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_______ are cellular GTPases involved in mitochondrial fusion.

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Mfn, OPA1

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_______ are cellular GTPases involved in mitochondrial fission.

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Fis1, Drp

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_______ is a CFTR potentiator for G551D or gating mutation

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Ivacaftor

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_______ are cellular junctions that function in mechanical strength, resisting shearing forces, and promoting structural organization of epithelial sheet

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Desomosomes

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_______ are interlocking proteins with transmembrane domains in tight junctions

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claudins and occludins

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_______ are transmembrane proteins with extracellular domains that interact with each other and intracellular tails that bind adaptors and actin filaments in adherence junctions.

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Cadherins

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_______ are transmembrane proteins with extracellular domains that interact with each other and intracellular tails that bind adaptors and intermediate filaments in desmosomes.

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Cadherins

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_______ cells divide and their offspring fuse with myocytes to create cells that are even more nucleated

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Satellite

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_______ cilia: non-motile, variations of primary cilia to house sensory systems (taste, touch) that communicate with the CNS

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Sensory

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_______ cilia: organize and promote signal transduction systems that control epithelial cell division, fate, and function

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Primary

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_______ cilia: wave to move mucous and molecules along passageways (tend to be found in respiratory tract and oviduct)

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Motile

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_______ has a tyrosine kinase function that activates the Ras pathway

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EGFR

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_______ in the t-tubule membrane induces _______ in the SR membranes to release Caclium ions into each myofibril

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DHPR; RyR

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_______ muscle cells do not have gap junctions.

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Skeletal

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_______ promote bonw deposition; _______ promote bone resorption

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osteoblasts; osteoclasts

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_______ promotes calcium uptake (bone formation)

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calcitonin

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17
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_______ stimulates calcium liberation (bone resorption)

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Parathyroid hormone

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ATP is transported out of the mitochondria via _______

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ATP/ADP antiporters

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Dense CT: _______ collagen fibrils that are abundant compared to ground substance

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thick

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In _______ muscle, Ca2+ entry from the t-tubule system is required for activation of Ca2+ release channels in the SR.

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cardiac

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In _______ muscle, the cells are small enough that the Calcium can diffuse from the plasma membrane relatively easy, such that the t-tubule system is not required.

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smooth

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22
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In apoptosis, _______ are involved in permeabilization of the outer mitochondrial membrane to _______

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Bak/Bax; cytochrome c

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23
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Integrins of _______ interact with actin filaments

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focal adhesions

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Integrins of _______ interact with intermediate filaments

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hemidesmosomes

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25
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Loose CT: _______ collagen fibrils that are relatively sparse, arranged in _______ lattices

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thin; irregular

26
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Skeletal muscle is graded by _______ and _______

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Action Potential Frequency; Motor Unit Recruitment

27
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What are appropriate monoclonal antibody treatments for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations?

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Cetuximab, Necitumumab

28
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What are appropriate TKI treatments for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations?

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Erlotinib, Gefitinib, Afatinib

29
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What are relatively unspecialized cells that can give rise to smooth muscle during vessel growth and wound healing?

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Pericytes

30
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What is a complex of proteins in the t-tubule membrane that undergoes a conformational change during depolarization?

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dihydropurine receptor (DHPR)

31
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What is a large protein that associates with actin thin filaments to organize them?

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Nebulin

32
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What is an enormous protein that links myosin thick filaments to the Z line?

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Titin

33
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What is secreted by muscles as negative feedback for muscle growth?

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Myostatin

34
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What is the treatment for malignant hyperthermia?

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Dantrolene Sodium

35
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What middle vascular layer may be comprised of multiple layers of elastic laminae, smooth muscle cells or collagen?

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Tunica Media

36
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What pathology involvesc onstant contraction at a high rate that generates a lot of heat and metabolism very quickly?

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Malignant Hyperthermia

37
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What pathology is caused by BBS proteins involved in a protein complex required for vesicular transport within the cilium?

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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

38
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What pathology is caused by environmental exposure to anesthesia (typically inhalation agents such as halothane or succinylcholine)?

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Malignant Hyperthermia

39
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What pathology is caused by fibrocystin mutations?

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Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease

40
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What pathology is caused by hypertrophy of cadiac monoctyes?

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Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

41
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What pathology is caused by large deletion (frameshift) in dystrophin?

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

42
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What pathology is caused by mutation in RyR1 (70% of cases)?

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Malignant Hyperthermia

43
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What pathology is caused by polycystin 1 and polycystin 2 mutations?

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Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

44
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What pathology is caused by smaller in-frame deletions in dystrophin?

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Becker Muscular Dystrophy

45
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What pathology is characterized by abnormal gait with toe-walking, Gower’s sign, calf pseudoypertrophy, high creatinine kinase, mild intellectual disability, wheelchair bound in early teenage years, death in 20s, cardiomyopathy in 100% by age 18, minimal reproductive fitness?

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

46
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What pathology is characterized by abnormal increase in uncalcified osteoid that interferes with mineralization?

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Osteomalacia Rickets

47
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What pathology is characterized by asymptomatic generally with sudden death in a small minority of patients?

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Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

48
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What pathology is characterized by defect in resorption/formation coupling such that there is a net loss of bone?

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osteoporosis

49
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What pathology is characterized by hypermetabolism, skeletal muscle damage, hyperthermia?

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Malignant Hyperthermia

50
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What pathology is characterized by muscle rigidity (especially masseter spasm), increased carbon dioxide production, rhabdomyolysis (muscle cell breakdown), hyperthermia, and non-specific symptoms?

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Malignant Hyperthermia

51
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What pathology is characterized by photoreceptor degeneration, anosmia, mental retardation and developmental delays, neural tube defects, obesity, hypogonadism, kidney defects, polydactyly, diabetes, situs inversus?

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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

52
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What pathology is characterized by renal cysts, liver and pancreatic cysts, intracranial aneurysms?

A

Polycystic Kidney Disease

53
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What pathology is treated by supportive, leg braces, surgical tendon releases, pulmonary therapy, corticosteroids, ambulatory assist devices, multidisciplinary care?

A

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

54
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What protein connects cortical actin beneath the plasma membrane and the plasma membrane surface?

A

Dystrophin

55
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What releases Ca2+ ions into the myofibril?

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Ryanodine Receptor (RyR)

56
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What shunts blood from arterial circulation into venous circulation?

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arteriovenous shunts

57
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What tissue is described as containing vasa vasorum (blood vessels) that supply oxygen and nutrients to artery wall layers?

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Tunic Adventitia

58
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What tissue is described as the inner layer of the vessel and contains a layer of epithelial cells in intimate contact with blood?

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Tunica Intima

59
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What vascular structure begins in a capillary bed and ends in a capillary bed (hepatic portal vein)?

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Portal system

60
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What vascular structure connects arteries and veins and permits collateral circulation in tissues?

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Anastomosis

61
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What vascular structure is a countercurrent arrangement between an artery and venous network (spermatic cord heat exchange)

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pampiniform plexus

62
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What vascular structure supplies a section of tissue that cannot have alternate arterial supply?

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End artery

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