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Decks in this class (80)

Case 1 - overview of clinical gastroenterology
What percentage of primary care c...,
What are gi disorder symptoms,
What is diverticulosis
25  cards
Case 1 - Overview of the gastrointestinal tract
What is the oral buccal cavity li...,
What does the mucosa produce,
What type of teeth appear in the ...
85  cards
Case 1 - epithelial solute and water transport
How much of our body weight does ...,
What makes up the extracellular f...,
What separates the extracellular ...
85  cards
Case 1 - barrett's oesophagus
What is barrett s oesophagus a co...,
What does it look like,
What is barrett s defined by
11  cards
Case 1 - clinical reasoning
What is the definition of clinica...,
Features of clinical reasoning,
What feeds into clinical reasoning
14  cards
Case 1 - end of life
What are the different types of n...,
What is manslaughter gross neglig...,
What is the suicide act 1961
19  cards
Case 1 - Withdrawing and withholding treatment
What is basic care,
What is clinical care,
What is withholding basic care to...
5  cards
Case 1 - swallowing and dysphagia
What are the three phases of norm...,
What is included in the oral phase,
What is included in the pharyngea...
44  cards
Case 1 - PBL
What is included in the voluntary...,
What happens after mastication in...,
What is the nerve involved in the...
35  cards
Case 1 - Yaffas
What is the enteric nervous syste...,
What is the ens involved in,
What are the two main plexuses of...
68  cards
Case 2 - clinical aspects of gastric and duodenal disorders
What are some upper gi symptoms,
What are some of the signs of cancer,
What is melaena
16  cards
Case 2 - gastric acid production
What is the ph of the stomach,
What is hcl produced by in the st...,
What is the first step to produce...
51  cards
Case 2 - H.pylori
What is hpylori,
What does chronic infection with ...,
What is the most common route of ...
20  cards
Case 2 - medications
What is amoxicillin,
What is amoxicillin commonly used...,
What is the mechanism of action o...
7  cards
Case 2 - peptic ulcers
What are the three layers of the ...,
What does the epithelial layer do,
What does the lamina propria contain
33  cards
Case 2 - smoking
What protects the oesophagus from...,
What does smoking do to this sphi...,
How does smoking increase the amo...
3  cards
Case 2 - pain
What cells become the ens,
What is visceral pain,
What does visceral pain feel like
10  cards
Case 2 - overview of the gastointestinal tract
What does the small intestine absorb,
What are the digestive enzymes th...,
What does the small intestine req...
27  cards
Case 2 - mucus and mucins
What is the mucus barrier,
What does the mucus layer sit on ...,
Where is the glycoprotein layer
49  cards
Case 2 - yaffas
How is the stomach divided physio...,
Explain of the storage function o...,
What is the max volume of the sto...
56  cards
Case 3 - Fat absorption
What is fat absorption dependent on,
What do the bile salts do,
What does no bile result in
16  cards
Case 3 - nutrient absorption
What are proteins broken down int...,
What can all of these be absorbed by,
What are polysaccharides broken d...
35  cards
Case 3 - H2O absorption
How does h20 move on the osmotic ...,
What is the osmotic gradient crea...,
How much h20 is absorbed in total...
32  cards
Case 3 - micronutrients absorption
What are the fat soluble vitamins,
How are these fat soluble vitamin...,
What does fat soluble vitamin abs...
25  cards
Case 3 - alcohol use - clinical perspective
How many deaths a year worldwide,
It is the leading cause of death,
When is the peak incidence
66  cards
Case 3 - alcohol use - public health perspective
How does one measure units of alc...,
How long does a healthy liver tak...,
How many alcohol free days should...
10  cards
Case 3 - clinical overview of disease of the pancreas
What are non specific symptoms of...,
What are the intermittent severe ...,
What are the dimensions of the pa...
55  cards
Case 3 - pancreatitis
What is acute pancreatitis,
What are the main causes of acute...,
What is the clinical presentation...
29  cards
Case 3 - alcohol
How is alcohol absorbed,
What is some alcohol in the stoma...,
Why is womens safe limit less tha...
36  cards
Case 3 - PBL
Describe and explain the process ...,
What happens to small quantities ...,
Why is this
6  cards
Case 3 - Yaffas
What are the pancreatic digestive...,
What is secreted by the small duc...,
What happens to this combination ...
42  cards
Case 3 - teach me physiology
What is the water and carbon diox...,
What is the product formed from this,
What does carbonic acid dissociat...
9  cards
case 4 - bowel cancer
What is the majority of crcs,
What percentage of bowel cancers ...,
What surface of the colon do the ...
147  cards
case 4 - cellular biology
What is atrophy,
How may atrophy be achieved,
What is hypertrophy
63  cards
case 4 - immunology of the gut
What type of surface does the gi ...,
What is mucus secreted by,
What does this mucus do
50  cards
case 4 - cancer
What are the two classifications ...,
What are the features of familial...,
What are the features of sporadic...
38  cards
case 4 - bowel cancer part 2
What is the form of bowel cancer ...,
What are the rare family diseases,
What is the epidemiology of bowel...
51  cards
case 4 - cellular aspects of motility and interaction with commonly used drugs
What are the principles of control,
What do mechanoreceptors sense,
What do osmoreceptors sense
43  cards
case 4 - PBL
What is the chyme like in the colon,
What is the large intestine lined...,
What do these crypts contain
50  cards
case 4 - bss
What is patient centred care,
Why does patient centred care matter,
What is the biographical disruption
59  cards
case 5 - immunity
What is innate immunity,
Does innate immunity have memory ...,
What are the cells of the innate ...
36  cards
case 5 - hepatitis
What are the three stages of symp...,
What happens in the prodromal phase,
What happens in the icteric stage
95  cards
case 5 - jaundice and cirrhosis
What does jaundice refer to,
What is it caused by,
What are the three types of jaundice
53  cards
case 5 - cells of the liver and their functions
What cells is activated if hepato...,
What is an example of a phagocyti...,
What cell is produced by the live...
8  cards
case 5 - teach me physiology lipid metabolism
What are cholesterol and phosphol...,
What happens when energy is neede...,
What is this stimulated by
25  cards
case 5 - teach me physiology carbohydrate metabolism
Where does 80 of the monosacchari...,
What is glucose converted to and ...,
What is glucose 6 phosphate conve...
15  cards
case 5 - teach me physiology bilirubin metabolism
What are the two forms of bilirubin,
What is a classic feature of unco...,
What does this mean for unconjuga...
19  cards
case 5 - protein metabolism in the liver
Why is the liver especially impor...,
Out of the 20 amino acids in the ...,
What is the process via the synth...
31  cards
case 5 - storage functions of the liver
How much glycogen is stored in th...,
Describe the steps of the synthes...,
What are the lipid soluble vitami...
17  cards
case 5 - liver function
Where does the liver receive bloo...,
What does the liver respond to,
What does glycogenesis do
120  cards
case 5 - pathological overview of the liver
What does bacteriology of the liv...,
What is in the portal tracts in d...,
What is in the hepatocellular lob...
25  cards
case 5- secretion and excretion in the liver
What are particulates phagocytose...,
What is the blood supply to the l...,
Where do both of these feed into
37  cards
case 5 - viral hepatitis
How are hep a and e transmitted,
How are hep e b c and delta trans...,
What hepatitis doesnt lead to chr...
53  cards
case 5 - liver pharmacology
What kind of drug has an effect,
What does decreased plasma albumi...,
What does increased volume of dis...
41  cards
case 5 - PBL
How are obesity and hepatitis linked,
What happens in mechanism one in ...,
What happens in mechanism two in ...
9  cards
case 6 - insulin and glucagon
Where is insulin produced,
What is insulin responsible for,
How is it released into the blood...
37  cards
case 6 - extra
Where does the kreb s citric cylc...,
What happens in this step and wha...,
Describe the steps 1 6 of what ha...
60  cards
case 6 - glucose and insulin physiology
Where is delivery of glucose crit...,
What is the stored reservoir of g...,
What is normoglycaemia
61  cards
case 6 - diabetes review
What is the who diagnosis for dia...,
What is the who diagnosis for dia...,
What is the value of hba1c that c...
48  cards
case 6 - disease complications
What is the epidemiology of diabe...,
What are the microvascular compli...,
What are the macrovascular compli...
44  cards
case 6 - introduction to type 2 diabetes
What is diabetes mellitus,
What is type 2 diabetes,
What is pre diabetes and how is i...
77  cards
case 6 - genetics and the environment
What is obesity,
What is diabetes,
What is the single gene mutation ...
5  cards
case 6 - overview of obesity
What is healthy bmi,
What is overweight bmi,
What is obesity ii bmi
26  cards
case 6 - self management
What is self management,
Why is self management important ...,
How can physical activity help
10  cards
case 6 - PBL and somatostatin
What are the three parts of the h...,
What is the satiety centre,
How is thirst detected
32  cards
case 7 - teach me physiology
What is the glomerulus,
What occurs here,
What are the three components of ...
102  cards
case 7 - extra
What is the raas hormone system p...,
What is the first stage of raa,
Where is renin released from
38  cards
case 7 - introduction to the kidney
What is the function of the kidne...,
What is the endocrine secretion f...,
What are the different parts of t...
76  cards
case 7 - acid base balance and the kidney
What is the regulation of plasma ...,
What happens to h and co3 in the ...,
What decides the ph
55  cards
case 7 - renal physiology
What is the difference between th...,
What do the juxtamedullary nephro...,
What is the counter current multi...
38  cards
case 7 - diabetic kidney disease
What is the basic membrane compri...,
What is the interstitial membrane...,
What are the different cellular a...
19  cards
case 8 - pbl
What are the two main parts of th...,
What happens in the body,
What are features of the neck
48  cards
case 8 - the kidney and urinary tract
How many glomeruli do normal peop...,
How many glomeruli do hypertensiv...,
What modify the glomerular ultraf...
30  cards
case 8 - structure and function of the prostate gland
What is benign prostate enlargement,
What is benign prostatic hypertrophy,
What is benign prostatic hyperplasia
32  cards
case 8 - prostate cancer
What is the function and features...,
What are the risk factors for pro...,
What are the lower urinary tract ...
34  cards
case 8 - abdominal radiographs
What,
What are the ultrasound methods,
What is fluroscopy
7  cards
case 9 - teach me physiology
Describe the anatomy of the thyro...,
What supplies the thyroid gland,
What is the function of the thyro...
38  cards
case 9 - Yaffas
Where is the thyroid gland located,
What are the follicles of the thy...,
What is the secretory fluid insid...
100  cards
case 9 - thyroid gland and thyroid hormone
Where is trh released from,
What does the anterior pituitary ...,
What does this tsh do
48  cards
case 9 - endocrinology
What are adrenal hormones all der...,
What is dhea,
What is the main glucocorticoid o...
52  cards

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