Comp Med No. 1 2012 Flashcards
What are the two most important cell types for bone homeostasis? What are their roles?
Osteoblast - bone formation
Osteoclast - bone resporption
Name the two estrogen receptors that have been cloned.
ER alpha and ER beta
What condition does the removal of estrogenic signaling by ovariectomy cause in both humans and rodents?
Obesity
Estrogen depletion results in what bone pathology?
Osteoporosis
Which of the following strains is a well-characterized model for RSV infection?
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b. BALB/c
True/False. Toll-like receptors are mediators in the innate immune response and systemic inflammation.
True
True/False. Weight loss and a decreased inflammatory status were found as a result of voluntary exercise in male obese CD1 mice.
True
What analytical method is commonly used to distiguish lymphocytes expressing specific cell surface antigens?
Flow cytometry
What are two types of sweat glands?
Apocrine and eccrine sweat glands
What is an important role of apocrine sweat glands in hoofed animals?
They are the primary sweat glands for cooling in hoofed animals
Where are eccrine sweat glands located in rodents?
Eccrine sweat glands are located exclusively on the digits and footpads of the paws in rodents.
Transgenic mice with MMTV-TGFα are used to study what type of cancer?
Breast cancer
Serum sickness is a Type ___ hypersensitivity reaction.
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
e. None of the above
c. III
Which of the following is NOT a factor that affects the severity of serum sickness in humans and animals?
a. Antigen size
b. Antigen valency
c. Antigen:antibody concentration ratio
d. Ability of immune complexes to fix complement factors
e. All of the above are factors that can affect the severity of serum sickness
e. All of the above are factors that can affect the severity of serum sickness
What is an established model of serum sickness in mice?
a. Repeated injection of bovine serum albumin or chicken egg albumin
b. One-time injection of bovine serum albumin or chicken egg albumin
c. Repeated transfusions with blood from a littermate mouse
d. Injections with serum from another mouse after pre-medication with dexamethasone
a. Repeated injection of bovine serum albumin or chicken egg albumin