NURS 314 Flashcards

1
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Transription

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First step of gene expression where DNA is copied

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Translation

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ribosomes create protiens

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Protein production

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The result of translation and transcription

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Genes

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Sequence of DNA that contains the instructions make protein

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5
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DNA Replication takes place where?

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Nucleus

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Where does DNA remain during replication?

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Nucleus

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The point where DNA is split and replicated

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Replication Fork

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RNA polynerase

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Assists in transcription

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Three types of RNA

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1) mRNA - messenger RNA
2) tRNA - transfer RNA
3) rRNA - ribosome RNA

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10
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Which RNA carries the gene copy outside of the nucleus?

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mRNA

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rRNA is created where?

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In the ribosomes

Known as mitochondrial DNA

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Exons and Introns play what role in transcriptions?

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Knows the type of the cell to create

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13
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The RNA type that is the glue that holds everything together.

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rRNA

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14
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Telomeres

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DNA sequence at the ends of the chromosomes

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15
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Result of telomeres continued replication.

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Mutations or development of cancer cells

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16
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Daughter cell

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germ line

Gametes

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Mitosis results in the formation of gametes

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False

Meiosis is the cell division that forms gametes

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18
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Crossing-over

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chromosome pairs align and ends exchange

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19
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Two genes that are close together on the chromosome are called

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Linkage

Ex. red hair and freckles

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20
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Punnet Square

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Summarizes the genetic inheritance process.

Helps figure out the likelihood of dominant traits

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Alleles

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Copy of genes

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Homozygous

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If all your copies of a gene are alike

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Heterozygous

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If copied genes differ.

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Carrier

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If you are heterozygous for a recessive trait and do not show it

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Hemizygous

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If you only have one copy of a gene

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Induction

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Turns on a gene

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Repression

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Turns a gene off

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28
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Can socioeconomic status lead to induction or repression?

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Yes

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29
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Polygenic

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Many genes could affect one trait

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Multifactorial

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Both multiple genes and the environment could affect one trait

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Epistasis

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One gene could mask the effect of another

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32
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Complementary

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One gene might depend on another

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33
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Two genes together might create a new phenotype

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Collaborative

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34
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Gene mutation - Inherited

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Present in all body cells; passed from parent to child through egg and sperm

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Gene mutation - Spontaneous

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Can occur in individual egg or sperm at time of conception. Can be passed to future generations

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Gene Mutation - Acquired (somatic)

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Occur in body cells other that egg of sperm. Changes in DNA that take place after conception.

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37
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Can somatic gene mutation be passed to offspring?

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Yes

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38
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Autosomal dominant

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Trait expressed with one copy of gene. Fifty percent chance of passing it on

brown eyes or Huntington’s disease

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Autosomal recessive

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Require two copies of the gene, one from each parent.

blue eyes or cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, PKU

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X-linked

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Carried on the X chromosome

Passed from Mother to off-spring. Cannot be passed by father.

hemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Mitochondrial DNA

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Disorders can affect both male and female but only passed by females (in ova but not sperm)

In Mitochondria only

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Multifactorial

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Traits may cluster in families, but do not have characteristic pattern of inheritance

neural tube defects,

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Teratogens

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Environmental agents that produce birth defects during embryonic and/or fetal development

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Three types of tetratogenics

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1) Radiation
2) Drugs and chemical substances
3) Infectious agents

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Fetal alcohol syndrome

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refers to a host of cognitive, physical, and behavioral abnormalities that result from maternal alcohol consumption.

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Cocaine’s affects on the fetal growth

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preterm births, growth retardation, microcephaly, neurologic deficits, limb size reduction, hydronephrosis, and ambiguous genitalia. The higher the dose, the worse the manifestations

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47
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Folic acid is…

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important for DNA synthesis and cell division

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48
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TORCH screening detects what?

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Antibodies against teratogen microorganisms in infant serum

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49
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TORCH acronym:

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  • Toxoplasmosis-protozoa
  • Other (varicella, TB, Epstein-Barr)
  • Rubella
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Herpes virus
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50
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Why is Genomics Important?

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Plays a role in 9 of 10 leading causes of death

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Health

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  • State of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning within developmental context
  • Individual and societal responsibility
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Disease

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  • Failure of adaptive mechanisms

- Results in functional or structural disturbances

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53
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Illness

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-Subjective experience of individual and physical manifestation of disease

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54
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Function

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  • Levels reflected in terms or performance/social expectations; loss indicator of need for nursing intervention
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55
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Disability

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Impairment that substantiates limits one or more major life activities

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Wellness

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An active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence

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Healthy People 2020 - Overarching Goal #1

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1) Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death

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Healthy People 2020 - Overarching Goal #2

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2) Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve good health of all groups

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Healthy People 2020 - Overarching Goal #3

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3) Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all

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Healthy People 2020 - Overarching Goal #4

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4) Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all stages of life

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Six Dimensions of Wellness

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  • Occupational
  • Physical
  • Social
  • spiritual
  • Intellectual
  • Emotional
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Health promotion

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The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

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Social determinants of health

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Shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources throughout local communities, nations, and the world

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Vulnerable populations

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  • More likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or,
  • to have worse health outcomes from these health problems than the rest of the population
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Risk

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Probability of dying or developing a disease or its precursors influenced by environmental, social, and individual genetic and behavioral characteristics

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Key features of Healthy People 2020

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  • Strategic framework.
  • Data driven outcomes
  • Stakeholders at all levels
  • Research, program planning, and policy
  • Accountability
67
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Primary Preventive Care

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  • Within public health

- Incorporates clinical medicine for immunizations

68
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Secondary Care

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Screenings and management of disease

69
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Tertiary Care

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When prevention and secondary care fails

70
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Private Sector types of Insurance

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  • HMO
  • PPO
  • Concierge
  • Nursing managed
  • Independent
71
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Public sector health care delivery

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  • Medicare
  • Medicaid; MCO
  • CHIP
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Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)

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  • Group of providers contract with HMO’s
  • Comprehensive care for paid fee: CAPITATION
  • No coverage outside of network
73
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Point of service (POS)

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  • Groups of providers contract with a POS plan
  • Additional fee for providers outside of network
  • Increases consumer choice
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Preferred provider organizations (PPO)

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  • Contracted providers provide services for discounted price
  • Additional consumer cost if non-PPO provider
  • Largest networks of providers
75
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Private sector health care delivery

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  • Independent practice: fee for service/choice of provider
  • Nursing-managed centers
  • Hospitalists: hired by hospitals
76
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Health Savings Account

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Annual account paid into by Pt for medical coverage or surgeries during the course of a year. Money put in is forfeited at the end of the year

77
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Medicare

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  • Federal program
  • Paid through taxes
  • Finances medical care for people over 65, disabled persons, hospice, and end-stage renal disease
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Medicaid

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  • Federal and state funded
  • State-determined eligibility
  • Costs up to 50% of some state budget
  • Benefits vary by state
  • Available to certain low-income individuals (138% federal poverty level), no age requirements, and families with children
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Children’s Health Insurance Plans (CHIP)

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  • Provides low-cost health coverage to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid
  • Works closely with Medicaid
  • Eligible up to 2 times the poverty level
80
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Health People 2020: Leading Health Indicators (LHI)

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  • Contains 42 topic areas with more than 1200 objectives

- Selected to communicate high-priority health issues

81
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What parts of Medicaid overlap?

A

Inpatient care in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health care, hospice. Part A

Supplementary voluntary coverage paid by patient. Part B

Pharmaceutical costs: multiple private plans available. Part D

82
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PPACA

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Also known as ACA

83
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Genome

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Complete set of genes

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Proteome

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Complete set of protiens

85
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Genetics

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The study of the genome

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Proteomics

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Study of the proteome

87
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AA

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Amino Acids

88
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How many codons in one amino acid?

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Triplet codes/codon

89
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How many structural AA’s are there?

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20

90
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How many possible combinations of the four bases are there in codons?

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64

91
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rRNA forms how much of the ribosome?

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60%

92
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Whcih is the smallest RNA and what does it do?

tRNA
rRNA
mRNA

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tRNA and it delivers the AA in the ribosome

93
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Mitosis

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Somatic cells and forms two daughter cells with diploid number of chromosomes

94
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Meiosis

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Forms cells with haploid number of chromosomes

95
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How many chromosomes are located inside the haploid cell?

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23

96
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What happens when mutations occur

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One nucleotide can be substituted for another, or nucleotides are rearranged

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Chromosomal mutation

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Generally random event during gamete formation

Differences in number or structure of chromosomes

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Genetic mutation

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Present in all cells and passed from parent to child through egg and sperm

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Spontaneous mutation

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Occurs in idividual egg or sperm at time of conception.

Can be passed to future generations.

100
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Acquired (somatic) mutation

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Occurs in body cells other than egg and sperm.

DNA changes after conception

Maybe passed onto off spring

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Mendelian Inheritance

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Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
X-Linked
Mitochondrial DNA
Multi-factorial
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Autosomal dominant

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Trait expressed with one copy of gene.

Fifty percent chance of passing it on. Brown eyes or huntingtons disease

103
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Autosomal recessive

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Require two copies of the gene, one from each parent. Blue eyes or cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, PKU

104
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X-linked

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Carried on the X chromosome. hemophilia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy

105
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Mitochondrial DNA

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Disorders can affect both male and female but only passed by females (in ova but not sperm)

106
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Multifactorial

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Caused by multiple genes and environmental factors

  • Involve a single organ or tissue
  • Siblings tend to have the same defect
  • The higher the incidence the higher the risk in future offspring

Smoking, alcohol, drugs, infections, lack of vitamins

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Example of Multifactorial

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Neural tube defects

108
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Neural tube defects

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Birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord. They happen in the first month of pregnancy, often before a woman even knows that she is pregnant.

The two most common neural tube defects are spina bifida and anencephaly.

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CYP450

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Cytochrome P450 enzymes are essential for the metabolism of many medications.

110
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Terotogen

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environmental agents that produce birth defects during embryonic and/or fetal development

111
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Teratogentic agents

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Radiation
Drugs and chemical substances
Infectious agents

112
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How are terotogenic agents introduced to the fetus?

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These microorganisms cross the placenta, enter the fetal circulation, and produce hydrocephalus, microcephaly, mental retardation, etc.

113
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Acquired infertility

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Lifestyle factors

Occupational and environmental factors

Behavioral factors

STI’s

Industrial chemicals in food, water, air, and consumer products

114
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Pharmacogenetics

A

How genes affect an individuals response to drugs

115
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Recombinant DNA technology

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Combination of DNA molecules that are found in nature

116
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In inflammation; damaged cells release what and trigger what?

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Damaged cells release inflammatory mediators which triggers either a local response or a systemic response

117
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Local response to inflammation includes what type of responses?

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Vascular and cellular

118
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What occurs during the vascular response?

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Prostaglandins and leukotrienes affect blood vessels

Arterioles and venules dilate to increase blood flow to the injured area and redness and warmth result

119
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During vascular inflammation response; how do the capillaries respond?

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The become more permeable allowing exudate to escape into the tissues resulting in swelling and pain

120
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During the cellular local response; what occurs in this stage?

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WBC enter injured tissue and destroys infective organisms, removes damaged cells, and releases more inflammatory mediators to control further inflammation and healing

121
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Systemic response contains two responses:

A

WBC response and acute phase response

122
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WBC response in systemic response includes what actions?

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Release of inflammatory mediators that cause WBC production; WBC count rises; immature neutrophils release into blood

123
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Acute phase of systemic response includes:

A

Leukocytes releasing interleukins and tumor necrosis factors which can lead to:

Fever
Lethargy
Skeletal muscle breakdown

124
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What does the liver make during the Acute response phase?

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Fibrogen and C-reactive protein

125
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Fibrogen and C-reactive proteins do what?

A

Facilitates clotting
Binds to pathogens
Provides for a moderate inflammatory response

126
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Colonization

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Means microorganisms are multiplying in or on the host

127
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Normal flora

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Collection of microorganisms normally living in or on your body

128
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Microbiome

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Normal flora located in the gut, mucus openings, and skin

129
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Opportunistic pathogens

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Pathogens that take advantage of a compromised immune system

130
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Innate Immunity

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Always present
Attacks non-self microbes
Does not distinguish between different microbes

131
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Innate immunity mechanisms

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Epithelial barriers
Phagocytes
Plasma proteins
Cell messenger molecules

132
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Adaptive immunity

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Attacks specific microbes

Develops specific antigens after exposure

133
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Adaptive immunity mechanisms

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Humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity

134
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Humoral immunity

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Antibody proteins in the blood that attack specific antigens

135
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Cell-mediated immunity

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Phagocytic cells that attack the specific antigen

136
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Regulatory cells

A

T helper cells
T regulator cells
Antigen presenting cells

137
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Effector cells

A

Carries out the attacks on the antigen

T cytotoxic cells (Killer T cells)
B cells
Leukocytes

138
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What to B cells do?

A

Produces antibodies

139
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Epitopes

A

Receptors on cell surface of MHC2 proteins

140
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T helper cells are also known as

A

CD4+

141
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MCH2 proteins attach to what?

A

CD4 receptors

142
Q

T cytotoxic cells are known as

A

CD8+

143
Q

CD8 receptors attach to which proteins?

A

MCH1

144
Q

Plasma cells create what?

A

Antibodies; special proteins designed to attach to that antigen and destroy it

145
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IgG

A

crosses placenta.

146
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IgA

A

circulates in body fluids; pulls antigens together into clumps; acute illness phase
IgA: found in secretions on mucus membranes; prevents antigens from entering the body; found in colostrum

147
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IgD

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found on the surface of B cells; acts as an antigen receptor

148
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IgE

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Found on mast cells in tissues; starts an inflammation; associated with allergic response or parasite

149
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IgM

A

acute illness phase

150
Q

Vaccination produces what?

A

Primary immune response

151
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Primary Immune response

A

Macrophage eats antigen –> presents to TH cells

TH cells –> activate B cells

Plasma antibody levels rise

152
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Secondary immune response

A

B memory cells respond to antigen immediately

Plasma antibody levels rise withing days

153
Q

Purpose of booster shots

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To cause a secondary response so antibody levels elevate before a disease is encountered (flu shot)

154
Q

ABX (antibiotics) kill bacteria how?

A

Cell wall synthesis
Protein synthesis
Nucleic acid synthesis
Bacterial metabolsim

155
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How does bacteria fight back against ABX?

A

Inactivating antibiotics
Changing binding sites
Using different metabolic pathways
Changing their walls to keep antibiotics out

156
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AV

A

Antivirals

157
Q

AV kill viruses how?

A

Blocking viral RNA or DNA synthesis

Blocking viral binding sites to cells

Blocking production of the protein coats of new viruses

158
Q

SE of amoxicillin

A

GI distress

Allergic reactions

159
Q

Truvada

A

Prophalaxys and part of antiretroviral therapy for HIV

160
Q

How does Truvada work?

A

Inhibits the activity of the HIV reverse transcriptase

161
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Polymorphism

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Common genetic variation

nucleotide