Test 12 Flashcards
When does the metanephros begin to produce urine?
8-10 weeks of gestation after the ureters fully canalize
What is the MC cause of fetal hydronephrosis?
Inadequate recanalization of the ureteropelvic junction (junction between kidney and ureter)
How does the body respond to Ca loading with calcium gluconate?
PTH and synthesis of active form of vit D decreases
Calcitonin increases
What nerve innervates the flexors of the lower leg, the extrinsic digital flexors of the toes and the skin of the skin of the sole of the foot?
tibial nerve
Hemorrhages, subperiosteal hematomas, bleeding into joint spaces, gingival swelling, anema and impaired wound healing are all caused by…
Impaired collagen formation due to scurvy
beriberi and wernicke
B1 def
cheilosis stomatitis glossitis dermatitis corneal vascularization
B2 def
Cheilosis
glossitis
dermatitis
peripheral neuropathy
B6 def
Megaloblastic anemia and neural tube defects
Folic acid
Bleeding diathesis
Vit K def
Acrodermatitis
growth retardation
infertility
zinc def
What bacteria produce IgA protease?
SHiN. S. Pneumoniae H. Influenzae N. menigitidis N. gonorrhea
What does IgA protease do?
Bacterial virulence factor: enzyme that cleaves IgA at its hinge making it ineffective. IgA normally exists on mucosal surfaces and insecretions and acts to bind and inhibit the action of pili and any other crap that allows for mucosal adherence.
What is protein A?
VF expressed by S. Aureus
Binds Fc region of IgG and prevents opsonization and phagocytosis
What VF helps to prevent phagocytosis and is expressed by group A streptoccoci?
M protein
Has similar epitopes to human cell proteins and may underly hte AI response seen in acute RF
What are the hallmarks of generalized anxiety disorder?
Anxiety lasting > 6 months!
excessive worry over several different issues
How do you tx GAD?
antidepressants
benzodiazepines
What is adjustment disorder?
lasts < 6 mos
emotional sxs following an identifiable psychosocial stressor
What are natural anticoagulants present in the blood?
Anti-III
protein C and S
How does Warfarin cause a “paradoxical thrombosis”?
Inhibits protein C and S synthesis and can lead to skin/tissue necrosis d/t small vessel microthromboses.
Often in pts w/ a congenital def of protein C and S (usually in first week of therapy)
What is the mechanism of warfarin?
Inhibits gamma-carboxylation of vit K dependent clotting factors II, VII, IX, X, C and S.
How does warfarin affect the EXtrinsic pathway?
Increases PT
How do you reverse warfarin therapy?
give vit K
RAPID reversal–> give fresh frozen plasma