Fundementals Flashcards
Ehlers-Danlos
collagen mutation Gly934 to Arg or Arg134 to S
fragile
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Gly to A,V,S
brittle bone disease
Scurvy
ascorbate deficienncy
collagen not stable
Marfan’s syndrome
bad fibrillin protein
excessively long extremities and fingers, weak tendons, blood vessels, connective tissue, affects ECM/cell
Rh disease (hemolytic disease of the newborn, erythroblastosis fetalis)
Rh+ baby born to sensitized Rh- mom
Blood Cells Attack
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
prostate epithelium and stroma cells replicate
swollen prostate
hpv
virus shows big nuc and hyperchromasia
can lead to cervical cancer
steatosis
fat in liver from alcohol, diabetes, etc
atherosclerosis
lipids/cholesterol for atheromas in vessels
Poor Perefusion
alpha anti-trypsin deficiency
anti-trypsin stuck in liver, doesn’t protect lungs
bad liver and lungs
1’ hemochromatosis
too much Fe absorbed; genetic
2’ hemosiderosis
RBC’s break, iron escapes
Hypercalcemia
hyperparathyroidism or bone destruction
Multiple Myeloma
AL amyloidosis in plasma cell
Bone Lesions/Proteins
Rhematoid Arthriti
AA amyloidosis
Chronic Inflammation