Wound Healing

Question 1

What is Marfan sd? Is it an autosomal dominant or recessive disease?

Answer 1

It is a mutation in the gene encoding fibrillin (elastin framework), people have defective connective tissue.
It is dominant.

Question 2

What is scurvy and it’s sx?

Answer 2

Deficit in vitamin C that creates a deficit in collagen formation.
sx: gum bleeding

Question 3

Rickets/ osteomalacia

Answer 3

children/ adults respectively

Deficit in vit D that affects the calcification of bones

Question 4

Osteogenesis imperfecta

Answer 4

Deficit in collagen type 1 that affect bones.

Question 5

Ehlers- danlos

Answer 5

Alteration in collagen synthesis that makes tissues very elastic