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16th April Flashcards

1
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Secondary peristalsis

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Food, which doesn’t enter the stomach stimulates stretch receptors to cause peristalsiss

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2
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Mass movements

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Waves migratory peristaltic waves along the entire colon to empty the organ prior to the next ingestion

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3
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Maltase

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Glucose and glucose

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4
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Parietal cells secrete

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HCl, Ca, Na, Mg and intrinsic factor

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5
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More easily absorbed, haem or non-haem iron

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Haem

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6
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Non haem iron is _ and must be converted into _ for absorption

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Fe3+ ferric, Fe2+ ferrous

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7
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Main regulator of iron storage

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Hepcidin

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8
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Transferrin

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Binds iron in serum

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9
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Hormone responsible for regulating ion exchange in the salivary glands

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Aldosterone

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10
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Somatostatin

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Inhibits pancreatic enzyme secretion, decreases gastrin and pepsinogen release, decreases insulin and glucagon secretion

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11
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Amount of bile produced per day

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500-1500ml per day

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12
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Action of endothelin

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Vasoconstriction and bronchoconstriction

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13
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Atrial de or re polarisation masked by QRS?

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re

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14
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Troponin

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Complex of 3 proteins involved in skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction

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15
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diagnosis of sarcoidosis

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transbrachial lung biopsy

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16
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J wave

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hypercalcaemia

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17
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st elevation and pr depression

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pericarditis

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18
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HOLDS CVD RISK

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Hypertension 
Obesity 
Lack of exercise 
Diabetes 
Smoking
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19
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What tends to be low when triglycerides are high

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HDL cholesterol

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20
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More CVD events due to hypertriglyceridemia or hypercholesterolaemia

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Hypercholestrolaemia

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21
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Exudate protein

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> 30 extra

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22
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Transudate protein

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<30 less

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23
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T1DM vomiting, not taking insulin, dehydrated, laboured breathing

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Diabetic ketoacidosis

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24
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Pulmonary oedema

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Alveolar bat's wings 
kerly B lines 
Cardiomegaly
Dilated prominent upper lobe vessels 
pleural Effusion
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25
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Increased ACE and Ca

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Sarcoidosis

26
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Respiratory rhythm

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Established in medulla

27
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Respiratory epithelium

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Psuedostratified 
Ciliated 
Columnar 
Epithelium with 
Goblet cells
28
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Henry’s law

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Volume of gas is proportional to partial pressure of gas in equilibrium with liquid

29
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DIVE

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Dorsal firing is inspiratory and ventral firing is expiratory

30
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Dorsal medulla firing

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Inspiration

31
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Ventral medulla firing

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Expiratory

32
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Ventral medulla firing

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Expiratory

33
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Apneustic

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Prolongs inspiration

34
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Pneumotaxic

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Inhibits inspiration

35
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Qfever

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Coxiella burnetti, sheep n al taht

36
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Common pneumonia cause in CF

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Staph aureus and pseudomonas aeruginosa

37
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Hyperexpanded chest

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COPD and chronic asthma

38
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Postural flapping tremor

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Acute CO2 retention

39
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Stony dull percussion

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Pleural effusion which you mostly get in pneumonia, TB and cancers

40
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Why does exudative pleural effusion have higehr protein

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Increased capillary permeability in inflammatory process

41
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Exudative pleural effusion causes

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Infections, malignancies, PE, autoimmune diseases

42
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Transudative pleural effusion causes

43
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Fine crepitations

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Pulmonary oedema or fibrosis

44
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Pleuritic chest pain

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PE, pneumonia or pneumothorax

45
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4 Cs of fibrosis

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Clubbing, Cough, Cyanosis and Crackles

46
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Wedge shaped infarct on chest radiograph

47
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Pleural mass with lobulated margin

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Mesothelioma

48
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Erythema nodosum

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Sarcoidosis

49
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Fever, nightsweats, haemoptysis, anorexia

50
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Swinging fever, copious foul-smelling sputum

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Lung abscess

51
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Parathyroid hormone PTH

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Controls distribution of calcium and phosphate in the body

52
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Adrenocorticotrophic hormone ACTH

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Produced by pituitary gland in response to stress, controls corticosteroid secretion

53
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Aspirin induced asthma

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Samter’s triad

54
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Samter’s triad

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Asthma, salicylate sensitivity and nasal polyps

55
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Boyle’s law

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As gas volume increases, pressure decreases

56
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Middle lobe auscultation

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Rib 4 - 6 right

57
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H pylori treatment

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COMA

Clarithromycin, Omeprazole, Metronidazole/Amoxicillin

58
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Diagnosis of C. diff

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Stool antigen C diff

59
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Treatment for TB

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RIPE 
Rifampicin 
Isoniazid 
Pyrazinamide 
Ethambutol
60
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Hernia test results

A

Direct reappears

Indirect doesn’t

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