DIT Foundations Mnemonics and Associations Flashcards
Week 4 of embryo devo?
4 chambered heart and 4 limb buds (easy to remember)
Week 8 of embry devo?
Fetal movement (8 rhymes with gait)
Week 10 of embryo devo?
TEN is when you see PENis. visible genitalia
What does FGF do?
Lengthening of limbs by stimulating mesoderm. FGF is Full Growth Fimbs (limbs, but it starts with F)
What does Hox do?
Segmental devo of embryo, problems canc ause synpolydactyly or limbs in wrong place.
retinoid acid can screw it up
What does sonic hedgehog gene do?
pattern along anterior posterior axis, problems can cause holoprosencephaly (one eye, also see holoprosencephaly in fetal alcohol syndrome)
Most common cause of neural tube defects (RFF)
Folic acid deficiency
Most common cause of congenital malformations in US (RFF)
Alcohol use in pregnancy
Most common cause of congenital intellectual disabilities in US (RFF)
FAS
What are Nissl bodies?
RER in neurons
Smooth ER does what?
Detox and steroid synth (liver and adrenal cortex have lots of them)
COP1 vs COP2?
COPI is retrograde (Golgi to RER), COPII is anterograde (ER to Golgi)
What amino acid can be modified in golgi by N-oligosaccharides?
O-oligosarcharides can be added to what in the golgi?
N-oligosaccharides on asparagine (have N in the R group)
O-oligosacharides on serene and threonine (have OH on amino acid)
What is added to lysosomal enzymes in golgie?
Mannose 6 phosphate. Problem is I-cell disease. Cis golgi issue.
HIGH LEVELS lysosomal enzymes in plasma
Coarse facial features restricted joint movement
corneal clouding
What three things do peroxisomes do?
- Beta oxidation of very long chain fatty acids and branched chain fatty acids
- Synthesis of plasmalogens (phospholipids found in MYELIN)
- Oxidases and catalases for metabolizing ethanol and other toxic stuff
Nuclear lamin mutations can cause what 2 diseases?
Progeria (kids look like old people)
Muscular dystrophy
What type of tissue is associated with vimentin?
Intermediate filament staining:
Connective tissue, SARCOMA
What type of tissue is associated with desmin?
Intermediate filament staining:
desMin in Muscle
Rhabdomyosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma
What type of tissue is associated with cytokeratin?
Intermediate filament staining:
Epithelial cells. Carcinoma is tumor of epithelial cells
What type of tissue is associated with GFAP?
Intermediate filament staining:
Glial fibrillary acid proteins. GLIAL cells
Glioblastoma