Lab #1, Inflammation and Repair

Question 1

What mediators are associated with the pain response?

Answer 1

Substance P, bradykinin, and prostaglandins

Question 2

_______ is the pregnancy test done on almost all women of child-bearing age.

Answer 2

Beta-hCG

Question 3

Biliary tract disease and alcoholism account for ______ percent of pancreatitis.

Answer 3

80

Question 4

What are the four main predisposing factors for cholelithiasis?

Answer 4

Fat, Female, Fertile, and Forty

Question 5

Define cachetic.

Answer 5

(adj.) the state of being malnourished and emaciated; being malnourished due to chronic illness

Question 6

Describe the anatomical orientation of the central veins and hepatic triads.

Answer 6

The hepatic triads (hepatic arteries, portal veins, and bile ducts) surround central veins in a hexagonal orientation, with three triads surround one central vein.

Question 7

Which zone is closet to the central veins? To the triads?

Answer 7

3 is closest to the centra veins; 1 is closest to the triads.

Question 8

What are the histologic changes seen in cirrhosis?

Answer 8

Fibrosis, regenerative nodules, and altered architecture/blood flow

Question 9

In a myocardial infarction, the nuclei of cardiac myocytes are often _______.

Answer 9

enlarged or missing