Week 3 Flashcards
What can cause hypoalbuminemia?
a diseased liver or kidney.
What are endocrine hormones?
Hormones that are transported by the blood to act on a variety of tissues and organ systems.
Why is it important to know hydrostatic pressure?
If there is a failure of valves in veins this could cause an increase in pressure and cause swelling to occur (especially in the legs)
Which type of shock might be the result of a severe allergic reaction?
Hypovolemic shock
What causes hydrostatic edemas?
- valve failure in veins of lower legs creating chronic venous insufficiency
- Right-sided chronic heart failure resulting in blood “back-up” as it tries to enter the right side of the heart
What is the typical cardiac output at rest?
5 L/min
What is a pedal or dependent edema?
fluid in the feet and lower legs (dependent means it is gravity dependent)
Ecchymoses hemorrhage
a hemorrhage that is >1cm
What is a petechiae hemorrhage?
small/ skin, mucous membranes
What are some mechanisms of cell injury?
- Hypoxia/Anoxia
- Physical Trauma
- Chemicals
- Infection
- Inflammation/Immune reactions
- Free radicals
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Genetic abnormalities
- Aging
What is an intravascular edema?
a left-sided heart failure resulting in left-sided blood “back-up” forcing pressure to cause water to move out of the pulmonary capillaries and into the interstitial and alveolar spaces.
Within intracellular accumulations during cell injury, where do fats typically accumulate?
Within the liver and kidney as triglycerides
What are the consequences of cell injury?
- Acutely
- Hydropic Degeneration
- Chronically
- Intracellular accumulations
- Adaptations
- Cell death
What is cardiac output?
Heart rate * stroke volume
What is hydrostatic pressure?
The force that is exerted by the weight of a column of blood.
What substances are leaked into the cell in intracellular accumulations due to an injured cell?
- Fat
- Cholesterol
- Protein
- Glycogen
- Pigments
What determines blood pressure?
Cardiac output * Total peripheral resistance
What are the types of shock?
- Hypovolemic shock
- Cardiogenic shock
- Septic shock