Cardiovascular

Question 1

Atheroma plaque forms in which level

Answer 1

Tunica intima

Question 2

How to know the order of the stages of a myocardial infarct?

Answer 2

Colour changes
White - pink - purple - blue
FIRST IMAGE HAS WAVY APPEARANCE - straight - random
Also becoming more and more condensed

Question 3

Aschoff bodies present in which condition?

Answer 3

Rheumatic fever

Question 4

Which layer of the heart is Aschoff body located?

Answer 4

Myocardium - epicardial connective tissue

Question 5

Which cells infiltrate during healing of myocardial infarct?

Answer 5

Neutrophils

Question 6

Function of eosinophil

Answer 6

Protection against parasites, especially helminths (worms)

Question 7

Function of basophil

Answer 7

Granules release heparin (anticoagulant) and histamine (vasodilator)
Present in inflammatory reactions, especially allergic reactions
Receptors for IgE

Question 8

Function of neutrophil

Answer 8

First line of defence

Especially against bacterial infections

Question 9

Function of lymphocyte

Answer 9

B cells and T cells - medial or humeral related immunity

Question 10

Function of monocyte

Answer 10

Mature into macrophages (phagocytosis and cytokine production)

Question 11

Reticulocytes? How to recognise?

Answer 11

Immature RBCs

Blueish tint

Question 12

Small and pale RBCs indicate?

Answer 12

Iron deficiency anaemia

Question 13

Larger than normal RBCs, varied shapes of RBCs, hypersegmented neutrophils indicate?

Answer 13

Vitamin B deficiency

Question 14

Sherical RBCs indicate?

Answer 14

Haemolytic anaemia

Question 15

Thrombocytopenia/philia?

Answer 15

Penia - too little platelets

Philia - too many platelets

Question 16

Epithelium of the thyroid gland

Answer 16

Simple cuboidal