Block 1 Flashcards

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What is a morphological diagnosis?

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Describes the affected structure, process, distribution, severity, time course. Long names

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What is the etiological diagnosis?

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Diagnosis that names causative agent

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What is the disease diagnosis?

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States name of disease

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What is a lesion localized to a single area

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Focal

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What is a lesion in multiple areas on the same tissue/organ?

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Multifocal

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What is a lesion in multiple areas with overlapping regions?

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Multifocal to coalescing

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What is a lesion fulling spread throughout a tissue/organ?

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Diffuse

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What is a lesion localized to one portion of an organ/tissue?

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Locally extensive

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What are the 4 categories of duration?

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Acute
Subacute
Chronic
Chronic-active

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What is the last part of a word that means inflammation?

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“-itis”

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What does purulent mean?

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Puss

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What are the two anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive cytokines?

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IL-10 and TGF-B

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What is the subset CD4 T cells that help suppress the immune response via physical contact?

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T regs

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What do T regs express on their cell surface?

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CD4+ and CD25+

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What transcription factor do T regs express?

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FOXP3

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What are the macrophages that suppress inflammation?

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M2 macrophages

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What cytokines do M2 macrophages release to suppress inflammation?

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IL-10 and TGF-B

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What does PD-1 do on T cells?

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PD-1 is a cell surface suppressor which shuts down T cell activation

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What does cancer do to PD-1 on T cells?

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PD-1 (programmed cell death) is upregulated which shuts down most all T cell activation therefore stopping the activation of the suppressive cells (stopping the cells that kill the cancerous cells)

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What is tolerance in immunilogical terms?

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Tolerance is when the immune system fails to mount an immune response toward a specific antigen

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What does a failure of self-tolerance lead to?

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Auto-immune disease

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What are the 2 mechanisms of tolerance in the immune system?

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Central tolerance and peripheral tolerance

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What is a cryptic antigen?

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Self-antigens that are revealed secondary to inflammation

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What are the 3 ways that peripheral tolerance addresses auto reactive imune cells?

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Peripheral deletion
Anergy
Regulatory T cells

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What is peripheral deletion?
T and B cells recognize self antigens in the lymph nodes
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What is anergy?
Shut down of self reactive T and B cells due to lack of all 3 signals
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What causes anergy?
Removal of either co-stimulation or cytokines (1 or 2 of the 3 signals required for activation)
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What induces differentiation into T regs?
Presence of IL-10 or TGF-B
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What blood do you use in a biochem panel?
Red top, serum
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What "top tube" do you use for CBC? Biochem profile?
Purple top Red top
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What percent of healthy animals will have at least 1 abnormal result?
60%
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What is the one type of result that is significant if it falls slightly outside of the reference interval?
Electrolytes
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What type of error is most common in laboratory results?
Preanalytical
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What is in a routine serum biochem profile?
Electrolytes, minerals, proteins, enzymes, lipids, and glucose
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What are the 4 aspects to disease?
Etiology, pathogenesis, morphological change, functional consequences
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What are the 2 subsets of etiology?
Intrinsic and extrinsic
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What are the 2 subsets in intrinsic etiology?
Primary and secondary
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What is a primary intrinsic etiology?
Genomic related -Family/breed -Mutation
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What is a secondary intrinsic etiology?
Physical Abnormalities -Age, sex, species
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What are the 2 subsets of extrinsic etiology?
animate and inanimate
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What is an animate extrinsic etiology?
Pathogens
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What is an inanimate extrinsic etiology?
Energy, xenobiotics, surgical
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***What is the flow of pathogenesis?
Biochemical change>Functional alterations>Morphological lesions >Clinical signs
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What is idiosyncratic?
A patient specific disease
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What are lesions?
Visible manifestation of disease
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What are the different levels, in order, of visualizing lesions?
Gross pathology > Histopathology > Ultrastructural pathology
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What is pathognomic?
A lesion so distinctive and unique that it can only be caused by one etiology
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What is the prognosis?
Prediction of future outcomes Usually worded (excellent, good, fair, guarded, poor)
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What are disturbances in electrolytes normally caused by?
Vomiting, diarrhea, and kidney disease
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What are the major cations?
Na+ (largest), Ca, Mg, K
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What are the major anions?
Cl, PO4, HCO3, A (proteins)
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What level is sodium when animal is dehydrates?
Higher
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What balances the cation, Na?
Cl and HCO3
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What disease is usually indicated from high potassium (hyperkalemia)?
Addison's Low aldosterone = high levels of potassium
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What hormone removes potassium from the blood?
Aldosterone
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What does chloride usually follow?
Sodium (NaCl)
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What is bicarbonate an indicator of?
Acid/base status
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What is low bicarbonate indicative of?
Metabolic acidosis A high bicarbonate is metabolic alkalosis
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What different things can you check on a biochemical profile for the liver?
Hepatocellular injury Cholestasis Synthetic injury
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What are the indicators for livers on a chem profile?
ALT, AST, ALP, cholesterol, CK, biliruben
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What increases with hepatocellular injury?
ALT and AST
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What increases with cholestasis?
ALP and bilirubin
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Why is ALT increased during hepatocellular injury?
ALT is found in hepatocytes so when it is increased, that means there is damage to the hepatocytes
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Why is an increase in AST nonspecific?
AST is found in liver, muscle, and blood
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When is an increase in AST notable for hepatocellular damage?
When it is marketed (more than 3x)
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What enzyme is measured most for muscle injury?
CK (creatinine kinase)
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What liver biomarkers are used to assess synthetic function?
Cholesterol, albumin, glucose, and BUN
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When should measuring cholesterol occue?
After fasting (or may be higher)
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What are the steps of bilirubin metabolism?
Bilirubin in blood goes through liver Liver conjugates bilirubin Bilirubin enters intestine where it is either excreted in urine or stool
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What is biliruben excreted in unrine called?
urobilinogen
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What is biliruben excreted in stool called?
Stercobilinogen
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Where is conjugated bile secreted?
Into bile
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What is cholestasis?
Slowing or stopping of bile through the biliary system
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Increased bilirubin can mean what 3 things?
Pre-hepatic icterus Hepatic icterus Post-hepatic icterus
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What is total protein made up of?
Albumin and globulin
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What does increased total protein mean?
Anything that increases immunoglobulins Neoplasm, inflammation, dehydration
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What does decreased total protein mean?
Decreased production via liver Loss from GI or kidney
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What causes hypoalbuminemia?
Decreased production by hepatocytes (liver disease) Loss from renal or GI loss
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Do younger animals have decreased globulins?
YES
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How do you determine globulin from albumin and TP?
TP-albumin = globulin
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What does decreased globulin indicate?
Liver disease, synthetic function
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Will cats have hyperglycemia at vet?
YES, EXCITED
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What is another name for persistent hyperglycemia?
Diabetes mellitus
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What is DIC?
Disseminated intracellular coagulation (Death is coming)
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What are the 4 mechanisms of cellular injuries?
Membrane injury Nuclear damage ATP depletion disturbances in cellular metabolism
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What are the 3 cell responses to injury/stress?
Adaptation Degeneration Cell death
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What is adaptation related to cell injury/stress?
React to stress so that a new homeostatic state is established
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What is Degeneration related to cell injury/death?
Reversible cell injury from which a cell can adapt and recover. Either intracellular or extracellular components
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What is Death related to cell injury/death?
Irreversible cell injury results in cell death
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What are the 2 reversible cell responses?
Adaptation Degeneration
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What are the 2 irreversible cell responses?
Necrosis Autolysis
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What are the 4 types of cell adaptation?
Hyperplasia Metaplasia Hypertrophy Atrophy
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What is atrophy?
Reduction of cell size
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What is hypertrophy?
Increased cell size
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What is hyperplasia?
More cells
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What is metaplasia?
Replacement of cell type
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What type of adaptation does a portosystemic shunt cause to the liver?
Atrophy of hepatocytes Due to decreased blood flow
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What type of cell adaptation would a chronic smokers mucosal lining undergo?
Metaplasia
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What are the 4 types of reversible degeneration that a cell can undergo?
Hyropic (acute cell swelling) Fatty change Glycogen accumulation Myxomatous
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What causes degeneration of cells?
Sublethal injury
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What is hydropic degeneration?
Swelling due to water accumulation
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What happens to ATP when hydropic injury occurs?
ATP is decreased where water moves into cell
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What is the cell degeneration, fatty change?
Fatty vacuole accumulation in non-adipose cells
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What are causes of fatty change?
Hypoxia, anemia, starvation
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Where does fatty change usually occur?
Liver, kidney, and muscle
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What gross things can you appreciate on cellular degeneration?
Softer tissue Light tissue Larger organs
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What is hepatic lipidosis in cats?
Accumulation lipoproteins in liver leading to fat storage
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What stains can be used to see adipose cells?
Oil Red O Suden Black
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Where does glycogen accumulation begin?
Centrilobular regions due to lower oxygen content
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What is myxomatous?
Accumulation of mucin-like material
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What does myxomatous cause?
Conversion of mature proteins to embryonic forms
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What types of tissue does myxomatous occur in?
Connective tissue and adipose tissue
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When does myxomatous most often occur?
During cachexia (muscle loss) and starvation
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What is microcirculation?
Exchange of nutrients and waste between blood and extravascular tissue
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What is the space between cells and the microcirculation?
Interstitium
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Edema is the accumulation of abnormal quantities of fluid in the interstium
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What controls the balance of fluid between the arteriole and the interstitial space?
Physical barriers (arteriole wall) Differences in pressure Concentration of substance
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What are the driving forces of fluid exchange?
Arteriole blood pressure (ABP) Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) Interstitial fluid pressure (IFP)
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What is the active driving force of fluid exchange?
Arteriole blood pressure
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What is the passive driving force of fluid exchange?
Colloid osmotic pressure Interstitial fluid pressure
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When do we get edema?
When this balance between the fluid exchange is off
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What tube is used to run a chem profile?
Red top
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What type of blood is used in a red top?
Serum
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What does a purple top tube have that a red top doest? (In terms of the blood)
A buffy coat (fibrinogen)
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What percent of error is pre-analytical? (Our fault)
65%
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What percent of healthy animals will have at least 1 "abnormal" value?
60%
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What are the tests most commonly used to determine kidney function tests (GFR)?
BUN, Creatinine, and Phosphorus
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What is urea?
A by-product of protein breakdown produced in the liver
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What is creatinine?
A by-product of muscle metabolism
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What is an increase in BUN and Cr called?
Azotemia
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What are the 3 different potential reasons for azotemia?
Pre-renal: dehydration (vomiting/diarrhea) Renal: Acute or chronic kidney disease Post-renal: ruptured bladder or urethral blockage
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What are the minerals ran on a routine chem panel?
Mineral Phosphorus
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CALCIUM IS REPORTED AS TOTAL (NOT IONIZED) ON CHEM PANEL
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What does high phosphorus indicate?
Kidneys are main route of phosphorus excretion so high phosphorus may indicate pre-renal, renal, or post-renal disease
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What does low phosphorus indicate?
Possibly kidney disease
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What is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in dogs?
Neoplasia
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What is a cause of hypocalcemia?
Low albumin (decreased protein-bound fraction)
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Describe autolysis
Dead animal Diffuse No tissue reaction
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Describe necrosis
Alive animal Focal to multifocal Induces local tissue reaction
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How does autolysis occur?
Progressive tissue anoxia via microbes eating tissue, mostly from gut microflora
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What type of animals will autolyse faster?
Large, obese, thick-coated, and herbivores (due to GI microflora)
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What general idea causes quicker autolysis?
Anything that increases heat
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What is livor mortis
Blue/purple color due to congestion of blood in external tissues
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What is dessication?
Poikilotherms (cold blooded) may dry out instead of autolysis
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What is putrefecation?
Bubble formation on internal tissues due to bacterial fermentation. Tissue also turns pale
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What is imbibition?
Internal: Tissue discoloration Hemoglobin imbibition: red stain Pseudomelanosis: blue-black discoloration Bile imbibition: Green-brown
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What is chicken fat?
Clotted serum chunks in autolysis
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What is currant jelly?
Clotted erythrocytes in autolysis
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Where do blood clots settle in autolysis during microscopy?
Down due to gravity
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How are thrombi in post mortem different from thrombi in ante mortem?
Post: unattached to walls, shiny/wet Ante: thrombi attached to wall, dry/dull, tail extends downstream
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What are organisms that grow on dead tissue?
Saprophytes
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How do you know saprophytes are invaders?
Gram (+) anaerobic rods No inflammatory response
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Do autolytic borders have sharp or rigid borders?
SHARP
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Is necrosis and oncotic necrosis the same?
YES
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What are causative agents for cell death (necrosis)
Oxidative stress ATP decrease Loss of Ca homeostasis Mitochondria damage
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2 main causes of necrosis?
Failure of mitochondrial function Breach of cell membranes
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What is the pathogenesis of cell death?
Cell injury Influx of Ca2+ Ca2+ activates degradative enzymes Further mitochondrial/membrane breakdown
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Describe free radicals
Molecule with unpaired electron. Normally controlled by antioxidants but if overwhelmed, the mitochondria will be further depleted
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What are common gross morphological changes of necrotic tissue?
Irregular contours Sharp demarcations Paler Colored rim: red or white
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What are microscopic changes in necrotic cells?
Loss of internal cell detail Hypereosinophilia of the cytoplasm A visual gradient Nuclear changes
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What is karyolysis?
Nuclear fading
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What is pyknosis?
Nuclear shrinkage
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What is karyorrhexis?
Nuclear fragmentation
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What are the functional molecules involved in apoptosis?
Caspases
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What is the execution caspase for apoptosis?
Caspase 3
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What are the 4 types of necrosis?
Coagulative Liquifactive Caseous Gangerenous
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What is coagulative necrosis?
Cell outline remains common in kidney, liver, muscle
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What causes coagulative necrosis?
Heat, decreased blood flow, toxins
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What are the subtypes of coagulative necrosis?
Fat necrosis Zenker's necrosis
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What is fat necrosis?
Coagulative necrosis of adipose tissue
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What is Zenker;s necrosis?
Coagulative loss of striated muscle (cardiac and skeletal muscle)
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Describe saponification
Release of Ca an dK after adipose breakdown causing formation of soaps on pancreas surface
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What is liquefactive necrosis?
Enzyme breakdown of tissues resulting in dissolving or liquefying
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What is the term for liquefactive necrosis of the CNS
Malacia
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What type of necrosis is an abcess?
Liquefactive necrosis! Bacterial enzymes consuming tissue
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What does a thiamin deficiency cause?
Polioencephalomalacia
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What is caseous necrosis?
Cheese-like Granular and friable
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What does a caseous necrosis typically form?
A granuloma
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What is a granuloma?
Cell debris and inflammatory cells surrounded by connective tissue capsule
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What is gangrenous necrosis?
Coagulative necrosis that turns into gangrenous
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What are the 3 types of gangrenous necrosis?
Wet Dry Gas
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What is wet gangrenous necrosis?
Coagulative + liquefactive + saprophytic bacteria
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What is dry gangrenous necrosis?
coagulative + infarction On distal limbs due to vasoconstriction
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What is gas gangrenous necrosis?
coagulative + anaerobic bacteria producing a toxin
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What happens if a quantity of dead tissue is too large to be removed from the body?
A sequestrum is formed
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What is a sequestrum?
A persistent fragment of necrotic bone
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What is immune regulation?
The ability for the body to balance clearing a pathogen while not harming self
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What is contraction?
Massive reduction in CD8 and plasma cells
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What remains after contraction?
Memory cells
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What are the 2 immunoregulatory cytokines?
IL-10 and TGF-B
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What does a Treg express?
CD4+, CD25+, and FOXP
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What do M2 macrophages produce?
IL-10 and TGF-B
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What does PD-1 do?
Cell surface receptor on T cells that deactivates T cells (cancer cells use this to deactivate T cells)
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What is tolerance?
Lack of an immune response towards something (like self)
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FAILURE OF SELF-TOLERANCE IS AN AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE
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What are cryptic antigens?
Antigens only revealed secondary to inflammation
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What are the 3 methods of peripheral tolerance?
Peripheral deletion Anergy Regulatory T cells
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What is peripheral deletion?
Apoptosis in lymph nodes of self reactive cells
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What is anergy?
APC dont express all 3 signals required so self reactive T or B cell shuts down
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How is pregnancy possible with 1/2 paternal?
Up regulation of Tregs and Tregs with IL-10 and TGF-B in placenta
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What bovine disease causes abortions?
BVD
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What is cytopathic BVD?
Infection is lytic, causing cell death (cytolytic)
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What is non-cytopathic BVD?
Infection results in replication but not kill the cell
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What type of BVD occurs in utero?
non-cytolytic BVD
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When must exposure to BVDV occur in utero?
80-120 days Prior to or during negative selection
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Calves infected in utero become PI calves (persistently infected)
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How is BVD tested for?
Ear notching shows brown/orange cirus
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What are symptoms of BVD in non-pregnant cows?
Oral ulcerations Diarrhea Pneumonia
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What is mucosal disease associated with BVD?
Disease that occurs in PI animals with infection of cytopathic strain of BVD
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What is primary autoimmunity?
Genetic susceptibility with no obvious trigger
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What is secondary autoimmunity?
A result of some trigger
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What are superantigens?
Antigens produced by bacteria that activate massive numbers of T cells through bridging the MHCII
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What are cryptic epitopes?
Self tissue released as antigen to T cells
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What causes agglutination with IMHA?
Antibodies can bind 2 RBCs which causes agglutination of cells
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What does a Coombs test detect?
Presence of erythrocyte-directed auto-antibodies
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What is targeted in myasthenia gravis?
Acetylcholine receptors in neuronal junctions
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How do you test for myasthenia gravis?
Tensilon test
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What are the 2 phases of type 1 hypersensitivity?
Sensitization phase: first encounter Effector phase: re-encounter
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What is the primary cell in type 1 hypersensitivities?
Mast cells (IgE and histamines) NOT eosinophils
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How do infections result from atopic dermatitis?
Scratching from pruritus causes trauma and moisture
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Which is the drug that actually treats the "itch"
Lokivetmab (cytopoint)
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How does cytopoint work?
Anti IL-31 antibodies
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What is hyperemia?
Too much blood flow in (erythema)
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What is congestion?
Not enough blood flow out (cyanosis)
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What is the nutmeg appearance?
Right sided heart failure in dogs due to hypoxia (cyanosis due to congestion)
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What are the heart failure cells?
Hemosiderosis
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What is melena?
Digested blood in feces
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What is hematochezia?
Undigested blood in feces
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What is rhexis?
Hemorrhage via physical disruption of the vascular wall
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What is diapedesis?
Hemorrhage via a leakage through intact vascular wall
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What is petechia?
Pinpoint hemorrhage
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What is ecchymoses?
Blotchy hemorrhage
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What is suffusive?
Paintbrush-like hemorrage streaks
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What is hyphema?
Bleeding into anterior chamber of eye
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What is hemoptysis?
Coughing up blood
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What is Hematemesis
Vomiting up blood
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What is hemorrhagic diathesis?
Systemic bleeding caused by a deficit of clotting factors
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What is coagulopathy?
Hemostasis defect
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Where does thrombosis normally occur?
Veins more serious in arteries tho
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What is released during endothelial damage and exposure of subendothelial release?
Platelet-activating factor (PAF)
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What are the 3 corners of Virchow's Triad?
Endothelial damage Abnormal flow rate Hypercoagulability
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What are the 6 types of thrombi?
Mural Obterating Occlusive Saddle Septic Vegetative
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What are the different characteristics between a venous thrombi and an arterial thrombi?
Venous: RBC, non-infarction, more common, embolize Arterial: WBC, infarctious, more deadly, cause alternating layers
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What does embolize mean?
Pieces breaking off a thrombi
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What are alternating layers in arterial thrombi called?
Lines of Zahn
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What are the 4 resolutions to a thrombi?
No scar Inelastic scar New channel formed DIC
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What are the possible outcomes of an embolism?
Either ischemia or infarction
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What is an infarct?
A local area of ischemia necrosis from a blockage/occlusion
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What color is an arterial infarction?
White blood cant enter
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What color is a venous infarction?
Red-black blood cant leave
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What happens in DIC?
Endothelial damage Multiple thrombus form consumes all clotting factors widespread petechia and ecchymoses
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What are Russell Bodies?
Hyaline bodies present in cytoplasm
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What are Mott Cells?
Plasma cells that contain russell bodies (immunoglobulins)
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What is hyaline
Abnormal accumulation of protein
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How is hyaline found in cells?
Glomerular damage causes proteinurea, causing protein being taken up by tubular cells (intracellular hyaline droplets)
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What are crystalline protein inclusion bodies?
"Brick inclusions" Normal in hepatocytes and renal cells
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What are viral inclusion bodies
Accumulation of viral proteins
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What are amyloid fibrils?
Abnormally folded proteins into Beta sheets
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What is the precursor for reactive systemic amyloid associated (AA)?
SAA
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What is the precursor for primary amyloid amyloid light-chain (AL)?
AL
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How does amyloid occur?
Circulating SAA Misfolding (neoplasia or infection) Enter cells Mutated SAA aggregate together
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What do you use to stain for amyliod in live tissue?
Fresh tissue - Lugol's iodine
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What stain do you use for amyloid in histo?
Congo red stain
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What stain do you use for amyloid in polarized light?
Congo red positive apple green fluorescence
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What is the main consequence of amyloidosis?
Organ failure (liver and kidney)
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Does gout occur in dogs, cats, cows, etc
NO
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What dont other animals get gout?
They have an enzyme called uricase
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What is gout?
Deposition of sodium urate crystals on tissues
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What causes gout?
Dehydration, kidney failure, high protein diets
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What are the 2 types of gout?
Articular Visceral (pericardium and renal)
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What are the 2 types of calcification?
Dystrophic Metastatic
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What is dystrophic calcification?
Calcification of necrotic or diseased tissue
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What is metastatic calcification?
Calcification of normal tissue Hypercalcemia
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What are 4 ways that hypercalcemia happens resultin gin metastatic calcification?
Tumor causing increased PTH Bone destruction from neoplasia Vitamin D too high from intake Renal disease causing retention
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What is von Kossa stain used for?
Staining calcium black for metastatic calcification
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Where do cats often get reactive amyloidosis?
Pancreatic islets of Langerhans
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Why should you control the amount of vitamin D an alpaca gets?
Highly sensitive to it and may cause calcification
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What causes cyanosis in cat foot pads?
Secondary to a saddle thrombosis
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What are the borders like between autolytic and normal tissue?
SHARP borders
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What is oncotic necrosis?
swelling of cells leading to eventual burst
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What is karyolysis?
Nuclear fading
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Unlike autolysis' clear line, what does necrosis have?
A visual gradient
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What is karyorrhexis?
Nuclear fragmentation
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What is pyknosis?
Nuclear shrinkage
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What are the 4 electrolytes on a panel?
Chloride Sodium Potassium Bicarb
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What is sodium balanced by?
Chloride and bicarb
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What disease does hyperkalemia indicate?
Addison's (hypoadreno)
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What does transfusion plasma have in it?
albumin, antibodies, clotting factors
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What transfusion cannot be used for dogs with von Willebrand?
Stored plasma (4 year shelf life)
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What is cryoprececipitate?
Precipitate that forms when frozen fresh plasma (FFP) is thawed slowly Used for von Willebrand disease
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What are the different types of blood component therapies?
Whole blood Packed RBCs Fresh Plasma Frozen fresh plasma Stored plasma Cryoprecipitate Cryosupernate
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Why are greyhounds good dogs for blood donor?
High DEA 1.1 negative Higher PCV than other breeds Docile Good veins
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What are 5 signs of inflammation?
Heat Pain Soreness Loss of function Swelling
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What are the 4 main stages of leukocyte adhesion cascade?
Margination Rolling Activation/adhesion Transmigration
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What is the ligand that leukocytes bind to during endothelial transmigration?
PECAM-1 with CD31
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What are the classifications of inflammations?
Serous Fibrinous Catarhhal Hemorrhagic Purulent Eosinophilic
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What is serous inflammation?
Fluid
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What is fibrinous inflammation?
fluid and fibrin protein
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What is catarrhal inflammation?
fluid, fibrin, and mucoid
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What is hemorrhagic inflammation?
erythrocytes, protein, fluid
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What is purulent/supprutative inflammation?
neutrophils and everything else
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What is eosinophilic inflammation?
eosinophils
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What are the 3 forms of chronic inflammation?
Supporutive Nonsuppurative Granulomatous
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What are hallmark signs of suppurative chronic inflammation?
Abscess and/or cellulitis
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What things normally cause nonsuppurative chronic inflammation?
Viruses
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What are the 2 hallmarks of granulomatous chronic inflammation?
Macrophages +/- multinucleated giant cells
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What are the 2 types of MNGC and what is their appearance?
Foreign body: In middle of cell scattered Langhan's: Semi-circle
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Draw out the granuloma architecture. What cells does it contain?
Fibroblasts Macrophages Multinucleated giant cell Epithelioid cell kymphocyte
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What are the 4 outcomes of acute inflammation?
Resolution Healing by fibrosis Abscess formation Chronic inflammation
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What is the initiating response to injury?
***Direct Endothelial Damage***
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