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Blood
Functions of blood,
Plasma proteins,
What does colloid oncotic pressur...
30
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Proteins
Classes of amino acids,
Primary structure,
Peptide bonds form at what points
15
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Immune System
What is immune system,
Types of pathogen,
Types of immunity
46
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Membranes
Functions of membrane proteins,
What do receptor proteins do,
How are receptors specific
36
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Life Of Cells
Important functional groups to re...,
Types of configurations if there ...,
What are the 5 chemical reactions...
17
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Homeostasis
What is homeostasis,
Why is it important to maintain c...,
How are organ systems involved in...
16
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Energy
1st law of energy changes,
2nd law of energy change,
Entropy
27
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Enzymes
What factors determine enzymes ac...,
Why measure enzymes,
Hypoxia
6
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Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates are highly oxidisab...,
Carbohydrate functions,
Types of monosaccharides
37
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Citric Acid Cycle
What is the citric acid cycle,
Where does citric acid cycle occur,
How did the citric acid cycle evolve
5
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Lipids
Biological functions of lipids,
Lipid classes,
Unsaturated fatty acids
44
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Nitrogen
What do amino acids and nucleotid...,
What is phenylketonuria,
Ammonia is produced by
11
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Terminal Respiration
Mitochondria is the only place th...,
What is required to be in mitocho...,
Glycerol phosphate shuttle
20
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Nervous system
Somatic nervous system,
Autonomic nervous system,
Segments and ridges of brain called
56
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Skeletal muscle
Three types of muscle,
Where is smooth muscle found,
How are skeletal muscle cells mul...
38
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Smooth muscle
What part of the nervous system i...,
Features of smooth muscle,
X bridge activation
13
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Pharmacology
Signal transduction,
Intracellular receptors,
Cell surface receptors
19
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Sensory receptors
What are sensory receptors,
3 types of sensory receptors,
Sensory modality
34
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Autonomic Nervous System
What is ans,
Ganglion,
What type of receptors work in au...
14
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Pharmacology of ANS and NMJ
What is more useful targeting pos...,
Alpha 1 agonists are used for,
Alpha 2 agonists are used in
7
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Spinal reflexes
What is a stretch reflex,
3 types of connections that spind...,
Monosynaptic reflex
16
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Medical Microbiology
Non sterile body sites,
Sterile body sites,
Common specimen types collected t...
54
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Pathogens and Hosts
Commensal,
Kochs postulates,
Infectivity
24
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Classification of pathogenic bacteria
What is in bacterial cell wall,
How to classify different bacteria,
Which cell wall is more complex
24
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Antibiotic resistance
Organism is considered resistant ...,
Types of resistance,
What type of bacteria is always r...
12
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Vaccine development
Passive immunity disadvantages,
Killed whole organism vaccine,
Attenuated whole organism
15
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Hypersensitivity and autoimmune disease
Autoimmune disease is and why,
Autoimmune disease can come from,
Autoimmune disease treatment
11
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy
Bactericidal,
Bacteriostatic,
Mbc
43
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Tumour pathology
Basic pathological mechanisms,
Types of circulatory disorder,
Other word for tumour
42
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Disorders of cell growth
Cell cycle phases,
Cell cycle control measures,
Checkpoints of cell cycle
24
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Acute inflammation
What is acute inflammation,
What are the cardinal signs of in...,
What are the causes of acute infl...
16
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Chronic inflammation
What is chronic inflammation,
What are clinic findings in chron...,
What are causes and components of...
13
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Circulation pathology
What is the origin of platelets,
Role of platelets in relation to ...,
Main site of production of key cl...
26
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Hallmarks of cancer
What is an immune checkpoint,
Sustaining proliferative signalling,
Evasions of inhibitory growth sig...
12
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Cancer pathology
What is chemotherapy,
How can chemotherapy be delivered,
3 types of chemotherapy
24
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Genetics
What is mendelian inheritance,
Autosomal mendelian inheritance,
Autosomal recessive mendelian inh...
28
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Chromosomes
What is the basic structure of ch...,
Ways of laboratory diagnosis of g...,
How are chromosomes packaged
8
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cancer genetics
Cancer can be caused by what kind...,
Genetic processes associated with...,
Oncogenes
5
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Absorption of drugs
Pharmaceutical process,
Pharmacokinetic process,
Pharmacodynamic process
15
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Drug distribution
When is a drug biologically activ...,
What can affect amount of unbound...,
When does protein binding matter
16
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Drug metabolism
What does metabolism do,
What happens to non water soluble...,
Important sites of metabolism
10
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Drug interactions
What is drug interaction,
What is drug interaction,
Drug precipitants
11
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Adverse drug reactions
What is an adverse drug reaction,
Onset types,
Type a reactions
10
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Drug delivery systems
Factors which affect the bioavail...,
Strengths of the different routes...,
Strengths of different preparatio...
6
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Clinical Trial Design
Uses of a clinical study,
Basic consideration involved in t...,
Parallel design
10
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Imaging
What is an x ray,
How are x rays generated and how ...,
How are x rays generated and how ...
8
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Imaging in cancer
How does mri work,
Application of mri specific contr...,
Patient safety issues specific to...
5
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Diagnostic techniques
Reasons for requesting lab invest...,
Common errors in taking samples t...
2
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Injury to body
Definition of injury,
Mechanism of injury,
Classification of injuries
17
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Post mortem changes
What are the natural processes wh...,
Algor mortis,
Bodies cool quicker in ___ than i...
16
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