SFM Flashcards
Serum osmolality equation
2 x [Na] + [gluc]/18 + [BUN]/2.8
Crenation
Cell shriveling due to hyperosmotic/hypertonic soln
Tonicity vs osmolarity
Osmo based on [mOsm] tonicity based on cell placed in solution visually.
Serum concentration of these proteins increases during an infection
Acute phase proteins
Acute phase protein that binds C protein of pneumococci
C-reactive protein
The name of molecules such as antibodies and CRP that promote phagocytosis
Opsonins
Immunology: a group of about 20 serum proteins
Complement system
Directed migration of cells in response to M gradients of extracellular signals
Chemotaxis
Driver of inflammation
Cytokines and chemokines
Immunology: small proteins involved in signaling between cells
Cytokines
Chemotactic cytokines that direct movement of immune cells around body
Chemokines
of BCR on B cell surface
Thousands
Activated and differentiated B cell that secrets antibodies
Plasma cell
Abscess of one or more elements of immune system
Immunodeficiency
Abnormal Immune response
Dysfunction