CN V - maxillary
foramen ovale contents?
CN V - mandibular; accessory meningeal artery
foramen spinosum contents?
middle meningeal artery
foramen magnum contents?
spinal cord
accessory nerve
vertebral arteries
spinal arteries
jugular foramen contents?
CN IX, X, XI
internal jugular vein
hypoglossal canal contents?
CN XII
internal auditory meatus contents?
CN VII, VIII
labyrinthine artery
Which EOM is innervated by CN VI (abducens)?
Lateral Rectus
Which EOM is innervated by CN IV (trochlear)?
Superior oblique
Which EOMs move the eye inferior and lateral?
superior oblique
which EOMs move the eys superior and medial?
superior rectus
which EOMs move the eys superior and lateral?
inferior oblique
dilator pupillae function?
innervation?
mydriasis; sympathetic
sphincter pupillae function?
innervation?
miosis; parasympathetic
Muscle responsible for accommodation, innervated by the parasympathetics?
ciliary muscle
lens shape when the ciliary muscle contracts?
this relaxes supensory ligaments and allows lens to turn into GLOBULAR shape for NEAR VISION
Muscle that raises the lid and innervation of it?
levator palpebrae sup.
III (oculomotor) &
Muller's muscle - sympathetic
This syndrome causes miosis, ptosis, and red/dry facial skin on the affected side?
Horner's syndrome
Which nerve innervated the 3 muscles that move the tongue?
CN XII (hypoglossal)
Which muscle pulls tongue out?
genioglossus
which muscle pulls tongue in and up?
styloglossus
Which muscle pulls the tongue down?
hypoglossus
If you damage the hypoglossal nerve will the tongue deviate towards or away from the damaged side?
deviate towards; because genioglossus on healthy side becomes dominant
Which nerve is responsible for anterior 2/3 taste?
& touch/temperature?
VII - facial
V3 - touch and temp
Which nerve is responsible for posterior 1/3 taste and touch/temperature?
IX - glossopharyngeal
The mandible and the muscles that move it are derived from which branchial arch?
1st
Lateral pterygoid, digastric, and geniohyoid muscles are responsible for what function?
OPEN MOUTH
masseter is responsible for what function?
CLOSE MOUTH
lateral pterygoid is responsible for what function?
protrudes mandible and lateral displacement
What muscle is responsible for retracting the mandible?
temporalis
What are the 4 cartilages of the larynx?
cricoid
thyroid
pair of arytenoid cartilages
Which nerve is responsible for the muscle that tightens the vocal chords?
superior laryngeal nerve
innervates cricothyroid
THe arytenoid muscles are innervated by what nerve?
recurrent nerve
which muscle opens the glottis and which muscle closes it?
opens - post. cricoarytenoid
closes - lat. cricoarytenoid
unilateral damage to the recurrent nerve causes what?
hoarseness
bilateral damage to the recurrent nerve causes what?
dyspnea
Left recurrent nerve wraps around WHAT artery?
aortic arch
Right recurrent nerve wraps around which artery?
right subclavian artery
main muscle responsible for adduction of the shoulder?
pectoralis major
main muscle responsible for abduction of the shoulder?
first 60 degrees - deltoid
then - serratus anterior
main muscle responsible for outward rotation of the shoulder?
infraspinatus
main muscle responsible for inward rotation of the shoulder?
subscapular
Which nerve innervates the serratus anterior?
long thoracic nerve
damage to the long htoracic nerve causes what?
paralysis of ant. serratus muscle - Scapula winging
Muscles that make up the rotator cuff?
suprspinatus
infraspinatus
teres minor
subscapularis
Muscles connecting scapula to trunk (6)?
trapezius
rhomboid major & minor
pectoralis minor
serratus anterior
levator scapulae
Muscles connecting humerus to scapula (7)?
deltoid
teres major & minor
infraspinatus & supraspinatus
subscapularis
coracobrachialis
What is the terminal nerve of C5-C6 of the brachial plexus
Musculocutaneous nerve
what are the terminal nerves of C7 of the brachial plexus?
axillary n. - posterior cord
radial n. - posterior cord
median n.
what is the terminal nerve of C8 - T1 of the brachial plexus?
ulnar nerve
"waiter's tip position" (arm hangs in medial rotation) indiates injury where?
upper brachial plexus
"wrist drop" indicates injur to what?
posterior cord
"claw hand" indicated injury to what?
lower brachial plexus
Sensory loss to the posterior arm, and dorsal hand indicate injury to which nerve?
radial nerve
sensory loss to radial 2 and a half fingers (palm and tips) indicated injury to which nerve?
median nerve
With humerus fracture there is a risk of injury to which nerve?
RADIAL NERVE
What nerve innervates the biceps and what nerve innervated the triceps?
biceps - MC nerve
triceps - radial nerve
Main muscle responsible for flexion and supination?
biceps brachii
main muscle responsible for pronation and its innervation?
pronator teres
innervation: median nerve
Extensor muscles of the forearm originate from which condyle ?
lateral epicondyle
superficial muscles flexing the wrist and fingers (4; lat to medial)?
flexor carpi radialis
palmaris longus
flexor digitorum superficialis
flexor carpi ulnaris
deep muscles flexing wrist and fingers?
flexor pollicis longus and flexor digitorum profundus
Main muscle of outward rotation and extension of the hip?
gluteus maximus
innervation of gluteus maximus?
inferior gluteal nerve
main muscles for inward rotation of the hip and their innervation?
gluteus medium /minimus
superior gluteal nerve
Medial thigh muscles? (5)
pectineus
adductor brevis
adductor longus
adductor magnus
gracilis
anterior thigh muscles? (5)
sartorius
vastus medialis
vastus intermedius
rectus femoris
vastus lateralis
main muscle responsible for leg extension?
quadriceps femoris
what nerve innervates the quadriceps femoris?
femoral nerve
main muscle for flexion of the leg?
"hamstrings"
What 3 muscles make up the "hamstrings" ?
semimembranous muscle
semitendinous muscle
biceps femoris
What nerve innervates the "hamstrings"?
sciatic nerve
what muscle is responsible for inward rotation?
semimembranous muscle
what muscle is responsible for outward rotation?
biceps femoris
Patient with pain upon extension of flexed knee is a (+) ________ test?
McMurray's
What nerve branches from the femoral nerve and runs down the medial aspect of the leg and is sensory?
saphenous n.
At the back of the knee the sciatic n branches into what 2 nerves?
tibial n and common peroneal nerve.
What nerve branches from the common peroneal n at the knee and runs posteriolaterally down the leg with sensory?
sural n.
nerve with sensory innervation anteriomedial above the knee as well as medial shin?
femoral
nerve with sensory innervation of the bottom anterior portion of the foot?
tibial
What nerve is the most comonly injured of the lower limb?
the common peroneal nerve
what does injury to the common peroneal nerve result in?
loss of dorsiflesion --> foot drop
injury to this nerve results in the inability to plantarflex the foot and toes?
tibial nerve
What muscle dorsiflexes + inverts the foot?
t_I_bialis anterior

I for INVERT
what muscle dorsiflexes + everts the foot?
p_E_roneus tertius

E for EVERT
plantar flexes and everts the foot?
peroneous longus and brevis
plantar flexes and inverts the foot?
tibialis posterior
tibialis anterior and peroneus tertius are both innervated by what nerve?
deep peroneal nerve
What are the three plantar flexors?
gastrocnemius
soleus
plantaris
What are the (4) toe movers?
flexor hallicus longus, flexor digitorum longus, extensor hallicus longus, and extensor digitorum longus
What are the contents of the superior mediastinum?
thymus, great vessels of the heart, trachea and esophagus
What are the contents of the middle mediastinum?
heart
Contents of the posterior mediastinum?
esophagus and descending aorta
contents of the anterior mediastinum?
large during infancy (filled by thymus)
When is blood flow highest through coronary arteries?
diastole
What two arteries branch from the L. coronary artery?
circumflex and anterior interventricular
What artery supplies most of the LV, LA and anterior portion of septum?
L. coronary artery
which artery supplies the RA, RV, variable amounts of the LA and LV?
Right coronary artery
Which artery supplies the SA and AV node?
Right coronary artery
Infarction of the bowels is usually d/t interruption of arterial or venous drainage?
VENOUS
This abdominal arterial trunk supplies the stomach, spleen, liver, and proximal duodenum?
CELIAC
This abdominal artery supplies the distal duodenum, sm. int, cecum, ascending and transverse colon?
SUP. MESENTERIC ART.
What area of the bowel does the INF. MESENTERIC ART. supply?
descending colon
sigmoid colon
rectum
List the 3 portocaval shunts?
gastric/esophageal veins
anorectal veins
paraumbilical veins
THe peritoenum is a closed sac in men but it is pierced by what in women?
The uterine tubes
What organs are intraperitoneal?
stomach
small bowel
transverse colon
spleen
part of the liver
What is the deepest layer of the spermatic cord?
loose CT
what are the layers of the spermatic cord from deep to superficial?
loose CT
internal spermatic fascia
cremaster muscle and fascia
external spermatic fascia
superficial fascia
What muscle is contained in the superficial fascia of the spermatic cord?
dartos muscle
what two arteries supply the ovary?
ovarian artery and the uterine artery
what 3 arteries supply the testis?
testicular artery
artery of ductus deferens
cremasteric artery
What 3 muscles play a role in forming the inguinal canal?
transversus abdominis, internal oblique and external oblique
When bowel herniates above the inferior epigastric artery through the internal inguinal ring is this a direct or indirect hernia?
INDIRECT
when bowel herniates through th hesselbach's triangle below the inferior epigastric artery is this a direct or indirect hernia?
DIRECT
language, mathematics, sequential, and analytical capabilities all come from which hemisphere?
LEFT
non-verbal, musical, geometrical and spatial comprehension come from which hemisphere?
RIGHT
vision comes from which lobe?
occipital
taste comes from which lobe?
insula, below postcentral gyrus
Primary motor cortex is where?
precentral gyrus
Primary sensory cortex is where?
postcentral gyrus
Nonfluent speech, good comprehension is what aphasia?
BROCA
fluent but nonsensical speech, poor comprehension is what aphasia?
Wernicke
80% of strokes are ischemic or hemorrhagic?
ISCHEMIC
THe circle of Willis gives rise to what 3 pairs of cerebral arteries?
anterior
middle
posterior
What cerebral artery supplies the medial cortex?
anterior cerebral artery
occlusion of the middle cerebral artery results in motor and sensory loss of what area of the body?
CONTRALATERAL upper body
occlusion of the anterior cerebral artery results in motor and sensory loss of what area of the body?
CONTRALATERAL legs and feet
the basal ganglia, hypothalamus, posterior limb of the internal capsule are supplied by what artery?
anterior choroidal artery
vertigo, diplopia, ataxia, facial numbness/weakness, and nausea are symptoms of an transient ischemic attack of what artery?
vertebrobasilar artery
Coma, small reactive pupils and quadriplegia is a result of hemorrhage into what ?
PONS
unsteady gait, clumsiness, N/V is a result of hemorrhage into what?
CEREBELLUM
contralateral weakness and hemianopsis is a result of hemorrhage into what?
putamen
contralateral hemiparesis, sensory changes, and homonymous hemianopsia is a result of hemorrhage into what?
THALAMUS
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the sensory and motor elements of the cranial nerves
What 4 CN carry parasympathetic fibers?
CN III, VII, IX, and X
What CN has PNS innervation to the parotid and what is its ganglion?
CN 9, Otic Ganglion, Parotid Gland
the caudate, putamen and globus pallidus comprise what?
striatum
The caudate and putamen comprise what?
neostriatum
the globus pallidus comprises what basal ganglia?
paleostriatum
the lentiform nucleus is composed of what?
putamen and globus pallidus
Loss of dopaminergic unput from what results in Parkinson's disease?
Substantia nigra
atrophy of what results in huntington's disease?
caudate nucleus
copper accumulates where in the brain in Wilson's disease?
lentiform nucleus
VPL is involves in proprioception and touch OR taste?
proprioception and touch
VPM is involves in TASTE?

TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
auditory pathway is associated with the medial or lateral geniculate ?
Medial geniculate

Lateral geniculate - assoc. with optic tract
What is the most famous brainstem syndrome with lateral medulla infarction d/t occlusion of post. inf. cerebellar art?
Wallenberg syndrome
What artery supplies blood to the medial aspect of the lower pons?
Basilar artery
What artery supplies blood to the lateral aspect of the lower pons?
Anterior inferior cerebellar artery
What artery supplies blood to the lateral medulla?
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
what artery supplies the lateral upper pons?
superior cerebellar artery
Damage to the reticular formation results in what?
ipsilateral Horner's syndrome
damage to the medial lemniscus in the medulla or lowers pons results in what?
CONTRALATERAL loss of position and vibration sense
damage to the spinothalamic tract in the upper pons results in what?
contralateral loss of pain and sensation
damage to the corticospinal tract in the pons result sin what?
contralateral spastic paralysis
fasciculus cuneatus crosses over immediately or crosses over at the medulla?
at the medulla
spinothalamic tract crosses over immediately or crosses over at the medulla?
immediately
fasciculus gracilis is upper or lower spinal cord?
LOWER
fasciculus cuneatus is upper or lower spinal cord?
UPPER
spinothalamic tract responsible for what?
pain and temperature
FC and FG are responsible for what?
proprioception and light touch
L4 is responsible for what reflex?
knee jerk
S1 is responsible for what reflex?
ankle jerk
S5 is the dermatome where?
anus
T10 is the dermatome where?
umbilicus
S3 is the dermatome where?
Penis
L4 is the dermatome where?
big toe
Norepinephrine increases or decreases total peripheral resistance?
INCREASES
Epinephrine increases or decreases total peripheral resistance?
DECREASES
What is Fick's principle?
pulm flow = O2 uptake/ (a-v oxygen difference)
What organs regulate HCO3-?
kidneys
What organs regulate CO2?
lungs
what is the log of 0.1 ?
-1
What is the log of 1 ?
0
what is the log of 10?
1
what is the log of 100?
2
recruitment and dilation of pulmonary capillaries will increase or decrease DL?
INCREASE
When action potentials cannot be generated bc of inactivation of the Na channels; what is this called?
absolute refractory period
Stong stimuli may generate APs with slow upstroke and low amplitude; what is this called?
Relative refractory period
These membrane transort proteins take advantage of concentration gradients?
carriers (facilitated transporters)
These membrane transport proteins derive their energy from ATP?
pumps (active transporters)
Can facilitated transporters transport against a gradient?
not unless they are coupled
nitric oxide, ANP, and Viagra are associated with an increase in what 2nd messenger?
cGMP
beta, H2 receptors and ACTH are associated with an increase or decrease in cAMP?
INCREASE
alph2 receptors, M2, and M4 receptors are associated with an increase or decrease in cAMP?
DECREASE
alpha 1, M1, M3, and H1 receptors are associated with what 2 2nd messengers?
IP3 and DAG
What activases ras-->raf-->MAP kinase cascade which modulates gene expression?
tyrosine kinase
Gi and Gs inhibit or stimulate what?
adenylate cyclase
Gq activates what?
phospholipase C
what is the EFFERENT nerve fibers that go to the muscle spindle?
A gamma
what is the AFFERENT fiber fom the muscle spindle and the EFFERENT fiber for skel. muscle?
A alpha
what is the AFFERENT nerve fiber for slow dull pain?
C
what is the AFFERENT fiver for touch and fast sharp pain?
A beta
A delta
what is the efferent nerve fibers for autonomiac nerves?
B, C
Stimulus strength determines frequency but NOT ________ of APs?
amplitude
sensory fibers for pressure?
merkel cells
sensory fibers for light touch?
meissner's corpuscle and hair follicle sensors
sensory fibers for vibration?
Pacinian corpuscle
What sensory fibers travel in the dorsal columns?
merkel cells
meissner's corpuscle
pacinian corpuscle
what sensory fibers travel in spinothalamic tract?
pain and temperature
At temperatures >45C cold fibers begin to fire again, this sensation of pain and coolness is called what?
paradoxical cold
How do the ciliary m, zonula fibers, and lens act when accommodating a NEAR object?
ciliary contracted
zonula fibers relaxed
lens rounded
How do the ciliary m, zonula fibers, and lens act when accommodatin a FAR object?
ciliary relaxed
zonula fibers tense
lens flat
what is the term for nearsightedness?
myopia
what is the term for farsightedness?
hypermetropia
what is the term for change in vision associated with age?
presbyopia
how is myopia corrected?
negative lens (concave)
How is hypermetropia corrected?
positive lens (convex)
How is presbyopia corrected?
positive lens (convex)
nystagmus against mvmt of image?
optokinetic
nystagmus away from cold ear?
caloric nystagmus
pathologic horizontal nystagmus is d/t what?
vestibular dz
pathologic vertical nystagmus is d/t what?
brainstem dz
nystagmus against directin of prior rotation?
postrotational nystagmus
part of the cochlea that is Na rich and with perilymph?
scala vestibuli and scala tympani
part of the cochlea that is K rich and with endolymph?
scala media
10 dB is = to what change in sound intensity?
10 fold change
With the Weber test sound is lateralized to the sick ear with what kind of deafness?
CONDUCTION
With the Weber test sound is lateralized to the normal ear with what kind of deafness?
NERVE
With the Rinne test A>B conduction is what deafness?
NERVE
With the Rinne test B>A conduction is what deafness?
CONDUCTION
blood vessels with alpha receptors constrict or dilate with sympathetic innerv?
CONSTRICT
blood vessels with beta receptors constrict or dilate with sympathetic innerv?
DILATE
What are the 2 classes of cholinergic receptors?
nicotinic and muscarinic
what cholinergic receptor class is located at the autonomic ganglia, symp and parasymp ganglia, adrenal medulla and NMJ?
NICOTINIC
what cholinergic receptor class is located at postsyn. parasymp and sweat glands?
MUSCARINIC
What are the 2nd messengers of M1 and M3 receptors?
PLC --> IP3 and DAG
What are the 2nd messengers of M2, M4 receptor subtypes?
(-) adenylate cyclase --> decrease cAMP
atropine is an antagonists of what receptor?
muscarinic
what are the 2 classes of adrenergic receptors?
alpha receptors
beta receptors
alpha receptros are excitatory except where?
GI tract
beta receptors are inhibitory except where?
heart
what adrenergic receptors are found on postsynaptic sympathetics?
alpha 1
what adrenergic receptors are found on presynaptic sympathetics and the CNS?
alpha 2
1) epi >> ne
2) epi=ne
3) epi >/= ne
1) beta 2
2) beta 1
3) alpha
What happens to vasc tone with an injection of NE?
stim. alpha receptors --> vasoconstriction --> increase in diastolic BP
what happens to vasc tone with an injection of Epi?
stim. beta and alpha but beta predominates --> vasodilation --> decrease in diastolic BP
does the right or left vagus n slow conduction?
LEFT
does the right or left vagus n slow frequency at the sinus node?
RIGHT
Is there a direct or indirect relationship between preload and SV?
DIRECT
muscle spindel measures muscle length or rension?
LENGTH
Golgi tendon organ measures muscle length or tension?
TENSION
muscle spindle activated or inhibits the alpha motor neuron?
activates it when stretched
What posture is legs extended and arms flexed? whta is the injury?
Decorticate posture; cortex injury
What posture is legs and arms extended? and what is the injury?
Decerebrate posture; brainstem injury
Muslce that is slow with low glycolytic capacity and high oxidative capcity?
RED skel m
muscle that is fast with high glycolytic capacity and low oxidative capacity?
WHITE skel m
smooth muscle that is tonic?
vascular smooth muscle
smooth muscle that is phasic?
visceral smooth muscle
What is the TLC (in L)?
6.0L
How are the IRV, IV and ERV measured?
spirometer
How is dead space measured?
nitrogen exhalation
Where in the lung is ventilation (V) highest?
base
where in the lung is perfusion (Q) highest?
base
where is the V/Q ratio highest in the lung?
TIP
How do VC, FRC/RV, and TLC change with restrictive lung dz?
they all decrease
how does FRC/RV, and TLC change with obstructive lung dz?
increase
breating pattern described as waxing and waning?
cheyne-stokes
breathing pattern described as deep, fast inspirations and associated with compensation of metab. acidosis?
Kussmaul
breating pattern described as apneic episodes?
Biot
What happens to respirations if you cut below the medulla?
all respirations seize
This is a simple indicator of the metabolic status of a patient and depends on diet?
Respiratory Quotient (RQ)
A RQ of <0.7 indicates what?
hypoventilation
diabetes
fasting
A RQ >1.0 indicates what?
hyperventilation
sedation, sleep apnea, chest wall injuries, and COPD cause what acid-base disturbance?
respiratory acidosis
anxiety, thyrotoxicosis, and moutain climbing cause what acid-base disturbance?
respiratory alkalosis
loop diuretics, insulin, and vomiting cause what acid-base disturbance?
metabolic alkalosis
early salicylate intox. results in what acid-base disorders?
metab acidosis + resp alk
late salicylate intox. results in what acid-base disorders?
metab. ackidosis + resp. acidosis
How many protein subunit chains make up a hemoglobin?
4
What are the HbF chains and who has HbF?
alpha 2 gamma 2
fetus
what are the chains that make up adult HbA?
alpha 2 and beta 2
what is the hemoglobin in sickle cell and what are the chains?
HbS - alpha 2 and Bs 2
what is the hemoglobin that makes up alpha -thalassemia and what are the chains?
HbH - beta 4
HbBart - gamma 4
Beta- thalassemia has what hemoglobins (2) and what are the chains that make them up?
HbF - alpha2delta2
HbA2 - alpha2gamma2
what does a right shift of the oxygen binding curve equal?
reduced binding of O2
what does a left shift of the oxygen binding curve equal?
tighter binding of O2
When is albumin decreased?
liver failure
pregnancy
malnutrition
when is alpha2 globulin decreased?
Wilson's disease
At rest where is perfusion the greatest?
kidney
Where is perfusion the greatest during exercise?
muscle
what vessel has the largest cross-sectional area?
capillaries
what vessel has the largest resistance?
arterioles
what does the ductus venosus in the fetus connect?
umbilical vein --> vena cava inferior
What keeps the ductus arteriosus open?
PGs
what helps with lung maturation?
glucocorticoids
what is the normal GFR?
125 ml/min
what is the normal RBF?
1200 ml/min
what does it mean if clearance > GFR?
filtration + net secrection
What is the most common cause of hyperosmolarity?
dehydration
Where are the receptors for osmoregulation located?
hypothalamus
What is the loss of NaCl loss like when compared to the loss of water in diarrhea and vomitin?
NaCL loss LARGE compared to H2O loss
what 3 major cell types form the juxtaglomerular apparatus?
macula densa cells
JG cells = granular cells
mesangial cells
what is the function of the macula densa cells?
of the JG cells?
macula densa cells - measure NaCl conc
JG cells - release renin
where are vit B12 and bile salts absorbed?
terminal ileum
where is iron absorbed?
duodenum
where are carbs and AAs absorbed?
duodenum and jejunum
defect in neutral AA transporter?
hartnup disease
defect in basic AA transporter?
Cystinuria
what cells mainly secret gastrin?
HCL/Intrinsic factor?
pepsinogen?
gastrin = G cells
HCL/IF = parietal cells
pepsinogen = chief cells
What hormones are released from the posterior pituitary?
oxytocin and ADH
Hyperaldosteronism is what syndrome?
CONN syndrome
hypoaldosteronisn is what syndrome?
ADDISON's
what hormones does the adrenal medulla release?
epi and NE
what innervates the adrenal medulla?
sympathetic nerves
what causes release of hormones from the adrenal cortex?
Angiotensin II (aldosterone) and ACTH (all 3)
The beta subunit of the insulin receptor has what activity ?
tyrosinase
What hormone suppresses FSH?
estrogen
what does FSH cause in the male testes?
spermatogenesis
what does LH cause in the male testes?
testosterone secretion (Leydig cells)
who has the major idea that unconscious mental processes are the driving force motivating our behavior?
Freu
Who had the major idea that the ego develops in stages over the entire lifetime?
Erikson
What is the IQ of someone with profound MR?
<25
what is the IQ of someone with mild MR?
55-70
Drug used to maintain a PDA in infants?
Alprostadil
drug used to induce closure of a PDA in infants?
Indomethacin
Use of Epoprostenol and Treprostinol?
Pulmonary hypertension
Use of Phentolamine?
pheochromocytoma diagnosis
Use of Phenoxybenzamine?
pheochromocytoma-related HTN
Use of Fluoxymesterone and Methyltestosterone?
inoperable breast cancer in women
Are Betamethasone and dexamethasone more or less potent than cortisone and hydrocortisone?
MORE potent
Medication used for thyroid storm?
propylthiouracil (PTU)
Agent used for hypothyroidism?
L-thyroxine (levothyroxine)
Medications (2) used for diabetes insipidus?
desmopressin and vasopressin
What agent is used for BP control during EtOH, nicotine, and opiod withdrawal?
Clonidine
Acamprosate, disulfiram, and naltrexone can be used in drug dependence therapy of what agent?
ALCOHOL
What is the treatment of extrapyramidal symptoms?
diphenhydramine
acute dystonias, tardive dyskineasia and drug-induced parkinsonian symptoms are known as what? and can be a result of what agents?
Extrapyramidal symptoms
antipsychotic medications increase the risk
Dexmethylphenidate, methylphenidate, lisdexamfetamine, and adderal are used for what? What are the ADRs and how can you minimize them?
Used for ADHD
ADRs = may stunt growth, increase HR and BP
Minimize by using drug holidays when possible
NAION (non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy) is and ADRs associated with what agent(s)?
Sildenafil
Tadalafil
Vardenafil
What is the test of choice to detect isoimmunization in RH (-) females?
indirect coombs test
Which Coombs Test is used to detect immune-mediated hemolysis?
Direct Coombs Test