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With asthma, it is found to have contracted airway smooth muscle, mucosal thickening from ___a___ and cellular infiltration, and ___b____ that block smaller airways.
a) edema
The pathophysiology of asthma involves the release of chemical mediators from ________ and _________.
mast cells and eosinophils
An example of of a chemical mediator that contracts smooth muscle is ___a____, which is released by ___b_____.
a) histamine
Besides the release of chemical mediators, another pathophysiological method of asthma involves abnormality in regulation of smooth muscle ____a____, which is due to an increase in ____b______ activity..
a) tone
Besides the release of chemical mediators and abnormalities of smooth muscle, another pathophysiological method of asthma involves chronic airway inflammation due to an increased number of inflammatory cells even between acute attacks.
TRUE
The early reaction phase of an asthma attack is also called “slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis” and involves leukotrienes.
FALSE
The acute phase of an asthma attack is usually due to ____a_____ release, which happens in seconds, and within a few minutes you will start making ____b____.
a) histamine, tryptase
After a few minutes into an asthma attack, after leukotrienes and PGs are being made, ___a____ are activated to release ___b_____.
a) t-cells (T lymphocytes)
During the late reaction of an asthma attack, interleukins activate _________. Give some specific examples of these…
eosinophils
Neutrophils release ________ during late reaction phase of an asthma attack to cause cellular infiltration and edema.
proteases, PAF
e) TNF
c) leukotrienes
d) leukotrienes
a) interleukins
Over hours of time of an asthma attack, you will get cytokine production that will release __________. What are some examples?
interleukins
What are some anatomical differences that you can see within an asthmatic’s bronchi versus a normal patient’s bronchi?
smooth muscle and epithelium are much thicker
What are signs and symptoms of asthma?
wheezing
e) all of the above
e) all of the above
B2-agonists relax smooth muscle dependent of whatever is causing contraction.
FALSE
e) all of these are SA-B2 agonists
d) formoterol
g) all of the above
c) ipratropium