Pass medicine Flashcards
Loss of taste to the anterior 1/3 of the tongue may indicate a lesion to which cranial nerve?
CN IX
What actions are directly caused by angiotensin II?
Stimulates thirst
Increased proximal tubule Na+/H+ activity
Vasoconstriction of vascular smooth muscle
Stimulates ADH release
What is an action caused by oestrogen?
Proliferation of endometrium
Causes LH surge
What is an action caused by progesterone?
Responsibly for spiral artery formation
What is an action caused by renin?
Angiotensin I to angiotensin II
Genitalia dermatome
S2, S3
Loss of gag reflex may indicate a lesion to which CN?
CN X
A dilated fixed pupil may indicate a lesion to which of the cranial nerves?
CN III
- Dilated fixed pupil
- Down and out eye
- Ptosis
Ptosis may indicate a lesion to which nerve?
CN III
Defective eye abduction and diplopia may indicated a lesion to which of the following cranial nerves?
CN VI
- Defective eye abduction and horizontal diplopia
CN IV lesion?
Defective downwards gaze and vertical diplopia
Actions causes by oxytocin?
Uterine contraction
Actions causes by antidiuretic hormone?
Promotes water reabsorption in the collecting ducts of the kidneys and by the insertion of the aquaporin 2 channels
What increases Na+ reabsorption in the renal distal tubule?
Aldosterone
Weakness in turning head to the contralateral side would be caused by?
CN XI accessory nerve
What hormone increases the renal conversion of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol to 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol?
Parathyroid hormone
Hyperkalaemia is most likely to stimulate the release of renin or aldosterone?
Aldosterone
What increases Na+ reabsorption in the renal distal tubule?
Aldosterone
What promotes water reabsorption in the collecting ducts of the kidneys by insertion of the aquaporin 2 channels?
ADH
Loss of corneal reflex may indicate a lesion of which cranial nerve?
CN VII Facial
Loss of taste to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue may be caused by a lesion to?
CN VII Facial
Lesion to CN IX may cause what?
GlossoPharyngeal nerve lesion may cause:
- Loss of gag reflex
- Loss of taste to Posterior 1/3 of the tongue
- Flaccid paralysis to upper and lower face
What hormone increases gluconeogenesis?
Cortisol
Lesion to which cranial nerve may cause a nystagmus?
CN VIII
Lesion to which cranial nerve may cause a loss of corneal reflex?
CN V
What would a lesion to CN V cause?
- Loss of facial sensation
- Deviation of the jaw towards the side of the lesion
- Loss of corneal reflex
- Paralysis of muscles of mastication
Loss of facial sensation may include a lesion of which cranial nerve?
CN V
Is the pancreas intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal?
Retroperitoneal
What hormones increase lipolysis?
- Cortisol
- Growth hormone
- Glucagon
What hormones decrease gastric emptying?
- CCK
- Somatostatin
Tongue deviated to one side may indicate a lesion of which nerve?
CN XII
True or false? Does cortisol inhibit inflammatory response
True
Afferent limb of the pupillary light reflex?
CN II
A patient complains of pins and needles and pains around the thumb and index finger, worse at night.
This is a steriotypical injury to which nerve?
Median nerve
Stereotypical radial nerve injury?
A patient is notes to have a wrist drop following humerus injury
What hormones increase osteoclastic activity?
- Cortisol
- Parathyroid hormone
- 1,25 dihydroxylcholcaciferol
Big toe dermatome?
L5
Inguinal ligament dermatome?
L1
What hormone helps maintain endometrium and pregnancy?
Progesterone
What hormone upregulates oestrogen, progesterone and LH receptors?
Oestrogen
What is one of the effects of glucagon?
Increases glycogenolysis
What hormone increases gastric motility?
Gastrin
What hormones inhibit growth hormone secretion
- Glucagon
- Somatostatin
Efferent limb of the jaw jerk?
CN V3
Through which foramina of the skull does the opthalamic nerve pass?
Superior orbital fissure
What effect does ACE inhibitor therapy have of on common renal measurements?
Decreased GFR
Increased renal plasma flow
Decrease in filtration fraction
The following glomerular dynamics would be typical of what?
Increased GFR
Increased renal plasma flow
No change in filtration fraction
Vasodilation of afferent arterioles
Oesophagus perforates the diaphragm at which spinal level?
T10
The thoracic duct perforates the diaphragm at which spinal level?
T12
What happens at the T12 spinal level?
Aorta perforates the diaphragm
Thoracic duct perforates the diaphragm
Azygous vein perforates the diaphragm
Coeliac trunk leaves the aorta
What level does the inferior vena cava perforate the diaphragm?
T8
What is the dermatome for the big toe?
L5
What is the dermatome for the lateral foot and little toe?
S1
Lesion of CN IV may result in?
Defective downwards gaze and vertical diplopia
What hormone increases proximal tubule Na+/N+ activity?
Angiotensin II
True or false? Cortisol decreases osteoclastic activity?
FALSE cortisol INCREASES osteoclastic activity
Deviated uvula from the side of the lesion may indicate al lesion to which cranial nerve?
CN X
What is more likely to stimulate the release of aldosterone:
Decreased renal perfusion
Hyperkalaemia
Hyperkalaemia
What are the layers of the adrenal cortex and what do they produce?
GFR - ACR
Zona Glomerulosa = aldosterone
Zona Fasciculata = Cortisol
Zona Reticularis = Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
What stimulates ADH release?
Angiotensin II
Would lesion of CN V causes a deviation of the jaw towards or away from the side of the lesion?
Towards
What hormone increases Na+ reabsorption in the renal distal tubule?
Aldosterone
What controls the corneal reflex?
CN VII Facial nerve
What hormone increases body temperature?
Progesterone
What hormone causes proliferation of the endometrium?
Oestrogen
What hormone causes an LH surge?
Oestrogen
Does uvula deviate towards or away from the side of the CN X lesion?
Away
Defective eye abduction and horizontal diplopia may indicate what lesion?
CN VI
What cells in the nervous system are responsible for physical repair?
Astrocytes
What are ependymal cells responsible for?
Providing the inner lining of the ventricles
What are astrocytes responsible for?
- Provides physical support
- Involved in physical repair
- Help form the blood pain barrier
- Removes excess potassium ions
What layer of the GI tract contains Meissners plexus?
Submucosa
What effect does angiotensin II have on common renal measurements?
Increases GFR
Decreased renal plasma flow
Increase in filtration fraction
What effect does NSAID therapy have on common renal measurements?
Decreased GFR
Decreased renal plasma flow
No change in filtration fraction
Which ligaments connects the uterine fundus to the labia majora?
Round ligament
What connects the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries to the pelvic wall?
Broad ligament
Contains ovaries, fallopian tubes and the round ligament
What connects the cervix to the pelvic wall?
Cardinal ligament
Contains uterine vessels
What ligament connects the ovaries to the lateral pelvic wall?
Suspensory ligament of the ovaries
Contains ovarian vessels
What ligament connects the ovaries to the uterus?
Ovarian ligament
What ligament connects the cervix and posterior vaginal dome to the sacrum?
Uterosacral ligament
Dermatome of knee caps?
L4
Dermatome of umbilicus?
T10
What hormone promotes development of genitalia?
Oestrogen
What are the sources of oestrogen?
Ovaries (oestradiol)
Placenta (estriol)
Blood (via aromatase)