Questions Marked Perception Flashcards
Antibiotic treating Purine Synthesis
Trimethoprim
Used in HIV therapy
Saquinavir
Concerning diagnostic methods: A single elevated IgM is generally acceptable as serological proof of infection
true
Bacterial toxins can sometimes be chemically modified to provide antigens for immunisation
true
E.Coli is an example of Gram-positive
true
Neisseria gonorrheoae
gram negative
Concerning diagnostic methods: the detecting of antigen in CSF by agglutination may be useful in the diagnosis of meningitis
true
Topical antifungal preparations can be used to treat fungal infections
true
Treatment of UTI
Nitrofluratoin
Serious infections of MRSA are treated with
Vancomycin
Serious infection with a gram negative organism such as e.coli should be treated with intravenous
Gentamicin
Serious systemic fungal infections require treatment with IV
Amphotericin B
The pathogenesis of systemic type III hypersensitivity requires
IgE production
Neutrophil polymorphs
are a major component of the inflammatory response
Fibroblasts
produce collagens
Histamine
Relaxes vascular smooth muscle in acute inflammation
Hypoxia
impedes tissue healing
Glyceryl Trinitrate is administered by the sublingual route to avoid…
first pass metabolism
A drug trail in which neither patient or doctor is aware of the treatment is a
double blind trial
a drug trail in which data is collected from case records after treatment is given is called a
retrospective trial
A drug trail in which patients take both treatments being tested one after the other is called
cross-over trial
A drug trail in which patients are allotted to treatment in groups using random number generation is called a
randomised trial
Mitosis
produced diploid cells from diploid cells
Meiosis
produced haploid cells from diploid cells
Fertilisation
produces diploid cells from haploid cells
The x chromosome
is transmitted by fathers to daughters but not sons
The y chromosome
is transmitted only by fathers
Retinoblastoma
caused by loss of a tumour suppressor gene
Leukaemia
Malignant tumour of WBC
Liposarcoma
Malignant tumour of fatty tissue
Adenocarcinoma
malignant tumour of glandular epithelium
astrocytoma
CNS tumour
seminoma
germ cell tumour (malignant)
Omentum is a common site for metastasis in….
ovarian cancer
Most common type of cancer in men in the UK
prostate
Examining the lymph nodes
both student A and B wash hands with plain soap and water
The lungs are a common site for metastasis
true
First cousins share…
12.5% of their alleles
around 30,000 genes in the genome
true
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are examples of
tumour suppressor genes
epithelioid cells belong to the…
mononuclear-macrophage system
Familial polyposis coli is associated with congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium
true
Histone proteins are positively charged
true
exons are CODING and introns are NON CODING DNA
true
endothelial cells are involved in the acute inflammatory process
true
Aspirin is absorbed from the stomach because it is un-ionised at acid pH
true
During the formation of gametes - the cells that form sperm go through more division than those that form eggs
true
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium states that allele frequencies remain constant generation to generation
true
B lymphocytes are the precursor of plasma cells which produce immunoglobulin’s
true
Central Dogma of Molecular biology
DNA makes RNA makes protein
