EMS - Mechanisms of Disease

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Decks in this class (21)

Role of Pathology in Medicine (2)
What is pathology,
Scientific study of disease,
Ana
16  cards
Cell Injury and Death (3)
How do you maintain a cell in a s...,
Cell injury
2  cards
Acute Inflammation (4)
Causes,
What is the purpose,
Cardinal signs
33  cards
Immunopathology (5 and 6)
Innate immune system,
Adaptive immune system,
Pattern recognition receptors
57  cards
Chronic Inflammation (7)
Inflammation,
Purpose of inflammation is,
Problem with inflammation
51  cards
Repair and Regeneration (8)
Healing by regeneration,
Healing by repair,
Labile cell populations
19  cards
Human Microbiota Intro (9)
What are micro organisms that cau...,
Akaryote,
Prokaryote
41  cards
Normal Microbiota (10)
Normal flora,
Colonisation,
Symbiosis
31  cards
Micro-organisms in disease (11 and 12)
Pathogenicity,
Virulence,
Kochs postulates 1890
39  cards
Atheroma, Thrombosis & Embolism (13)
Atherosclerosis,
Commonly affected vessels,
What are non modifiable risk factors
35  cards
Ischaemia, Infarction & Shock (14)
Hypoxia,
Ischaemia,
If ischaemic for short duration
58  cards
Inborn Errors of Metabolism (15)
How common,
Genetic defects,
Problems with metabolic pathways
24  cards
Acid-Base Homeostasis (16)
Acid production,
Buffering systems,
Ph
38  cards
Sodium and Water Homeostasis
U and es measure,
Abnormal electrolytes due to,
Clinical examples
20  cards
Potassium and Hydrogen Homeostasis
Normal potassium,
Values 6 dangerous causing,
Measurement
13  cards
Abnormalities of Growth, Differentiation & Morphogenesis (17)
Cellular adaptation,
What adaptations can occur change in,
Failure of adaption leads to
29  cards
Characteristics of Tumours (18)
Cancer,
Tumour neoplasm,
Histogenesis
35  cards
Tumour Classification (19)
Common,
Less common,
Benign surface epithelial
31  cards
Carcinogenesis - Causes of Cancer (20)
Chemicals,
Infectious agents,
Radiation
35  cards
Carcinogenesis - Molecular Hallmarks of Cancer Cells (21)
Caretaker genes tsg,
Gatekeeper genes tsg,
Carcinogens and tsgs
23  cards
Behaviour of Tumours (22)
Invasion local disease,
Metastasis systemic disease,
Less adhesion more motility
27  cards

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