Proper Nouns and Latin Names Flashcards
Dysfunctional Auerbach��_s plexus, ��_bird beak,��_ may be assoc. with Chagas disease (T. cruzi infection)
Achalasia
Great anterior segmental medullary artery; L-sided in 65% of people; reinforces blood flow to 2/3 of anterior spinal cord
Artery of Adamkiewicz
Primary adrenal insufficiency
Addison disease
Arteriohepatic dysplasia; PS, butterfly vertebrae, long nose, 20p12-
Alagille syndrome
Osteopetrosis
Albers-Schonberg disease
Transmits pudendal nerve and internal pudendal a.
Alcock��_s canal
Childhood leukodystrophy; macrocephaly, seizures, spasticity; GFAP mutation
Alexander disease
Amniotic rupture with secondary entanglement and tearing/amputation of developed parts (usually digits)
Amniotic band disruption sequence
Collagen IV mutation; Basement membrane splitting; nephritic syndrome; lens defects, deafness
Alport syndrome
��_Happy puppet��_ inappropriate laughter; mental retardation, seizures, ataxia, 15q11-13 (maternal)
Angelman��_s syndrome
Activated histiocytes; pathognomonic of RHD
Anitschkow��_s cells
Restless legs syndrome
Anxietas tibiarum
Turribrachycephaly, syndactyly, ankyloses, progressive synostoses, mental retardation; FGFR-2 gene; paternal
Apert syndrome
��_Prostitute��_s pupil��_, accommodates but does not react; seen in neurosyphilis
Argyll-Robertson Pupil
Tubular deposition of glycogen, seen in DM
Armanni-Ebstein lesion
Small posterior fossa; downward displacement of cerebellum
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
Chiari I: low-lying cerebellum; tonsils descend through foramen magnum; medullary compression, asymptomatic
Chiari I
Chiari II: vermis and medulla descend through foramen; fatal
Chiari II
Granuloma with giant cells; classic finding in RHD
Aschoff bodies
Intrauterine adhesions, assoc with D and C; amenorrhea
Asherman��_s syndrome
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor, related to Ewing��_s, small cell thoracopulmonary tumor
Askin��_s tumor
Peroxidase (+) granulocyte/myeloblast inclusions; M3 leukemia; may cause DIC
Auer rods
Projection of SA node to L atrium
Bachmann Bundle
Atrial stretch ユ__ increased heart rate
Bainbridge Reflex