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Decks in this class (38)

Cardiovascular Disease
What diseases affect vasuculature,
What disease affect the heart,
What is the structure of blood ve...
17  cards
Smooth muscle
Where is smooth muscle present an...,
Why do you target smooth mucle fo...,
Why do you target smooth mucle fo...
17  cards
Cardiac muscle
What are some diseases of the heart,
How to target these diseases arrh...,
What is the structure of cardiac ...
20  cards
Hypertension
What are the goals of treatment f...,
What are specific goals of the tr...,
What is stage 1 hypertension
27  cards
Skeletal muscle
What is the structure of skeletal...,
What is necessary for contraction...,
What are the innervation pathways...
16  cards
Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis
What is hypercholesterolaemia,
What is atherosclerosis,
What are risk factors for atheros...
21  cards
Ischaemic Heart disease
What is ischaemic heart disease,
What are risk factors for ihd,
How to manage angina pectoris
21  cards
Antithrombotic drugs
What is thrombosis,
Explain the coagulation mechanism,
What are platelets
20  cards
Intro to resp Disease
What is asthma,
What is copd,
Explain why changes fev1 fvc are bad
15  cards
Bronchodilators
What do bronchodilators do,
What are b2 adrenoceptor agonists,
How does salbutamol work
19  cards
Anti-inflammatory Drugs
What can anti inflammatory agents do,
What are other names for corticos...,
What are the types of steroid
18  cards
Type 1 Diabetes mellitus
What actually is diabetes mellitus,
Describe diabetes mellitus,
What are the direct consequences ...
15  cards
Type 2 Diabetes
What is type 2 diabetes,
What are current drug therapies f...,
What is metformoin
17  cards
Obestiy
What is obestiy,
How do we asess obesity,
What are the consequences of obesity
23  cards
Inflammation and the Immune System
What are the roles of the immune ...,
What is an antigen,
What is an antibody
38  cards
Allergy
How does an allergy develop,
What is the induction phase,
What is the reactive phase
24  cards
Pain-COX inhibitors
What are prostanoids,
What is cyclo oxygenase cox,
What are cyclo oxygenase cox inhi...
23  cards
Opiods
How do opioids block nociceptive ...,
What are the types of opiod receptor,
What are opiod peptides
28  cards
Local anaesthetics
What is an ap,
What is a refractory period,
How does information flow through...
10  cards
Intro to CNS
What is the brain,
What is glutamate,
What is gaba
16  cards
Epilepsy
What is epilepsy,
What is the basis of epileptognesis,
How does epilipsy present
20  cards
Neurodegenerative Diseases
What is neurodegeneration,
What do neurons lost correlate to,
What is als
23  cards
Depression
What is depression,
What are the symptoms of depression,
What are the psychological sympto...
20  cards
Anti-Emetics
What stimulates nausea and vomiting,
What is the physiological respons...,
What nt are involved in nausea an...
19  cards
Schizophrenia
What is schizophrenia,
What are the positive symptoms of...,
What are the negative symptoms of...
18  cards
Addiction
What is an addiction,
What are the symptoms of addiction,
What are the componenets of a reward
23  cards
Drugs of Abuse
Define a drug pharmacological,
What is an experimental drug,
What is a candidate drug
31  cards
Anti-Microbial drugs
What are microbes,
What are some common anti microbials,
What is penicillin
13  cards
Anti-viral drugs
What are viruses,
Are they all the same shape,
What do virus dna strands actuall...
11  cards
Anti-parasitic drugs
What are parasites,
How does malaria work,
List available malaria treatments
14  cards
Intro to cancer
What is cancer,
What are the different types of t...,
What are benign tumours
21  cards
Chemotherapy
What are approaches to treat cancer,
What are the general problems wit...,
What are the options for treating...
20  cards
Targeted approaches to cancer
List targeted approaches to cancer,
Review vegf signalling,
Explain the mechanism for vegf in...
16  cards
GI:Acid secretion
What are functions of the gi tract,
How is the gi tract controlled,
What are oxyntic glands
20  cards
GI: Lower GI tract
What is constipation,
What are treatments for constipation,
What is the mucosal layer
8  cards
GI: Diarrhoea
What is diarrhoea,
What types of infection cause dia...,
What is the mechanism for cholera
9  cards
Contraception
What types of contraception are a...,
What are permanet contraceptive a...,
What are non hormonal contraceptives
11  cards
The Kidney
What is the role of the kidney in...,
Kidney stats,
What is the functional unit of th...
13  cards

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