MUSCULOSKELETAL Flashcards

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Which type of arthritis affects Distal InterPhalangeal joints (&PIP) ? is morning stiffness associated with it?

A

Osteoarthritis

VERY LITTLE <30 min

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Which type of arthritis affects Proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarcophalangeal joints?

is morning stiffness associated with it?

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Rheumatoid arthritis

YES, may persist for hours.

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What is deficient in atypical phenylketonuria?

How would this effect prolactin levels?

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dihydrobiopterin reducase; gives BH4 => cofactor for Phe-> Tyrosine AND Tyrosine-> DOPA.

Increase due to decreased production of dopamine (dopamine when released from the tuberoinfundibular system inhibits prolactin release)

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What is the negatively birefringent long yello&blue-crystal of Gouty arthritis?

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MONOSODIUM URATE

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which crystals are positive birefringence and what type of gout is this?

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Calcium Pyrophospate

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what prevents candida systemic infection?

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Neutrophils

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Which nerve causes weakness in the gluteus muscle medius and gluteus minimus muscles? Which test is positive when testing these muscles?

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Superior gluteal nerve

Trendelenburg test

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Which nerve innervates the gluteus maximus muscle what clinical symptoms are seen?

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Inferior gluteal nerve

Difficulty rising from the seated position and climbing stairs

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Rickets histological home Mark? Clinical features (five)

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Increase in on mineralized osteoid matrix and widened osteoid seams

Bowed legs, rachitic rosary, Harrison sulci, craniotabes, growth retardation

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Regular thinning with your interconnections is seen in which bone disease?

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Osteoporosis make a total bone mass decrease along with construction of normal bone architecture

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Subperiosteal resorption with cystic degeneration new paragraph increases osteoclastic activity resulting in increased bone resorption what disease is this?

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Hyperparathyroidism in cortical bones only

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What disease has lamellar bone structure resembling a mosaic? What are cement lines?

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Paget’s disease- starts as marked local osteoclastic activation followed by increased osteoblastic activity

The regular sections of lamellar bone links by areas of previous bone resorption

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Wish diseases characterized by spongiosis filling medullary canal with no mature trabeculae?

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Osteopetrosis a.k.a. spongiosum is replaced by bone marrow

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So Ferelara would probably a.k.a. Whipples disease affects which 3 systems?
Paragraph histologic findings include ?

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Small intestine
Joints
Central nervous system

Small intestine mucosa W \enlarged foamy macrophages
packed with Rod shaped bacilli & PAS positive diastase resistant granules

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Treatment of ulcerative colitis

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Aminosalicylic acid derivatives

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What type of virus is parvovirus B 19 and what does it cause (3)

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Non-envelopes single-stranded DNA

Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease)
Aplastic crisis and sickle cell anemia
Hydrops fetalis

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Dimorphic (ovoid) fungus jintercellularly located within macrophages effect lung/reticuloendothelial system? And is present within bird/bat droppings in the Mississippi and Ohio River basins?

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Spherules packed within endospores are found in which infection?

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Coccidioides immitis

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Narcolepsy is due to?

Cheat with?

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Low levels of stimulatory neurotransmitter orexin (hypocretin)

Modafinil

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Other than seizures what is carbamazepine used to treat?

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Trigeminal neuralgia

21
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What type of metabolization is linked to drug-induced lupus?

Which drugs are associated with this?

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N-Acetylation in the liver

Hydralazine and procainamide

22
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What type of metabolism is catalyzed by cytochrome P 450 system?

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Liver hydroxylation

23
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Suffixes:
Monoclonal antibody
Receptor molecule
Kinase inhibitor

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Mab
cept
Nib

24
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When would you use: 
Rituximab
Infliximab
Certolizumab
Imatinib
Etanercept
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CD 20 positive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma’s

Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease’

Autoimmune disorders with Elevated levels of TNF – Alpha

Philadelphia chromosome positive CML and kit – positive gastrointestinal stromal tumors

TNF alpha inhibitor added to methotrexate treatment (when this has failed) for rheumatoid arthritis

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Osteoporosis patients have what changes to Calcium phosporus, PTH levels?
Normal !!!
26
what happens to Ventilation/Perfusion ratio from Apex to Base of the lung?
Decreases overall Perfusion Increases much more than ventialtion (also increases)
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Treatment of Osteoporosis? what is it made of/from
Bisphosphanates Pyrophosphate analog a part of hydroxyapatite.
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where can listeria grow?
cold environment
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what is the only pathogenic fungus that has a polysaccharide capsule? what stain is used for this buG?
Cryptococcus Neoformans Mucicarmine Stain
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extention of the hand is by what nerve? what happens with lesion to this nerve
Radial wrist drop
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where does trigeminal nerve exit skull?
foramen ovale muscles mastication - medial & lateral ptyerygoid - temporalis m - masseter m
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Dimorphic Fungi: 5
``` Sporothix Coccidioides Histoplasma Blastomyces Paracoccidioides ```
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Bradycardia therapy? Side effect?
Atropine; Decreases vagal influence SA & AV Nodes increased ocular pressure
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What best represents Osteoblastic & OsteoClastic activity?
Blastic- Bone Specific Alkaline phosphatase activity Clastic-urinary deoxypyridinoline
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What infections can lead to Reactive arthritis (HLA-B27 spondyloarpathy) (7)
``` Campylobacter Shgella Salmonella Yersinia Chlamydia Bartonella ```
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What antimycobacterial agent inhibits carbohydrate polymerization? how would this MOA affect mycobacterium?
Ethambutol Preventing peptidglycan cell wall synthesis
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adverse side effect of ethambutol?
optic neuritis (decr. visual acuity, central scotoma & color blindness)
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longterm kneeling affects which specific part of the leg?
prepatellar bursa (bursitis) roofer carpenter plumbers
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Myasthenia gravis (autoimmune) affects which part of the muscle? Treatment?
Decrease in acetylcholine receptors on the POSTSYNAPTIC CATION CHANNELS => Decrease end plate potential. Cholinesterase inhibitors (which can cause muscarinic overstimulation)
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what would you treat muscarinic overstimulation with?
antimuscarinic SCOPOLAMINE
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What would you use to treat a mother with HIV for prophylaxis of the baby?
Zidovudine decreases chances by 2/3
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What skin disorder is seen in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia & septicemia?
Ecthyma Gangrenosum in /Neutropenic patients, hospitilized patients/ burn patients/ chronic catheters.
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long exposure to loud noises damages which part of the ear?
stereocilliated hairs of the organ of corti
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postauricular and occipital lymphadenopathy is characteristic of which virus? which type of virus is this?
Rubella togavirus
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What is Rhematoid factor?
IgM antibody specific for the Fc component of self IgG
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what is transmural inflammation with fibrinoid necrosis typical of? what is this dx associated with?
PolyArteritis Nodosa Hepatitis B infxns
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What is facial pain & headache associated with DKA suggestive of?
mucormycosis
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What mutation is associated with gout | ?
PPRP (phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate)