B1-5 review of generally missed terms

Question 1

Dialglycerol

Answer 1

Two fatty acids bonded to glycerol molecule. Secondary lipid messenger for transducing signals by haematopoietic stem cells.

Question 2

What is absorbed in the ileum?

Answer 2

Bile acids and B12

Question 3

Pharyngeal pouch 1

Answer 3

Eustachian tube and middle ear

Question 4

Pharyngeal pouch 2

Answer 4

Lining of palatine tonsils

Question 5

Right subclavian artery

Answer 5

Derivative of the 4th pharyngeal arch

Question 6

Apneustic centre

Answer 6

Located in the pons to excite the inspiratory center in the medulla

Question 7

Pneumotaxic centre

Answer 7

Located in the pons to inhibit the dorsal respiratory group in the medulla

Question 8

Aortic arch

Answer 8

Derivative of left subclavian artery

Question 9

Superior vena cava derivative

Answer 9

Common cardinal vein

Question 10

Dorsal aorta

Answer 10

Provides nutrient rich blood to the embryo

Question 11

Pulmonary artery

Answer 11

6th pharyngeal arch

Question 12

Bradykinin

Answer 12

Vasodilator broken down by bradykinin to increase BP

Question 13

Heart tubes

Answer 13

Angioblastic cords paired epithelial strands which canalise into the heart tubes.

Question 14

WBC with shortest life span

Answer 14

basophils

Question 15

kinin

Answer 15

Polypeptide precursor which act on metabotropic receptor to control BP and cause vasodilation

Question 16

Pancytopenia

Answer 16

Deficiency of RBC, WBC and platelets

Question 17

Polychromasia

Answer 17

High number of reticulocytes due to premature release in the bone marrow. Indicator of secondary polycythaemia or liver/kidney disease

Question 18

Senescent T cell

Answer 18

T cells that have undergon extensive cell replication that it has irreversible cell cycle arrest with telomere shortening.

Question 19

Exhausted T cell

Answer 19

T cells which receive overstimulation of signals that leads to loss of effector function which reduces the immune response.

Question 20

Avidity

Answer 20

Strength of multiple binding

Question 21

T cell for intracellular pathogen destruction

Answer 21

CD4+ TH1 and CD8+ T cells