Paramedic-Cellular Injury And Disease

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Decrease in cell size

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Atrophy

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Increase in cell size

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Hypertrophy

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Excessive increase in the number of cells

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Hyperplasia

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Change from one cell type to another that is better able to tolerate adverse conditions

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Metaplasia

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Abnormal changes in mature cells

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Dysplasia

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Most common cause of damage to a cell

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Hypoxic injury

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Poor circulation of blood and nutrients to tissues

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Hypoperfusion

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A continued state of hypoperfusion

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Shock

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The total amount of blood pumped by the ventricles each minute

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Cardiac Output

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Amount of blood returning through the veins available to the ventricle

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Preload

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Any Mechanism that tends to balance a change in a system

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Negative Feedback Mechanisms

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Pressure sensitive nerve endings found in the heart and great vessels

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Baroreceptors

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The resistance to blood flow in the systemic circulation

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Peripheral Vascular Resistance

PVR

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The pressure against which the ventricle must contract to eject it's contents

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Afterload

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Receptors that monitor Po2 pH and increase rate and depth of ventilation to eliminate excess CO2

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Chemoreceptors

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Type of shock cause by hemorrhage or severe dehydration

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Hypovolemic

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Type of shock that occurs when the heart's pumping action can not deliver adequate circulation for tissure perfusion

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Cardiogenic

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Type of shock caused by spinal cord injury that is accompanied by loss of sympathetic vasomotor tone

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Neurogenic

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Type of shock caused by severe allergic reaction

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Anaphylactic

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Type of shock caused by a serious systemic bacterial infection

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Septic

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Inadequate tissue perfusion

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Shock

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Progressive failure of two or more organ systems

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MODS

Multiple Organ Dysfuntion Syndrome

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Aerobic cycle for energy creation

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Krebbs Cycle

36 ATP

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Anaerobic cycle for energy creation

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Glycolysis

2 ATP

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Immunity that develops through exposure to a specific antigenic agent or pathogen

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Aquired Immunity

(Immunizations)

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Substance the causes the formation of an antibody

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Antigen
Immunogen

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Type of blood that has anti-B antibodies in the plasma

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Type A

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Type of blood that has anti-A antibodies in the plasma

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Type B

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Type of blood that has neither antibodies in the plasma

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Type AB

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Blood type that is referred to as the Universal Recipient

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AB

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Type of blood that has both anti-A and Anti-B antibodies but no antigens in the plasma

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O

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Blood type referred to as the Universal Donar

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O

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Exaggerated immune response

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Allergy

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Immune response against the hosts own cells

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Autoimmunity

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Immune response directed against beneficial foreign tissues

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Isoimmunity

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These receptors stimulate the contraction of smooth muscle

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Alpha-1

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These receptors inhibit further release of norepinepherine

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Alpha-2

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Receptors located in the heart

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Beta-1

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Receptors located in the bronchiolar and arterial smooth muscle

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Beta-2

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Receptors that stimulate the heart, dilate the bronchioles and blood vessels in the skeletal muscle, brain, and heart, and aid in glycogenolysis

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Beta