Test 20 Flashcards
Channeling unacceptable impulses into productive activity
altruism
excessive or opposite reaction
reaction formation
MCC of opportunistic mycosis
Candida albicans (part of normal skin/mucous membrane flora)
Yeast, pseudohyphae and a positive GERM TUBE TEST (tennis rackets). Innoculated at 37 (98.6)
Candida
Causes meningitis and lung infections in Aids pts. OVAL BUDDING YEAST WITH THICK CAPSULE. India ink stain w/ clear zone around nucleus.
Cryptococcus Neoformas
Oval yeasts cells HIDING in mphages. Mississippi and Ohio River Valles.
HISTO HIDES in mphages
Southwestern US and california. Spherules filled w/ endospores.
Coccidioides
Elevated pulmonary wedge pressure, pulmonary HTN, decreased vascular compliance, right ventricular dilation, functional tricuspid regurge.
Mitral stenosis
Diastolic pressure in LV is usually normal or decreased w/ mitral stenosis
What mediates immunity to myobacterium TB?
Th1 cells leads mphage mediated immunity and drive granuloma formation
cytokines cytokines critical in formation and maintenance of granulomas
IFN-y
IL-12
TNF-a
Formed after tissue mphages encounter pathogens/substances that can’t be easily digested/removed
granulomas
IL-12
induces T helper cells to differentiate to TH1
IFNy
activates mphages
C3a
Stimulates mast cell histamine release leading to increased vascular permeability/vasodilation
IL-4
Th to Th-2
B cell growth and isotype switching
IL-5
differentiation of B cells and eosinophils
Isotype switching to IgA
LC4, D4, ER
vasoconstriction
increased vascular permeability
bronchospasm
Platelet activating factor
platelet aggregation
vasoconstriction
bronchoconstriction
leukocyte adhesion
Thromboxane A2
platelet aggregator and vasoconstrictor
Glucose sensor in pancreatic beta cells
Glucokinase–high km> senses high levels of glucose
*inactivation mutations can lead to mild hyperglycemia exacerbated by pregnancy
Converts glucose to glu-6-p in pancreas/liver
glucokinase
Allosteric inhibition of glucokinase
glu-6-+
MODY enzyme
glucokinase defects
What type of twin placentation is most likely present with twins, male and female?
Dichorionic/diamnionic