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Pathology Flashcards

1
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Repair for minimal necrosis and good blood supply?

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Resolution

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2
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Resolution is usually the outcome for what 3 things?

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Acute inflammation, erosions and abrasions

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3
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What is suppuration + when does it occur?

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Pus formation + if a foreign agent is difficult to get rid of

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4
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Repair for mass necrosis and loss of scaffolding?

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Fibrosis

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3 things needed in fibrosis to form granulation tissue + what is organisation charatcterised by + role of fibroblasts?

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Macrophages, fibroblasts and collagen + proliferation of fibroblasts + angiogenesis

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6
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Chronic inflammation cells + what they may form?

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Macrophages and lymphocytes + granuloma

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7
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Granulomas are not associated with?

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Autoimmune disease

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8
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Body response to increased stress growth factors?

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Increased production of growth factors or increased expression of growth factor receptors

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9
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3 types of growth factor receptor?

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With intrinsic tyrosine kinase, without intrinsic tyrosine kinase and GPCRs

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10
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Cell cycle is mediated by … which are mediated by … ?

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CDKs and cyclins

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G1 CDK, cyclin and function?

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  • Cyclin D activates CDK4

- CDK4 phosphorylates Rb which is normally bound to E2F

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12
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S phase CDK, cyclin and function?

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Cyclin A activates CDK2 which promotes DNA replication

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13
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Where does p53 check DNA?

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G1/S and G2/M checkpoints

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14
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Hyperplasia?

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Increase in cell number

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15
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Hypertrophy?

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Increase in cell size

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16
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Atrophy?

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Reduction in cells size

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17
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Cell death can either be via?

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Necrosis or apoptosis

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18
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What is necrosis + ATP requirement?

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Pathological cell death and does not require ATP

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19
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3 types of necrosis and what they are?

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  • Coagulative (preserved cell outline)
  • Liquefactive (all liquid and associated with infection)
  • Caseous (cheesy necrosis associated with TB and granulomas)
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20
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What is apoptosis + ATP requirement?

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Programmed cell death which requires ATP

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21
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Commonality between apoptosis and necrosis?

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Both kill via caspase cascade

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22
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Extrinsic cell death pathway?

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Fas binds Fas receptor on target cell and activates caspase cascade

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23
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Intrinsic cell death pathway?

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Bax and Bak puncture mitochondria and release cytochrome C that stimulate caspase cascade

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24
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How does p53 cause cell death?

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Increases p21 levels which inhibit CDKs

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25
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Malignancy pathway?

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Hyperplasia OR metaplasia, dysplasia and malignancy

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26
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Difference between the area of spread for dysplastic and malignant cells?

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Dysplastic cells remain above the basement membrane vs cancer cells which invade below

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27
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4 tumour suppressor gene examples?

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BRCA, APC, p53, Rb

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28
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Double hit hypothesis?

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Mutations needed on both copies of the same gene to get disease

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29
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What is HNPCC/Lynch syndrome vs FAP + what they both have in common + specific mutations?

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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer vs familial adenomatous polyposis + both genetic predisposition to bowel cancer + MMR proteins vs APC tumour suppressor gene

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30
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4 oncogene examples?

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MYC, RAS, HER2, B-RAF

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31
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Test for chemical carinogenic potential?

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Ames’ test

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32
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What helps DNA recover from UVB radiation?

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Nuclear excision repair (NER)

33
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Carcinogenic chemicals are ….. but need to be followed by a ……. to ……. ?

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Initiators, promoter, actually cause cancer

34
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Lymphoma tumour suppressor gene mutation?

35
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Most commonly mutated kinase in cancer?

36
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What adds TTAGGG repeats?

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Telomerase

37
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Function of Bcl-2 + what it allows a tumour to do?

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Inhibits bax and bak + avoids apoptosis

38
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Name 2 conditions that predispose colon cancer?

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HNPCC and FAP

39
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What do cancer cells express to break through the basement membrane?

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Express metalloproteinases (MMPs) which chew through tissue

40
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An increased what indicates dysplasia/ malignancy?

41
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Ratio used to determine if cells are dysplastic/ malignant?

42
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Epithelial malignancy name?

43
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Glandular epithelium tumour names?

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Adenoma (benign) and adenocarcinoma (malignant)

44
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Squamous epithelium tumour names?

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Papilloma (benign) + squamous cell carcinoma (benign)

45
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Fat tumour names?

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Lipoma vs liposarcoma

46
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Bone tumour names?

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Osteoma vs osteosarcoma

47
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Cartilage tumour names?

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Enchondroma vs chondrosarcoma

48
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Skeletal muscle tumour names?

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Rhabdomyoma vs rhabdomyosarcoma

49
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Smooth muscle tumour names?

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Leiomyoma vs leiomyosarcoma

50
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CNS malignancy name?

51
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Pigmented skin cell (melanocyte) malignancy name?

52
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Acronym used for cancer staging + guidelines?

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Tumor, Node, Metastasis (TNM):
T1 = submucosa 
T2 = muscularis externa 
T3 = beyond muscularis externa
T4 = outwith all layers/ contacting neighbouring structure
N0 = no nodes affected
N1 = nodes affected
M0 = no metastasis
M1 = metastasis
53
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Grade of a cancer is an indication of?

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How severe it is

54
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Poorly differentiated cell vs well differentiated?

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High grade vs low grade

55
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What is carcinoma-in-situ + it is the last stage before?

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Dyslplasia affecting the whole epithelium + invasion below the basement membrane

56
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2 roles of VEGF?

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Mediate WBC diapedesis + angiogenesis

57
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Dukes A, B and C?

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A = submucosa, B = muscularis externa and C = past muscularis externa

58
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Name for the 8 hallmarks of cancer?

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Weinberg Hallmarks

59
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Fungal spore associated with p53 mutations in liver cancer?

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Aflatoxins

60
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2 “asias” that are at risk of developing into cancer?

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Metaplasia and hyperplasia

61
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Is DNA in hyperplasia and metaplasia abnormal or normal?

62
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Malignancy is characterised by?

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The ability to invade tissue

63
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Cancer that produces mucin?

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Adenocarcinoma

64
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Presence of signet cells means what?

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Bad cancer

65
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What is linitus plastica + associated cancer?

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Rigid stomach + gastric adenocarcinoma

66
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4 main cancer categories?

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Epithelial, mesenchymal (connective tissue), haematologial and neuroectoderm

67
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Which lymph nodes does testicular cancer spread to?

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Para-aortic

68
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First organ to investigate with GI malignancy?

69
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3 cancers that pops up anywhere?

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Prostate, small cell lung cancer and melanoma

70
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Blood vessels cancer names?

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Haemangioma vs angiosarcoma

71
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Spread of sarcomas vs carcinomas?

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Local vs metastasis

72
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Cancer that forms uniform, solid white masses vs uniform, yellow masses?

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Lymphomas + carcinoid tumours

73
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Are brain tumors more likely to be primary tumor or metastasised carcinoma?

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Metastisised carcinoma

74
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4 categories of cancer treatment?

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Radical, palliative, adjuvant (after surgery) and neo-adjuvant (before surgery)

75
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Epithelioid histiocytes are seen in?

76
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Children rarely get which type of cancer?

A

Eptheilal/ carcinomas

77
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3 tissues that are mesenchymal?

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Bone, cartilage and muscle

78
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Cancer that defies rule of benign naming?

79
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Name 2 viruses associated with causing cancer?

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HPV and EBV

Year 1 MBChB (10 decks)

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