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introduction to medical microbiology
List the categories of microorgan...,
Bacteria,
Viruses
17
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introduction to bacteria
Gram stain appearance,
Gram staining procedure,
Terminology for the shape of bact...
15
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introduction to viruses
What is a virus,
What is a virion,
Classification of viruses
24
cards
introduction to parasites
What is a parasite,
Where are parasites particularly ...,
What is a vector
24
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introduction to fungi
What type of pathogens are fungi,
Examples of situations where fung...,
What is a fungus
25
cards
classification of pathogenic bacteria, pathogens and host
Grams stain,
Cells wall differences in gram ve...,
Classification of gram ve bacteria
82
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principles of immunisation
What are the different types of i...,
Advantages passive immunity,
Disadvantages of passive immunity
36
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antimicrobial chemotherapy
Define bactericidal,
Define bacteriostatic,
Define sensitive
98
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hypersensitivity and autoimmunity
Define organ specific autoimmune ...,
Define non organ specific autoimm...,
What is loss of tolerance due to ...
24
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storing and using genetic information
Define phenotype,
Define genotype,
What is protein structure ultimat...
22
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chromosomes, cell division, meiosis and chromosome abnormalities
Outline eukaryotic chromosome str...,
What are telomeres,
How is the lagging strand of dna ...
30
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mendelian inheritance
What is the p arm on a chromosome,
What is the q arm on a chromosome,
Mendelian inheritance
13
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mutations and genetic analysis
Defne trisomy,
Define monosomy x,
Define tetraploidy
49
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Estimating Risk of Inherited Genetic Disease COPY
What is meant by fitness,
What is an allele that increases ...,
What is a neutral allele
21
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medical genetics in the clinic
Define pedigree,
Clinical assessment,
What does clinical examination in...
13
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non-mendelian inheritance
Define incomplete penetrance,
Sporadic cases occur due to,
Imprinting occurs due to
32
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acute inflammation
Define acute inflammation,
List the 5 cardinal signs of infl...,
What are the 6 causes of acute in...
56
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chronic inflammation
What is the cell population in ch...,
What are the features of chronic ...,
Define chronic inflammation
50
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tumour classification and nomenclature
What is a tumour neoplasm,
What are the 2 groups of tumours,
What is a benign tuour
25
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tumour pathology
What are the properties of cancer...,
Give 3 examples of tumour suppres...,
Give 6 examples of oncogenes
90
cards
outline of disease process in cancer
Cancer cells,
Normal cells,
Multistage carcinogenesis
24
cards
therapeutic options in cancer
Therapeutic options can be,
Prevention,
Treatment
41
cards
genetic predisposition to cancer
Cancer arises from,
Somatic mutation,
Germline mutations
34
cards
physiological thrombosis
Define haemostasis,
Normal artery structure,
What is inside the lumen of a blo...
27
cards
pathological thrombosis
3 main causes of thrombus,
Smoking cigarettes,
What are 2 predisposing factors o...
20
cards
Circulatory Shock
What is circulatory shock,
What are the 3 main types of circ...,
Normal blood pressure
12
cards
drug absorption
What is the pharmacokinetic process,
What is the pharmacodynamic process,
What are the 4 basic factors that...
31
cards
drug metabolism
Define drug metabolism,
Which substances undergo excretion,
Important sites of metabolism
27
cards
drug distribution
Distribution,
Drug distribution refers to the,
Factors affecting tissue distribu...
28
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clinical trial design
Why are clinical trials important,
4 examples of drug treatments bas...,
Investigating potential drugs 5
36
cards
adverse drug reactions
Define adverse drug reaction,
Frequency of adrs,
Classification of onset
19
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drug delivery systems
4 types of drug delivery,
Examples of delivery methods 7,
Drug formulation
32
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drug interactions
Define drug interaction,
Type of drug interactions,
The object drug
35
cards
chemotherapy
Treatment options in cancer,
Frequency of chemo delivery,
Delivery systemic therapy
19
cards
injury to the body
Define injury,
Define lesion,
Defect
18
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post mortem changes
Early post mortem changes,
Late post mortem changes 4,
Post mortem changes
36
cards
principles of disease formative
What type of gene is retinoblasto...,
What type of tumour is a liposarcoma,
What type of tumour is an adenosa...
30
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Imaging In Inflammatory Disorders and Infection COPY
What is a pet used to view,
What is another name given to the...,
How is the 3 d image created
21
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Imaging in Cancer COPY
What is the basic principle of ba...,
How are ct scans produced,
What is the hounsfield unit
26
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Clinical Trials
Why are clinical trials important,
What is defined as pre clinical d...,
What is phase 1 of clinical devel...
15
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