MISC physiology Flashcards
What Interleukins are pro-inflammatory ?
1,6, TNF
what Interleukins are anti-inflammatory
4, 10, 13
mass histology is sheets of leomorphic, spindle shaped or giant cells with high mitoric activity. In a older women - Dx?
anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid.
mas in neck with well-defined follicles or follicular like structures - Dx
follicular carcinoma
histology of sheets of small round blue cells with high mitotic activity is what dx?
Small cell carcinoma
epithelial growth pattern with tubules and glands - Dx
malignant mesothelioma
homer-wright rosettes on histology - Dx
neuroblastoma
reed-sternerg cells what Dx ?
Hodgkins lymphoma
what ABx is used in MRSA septicemia?
Vanc
what condition is Howell-Jolley bodies seen?
hereditary spherocytosis, splenectomy
single file rows or indian-file appearance - what is this histologycal sign of?
invastive lobular carcinoma
what three bugs are people with splenectomy more susceptible to ?
strep pneumonis
Meningococcus
heamophilius infludenza
what is enothelin-1
peptide
vasoconstrictor
what bacteria are found in the vagina?
Lactobacillus
anaerobic bacteria, makes teh enviroment acidic.
what two factors make the extrinsic pathway?
factor VII and Activated Tissue Factor.