Test 62 Flashcards
innervates the muscles of mastication and passes through foramen ovale
CN V3
mutation in CFTR gene
defective post-translational folding and glycosylation>
degradation of CFTR integral membrane portein before it reaches the cell surface
*could help restore CFTR proteins in teh membrane
mutations in phenylalanine hydroxylase> protein misfolding
PKU
mutations in B globin gene of hemoglobin S
Sickle cell anemia
mitochondrial protein impt in respiratory fxn and iron homeostasis that is mutated
frataxin
Friedrichs ataxia
GAA repeat
complication of using concentrated O2 therapy for neonatal RSD
retinopathy of prematurity
abnormal retinal neovascularization is major cuase of blindness in developed illness
difference between acute stress disorder vs PTSD
ASD lasts no more than 4 weeks
PTSD longer than 4 weeks
congenital bicuspid aortic valves
accelerated onset of calcific aortic stenosis beginning in the sixth decade
senile calcific stenosis of normal aortic valves
symptomatic in eigth decade
common location for ulnar nerve injury leading to a “claw hand” deformity
medial epicondyle of the humerous
Guyon’s canal (handle bar pressure) near the hook of hamate and pisiform bone of the wrist
rare neoplasm that arises from the pleura/peritoneum that is associated w/ asbestos exposure
malignant mesothelioma
gold standard for dx of malignant mesotehlioma
electron microscopy
tumor cells w/ numerous, long, slender microvilli and many tonofilaments
defect in hepatic excretion of bilirubin glucuronidases across canalicular membrane
leading to a BLACK LIVER
Dubin Johnson syndrome
*dense pigment composed of EPI metabolites in lysozomes
Gram + diplococci, alpha hemolytic, optochin sensitive and BILE SOLUBLE
S. pneumoiae
causes osteoblasts to increase the production of RANK-ligand and M-CSF> osteoclastic differentiate into bone resorbing, mature osteocalsts
PTH