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T3 Tissues and Body Systems Flashcards

1
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What are the proteins of desosomes?

A

Desmoglein and desmocollin

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What stimulates and inhibits oestoclast activity?

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Parathyroid hormone and calcitonin respectively

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Which gland releases secretions by whole cell release?

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Holocrine, sebaceous glands of skin

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What is in the middle of the diaphysis?

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Bone marrow

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5
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What is the concentration of plasma K+?

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4 mmol

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What happens in the zone of resting cartilage?

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This zone contains normal, resting hyaline cartilage.

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What is a collagen fibril formed of?

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A repeated pattern of tropocollagen with cross links

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What are melanocytes derived from?

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Neural crest cells

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What is found in the stratum granalosum (granular cell layer)?

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Keratinocyte granules

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Zone of calcification

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In this zone, chondrocytes are either dying or dead, leaving cavities that will later become invaded by bone-forming cells.

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What do serous membranes consist of?

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Mesothelium

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12
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What is osteogenesis imperfecta?

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A collagen disorder causing brittle bones which is more severe when the mutation is nearer the C terminal of the amino acid

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13
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What is a normal Hb count?

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120g/L

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What are proteoglycans?

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GAGs that bind to hyaluronan forming bottle brush structure

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15
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What is the concentration of intracellular Ca+?

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100 nmol

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16
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Where is ciliated columner epithelium with goblet cells found?

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Respiratory system

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17
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What is a normal WBC count?

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5-10 X 10^9/L

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18
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Which connective tissue contains significant chondroitin sulphate?

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Cartilage

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19
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What is the concentration of intracellular Ca+?

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100 nmol

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What is found in the stratum spinosum (prickle cell layer)?

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Keratin accumulates around spot desosomes and Langerhan’s cells are found among keratinocytes. The permeability barrier forms.

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What are the 3 types of fibrous joint and where are they found?

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Suture (e.g. skull bones)
Sydesmoses (interosseous, e.g. fibula to tibula)
Gomphoses (e.g. tooth to jaw)

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22
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What is an advantage of x-ray?

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High spatial resolution

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23
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What is average mean blood pressure of systemic circulation?

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92 mmHg

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24
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What are the 3 kinds of joint in the body and how are they different?

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Fibrous- united by collagen
Cartilaginous- united by cartilage
Synovial- fluid filled

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25
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What do oestoblasts secrete?

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Inorganic components of bone matrix

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26
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How are connective tissue cells linked to extra cellular matrix?

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By intergrins and transmembrane proteins which link intracellular actin to extracellular collagen

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27
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What is found in the stratum corneum (cornified layer)?

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Cells become squamous and die, and keratin becomes linked by disulphide

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28
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What is a normal RBC count?

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4-55 x 10^12/L

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29
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Zone of ossification or degeneration

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Osteoprogenitor cells invade the area and differentiate into osteoblasts, which elaborate matrix that becomes calcified on the surface of calcified cartilage. This is followed by resorption of the calcified cartilage/calcified bone complex.

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What is the concentration of plasma Na+?

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140 mmol

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31
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What is the concentration of intracellular Na+?

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10 mmol

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32
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What kind of bone is formed in recovery from fracture?

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Woven bone

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33
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What is the concentration of intracellular K+?

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120 mmol

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34
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How long does it take a cell to travel from the basal layer to the cornified layer?

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25/30 days

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35
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Which corpuscles convey light touch?

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Meissener’s corpuscles

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36
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What are glycosaminoglycans?

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Polymers of disaccharide subunits with sulphate and carboxylate side groups

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37
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Which transmembrane receptors do adhesion proteins bind to?

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Intergins

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38
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What is a normal platelet count?

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140-400 x 10^9/L

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39
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What is found in the stratum basale (basal cell layer)?

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Keratinocyte stem cells

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40
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What is the concentration of intracellular Na+?

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10 mmol

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41
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Which kind of bone has a microstructure of trabeculae?

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Lamellar bone

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42
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What is a normal albumin count?

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48g/L

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43
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Where is voluntary control of the body initiated?

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Cerebral cortex only

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44
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What is instructive induction?

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When cells respond differently to different concentrations of a signal

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45
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What is mesenchyme?

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Embryological soft tissue

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46
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What are the 3 types of sutures are what are they like?

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Squamous (flat)
Serrated (wavy)
Denticulate (jagged, like teeth)

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47
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What is the concentration of intracellular K+?

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120 mmol

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48
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How do the loose ends of tropocollegan affect what collagen type you have?

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If they are trimmed it is collagen type I, if untrimmed it is collagen type IV

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49
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What is necessary for collagen cross linking and glycolysation?

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Hydroxylysine

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50
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What do fibroblasts synthesise?

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Extracellular matrix and collagen

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51
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What is perichondrium?

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A layer of dense, irregular connective tissue surrounding the cartilage of developing bone

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52
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What do hemidesosomes do?

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Anchor intermediate filaments to basal lamina

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53
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What is a symphsis?

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A secondary cartilaginous joint

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54
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Which law describes flow in tubes?

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Poiseullie’s law

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55
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Where are oestoclasts derived from?

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Haemopoietic stem cells

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56
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What is the main organic element of bone?

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Type I cartilage

57
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Which corpuscles convey heavy touch and vibrations?

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Pacinian corpuscles

58
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What is hair papilla formed of?

A

Connective tissue cells

59
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Which collagen is non-fibrillar?

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Collagen type VI

60
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How much more radiation does a whole body CT have than a single x-ray?

61
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What is the difference between vellus and terminal hairs?

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Vellus hairs are fine sparse hairs of body, terminal hairs are thick coarse hairs of the head

62
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What is the total body water volume in humans?

63
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Where does mature melanin reside?

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In keratinocytes

64
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What unites fibrous joints?

65
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What teratogen inhibits Sonic Hedgehog?

A

Cyclopamine

66
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What controls pressure in the cardiovascular system?

67
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What is the concentration of plasma Ca+?

68
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What do gap junctions allow passage of?

A

Small ions and molecules

69
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What always equalises osmolarity between body fluid compartments?

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Water movement

70
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What are connoxens made of?

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Hexamers of connextons

71
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What is the internal surface of bone called?

72
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What is the concentration of plasma Cl-?

73
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What is a tuberosity likely to be?

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Where a tendon attaches to bone

74
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What is the intracellular space volume in humans?

75
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What is a trochlea?

A

An articular process shaped like a pulley

76
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Name the layers of skin in order from deep to superficial.

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1) stratum basale 2) stratum spinosum 3) stratum granulosum 4) stratum lucidum 5) stratum corneum

77
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Where do indigenous cells of the ECM arise from?

A

Messenchymal stem cells

78
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Where are blood vessels present in the layers of the skin?

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Superficial fascia and dermis

79
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Where is the amniotic sac?

A

Next to the epiblast

80
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What is the concentration of plasma albumin?

81
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What is the interstitial space volume in humans?

82
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What do desosomes do?

A

Link intermediate filaments in neighbouring cells

83
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What is the concentration of plasma Na+?

84
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What is the channel diameter of a connoxen channel?

85
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What is soft connective tissue formed of?

A

Extracellular matrix and supporting cells

86
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What is fluoroscopy?

A

Continous x-ray imaging

87
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Which cells of soft connective tissue are indegenous?

A

Fibroblasts, adipocytes, mast cells

88
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Where does the thoracic duct ultimately drain?

A

Into the subclavian vein

89
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What do adherens junctions do?

A

Join actin bundles in neighbouring cells

90
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What is a secondary cartilaginous joint and where are they found?

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A symphsis, only partially movable e.g. between manubrium and body, between vertebral discs, pubic symphsis

91
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What is morphogenesis?

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Determination of shapes and tissues

92
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How is lysl hydroxide activated?

A

Reduction of Fe3+ to Fe2+ using vitamin C

93
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Which canals connect Haversian systems?

A

Volkmann’s channels

94
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Where are oestoprogenitor cells derived from?

A

Mesenchyme

95
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What are the most important buffers in blood?

A

Carbonic acid, phosphoric acid and proteins such as haemoglobin

96
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What are the two proteins of tight junctions?

A

Claudin and occulin

97
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Which proteins link actin between different cells?

A

Catenins a & b, p120, cadhein dimers

98
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What is the dermis formed of?

A

Dense irregular connective tissue

99
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What happens in the zone of proliferation?

A

Chondrocytes form longitudinal columns

100
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Which gland releases secretions by exocytosis?

101
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What controls resistance in the cardiovascular system?

A

Capillaries

102
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Where are adheren’s junctions found?

A

At cell-cell junctions

103
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What is the axial skeleton formed of?

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Bones derived from the axis of the body e.g. Ribs, skull, spine

104
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What are elastic fibres made of?

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Elastin coated in microfibrils including fibrillin

105
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What are the zones of bone deposition? (In order from cartilage to mature bone)

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1) Zone of resting cartilage 2) Zone of proliferation 3) Zone of hypertrophy and maturation 4)Zone of calcification 5)Zone of ossification or degeneration

106
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What is the diameter of an arteriole or venule?

107
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What is the blastocyst formed from?

A

Tropoblast, inner cell mass and blastocystic cavity

108
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What is in the middle of the epiphysis?

A

Trabecular bone

109
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What is the blood volume in humans?

110
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Where are oestoblasts derived from?

A

Oestoprogenitor cells

111
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Which cells of soft connective tissue are immigrants?

112
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What do a1 collegan chains have thta a2 lack?

A

Disulphide bridges and glycoproteins

113
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How much does atrial systole contribute to ventricular filling?

114
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Where is reticular soft connective tissue found?

A

In marrow and lymph nodes

115
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When may a negative feedback system overshoot?

A

When there is a signal delay

116
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What is a primary cartilaginous joint and where are they found?

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Synchondrosis, using hyaline cartilage, between long bones.

117
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What is the left foot in relation to the left knee?

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Ipslateral and inferior

118
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What size of molecule can get through a connoxen channel?

119
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What is a condyle?

A

A small rounded articular surface

120
Q

`What are Merkel cells involved in?

A

Sense perception

121
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How does ultrasound produce an image?

A

Reflection across tissues of different densities without using radition

122
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Describe how cartilage becomes bone.

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  1. Perichondrium becomes speriosteum 2. Chondrocytes hypertrophy 3. Calcify matrix 4. Die
123
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What are canals between oestocytes called?

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Canaliculi

124
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What is the concentration of plasma HCO3-?

125
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What do Langerhan’s cells do?

A

Macrophages of immune defence

126
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How long does it take for a cell to get from the basal layer to the skin?

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25-30 days

127
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What are the three kinds of fibrous joints?

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Sutures, syndesmosis, gomphosis

128
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What is the embryo formed from?

A

Inner cell mass

129
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What is the Henderson-Hasselbach equation?

A

pH= pKa + log( A-/HA)

130
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What is the concentration of plasma K+?

131
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Which basic cartilage cells are precursors to bone?

A

Chondroblasts which once formed remain in situ as chrondocytes

132
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What is the appendicular skelton formed of?

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Limbs, pelvis, scapula, clavicle

133
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What controls flow in the cardiovascular system?

134
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What are the 5 rings of hair follicles from outside in?

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Outer root sheath, inner root sheath, cuticle, cortex, medulla

135
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What gives microvilli shape?

136
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What happens in the zone of hypertrophy and maturation?

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In this zone, the chondrocytes undergo hypertrophy.

137
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What is the extracellular space volume in humans?

138
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What is average mean blood pressure of pulmonary circulation?

139
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What is the plasma volume in humans?

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