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Haem 1 - Physiology of blood cells and haematological terminology
Describe the physiology of the bl...,
Draw the stem cell hierarchy,
What are the essential characteri...
34
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Haem 2 - Deciding what is normal and interpreting blood counts - polycythaemia as an example
What can normal be affected by,
What are the effects of altitude ...,
How is a normal or reference rang...
19
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Haem 3 - Anaemia
Define anaemia,
What are the mechanisms of anaemia,
Describe a mechanism of anaemia
24
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Haem 4 - Haemoglobin molecule and thalassaemia
What the approximate number of re...,
How many molecules of hb are ther...,
Numerical facts about hb
31
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Haem 5 - Sickle cell disease
Describe the mutation of genes to...,
What does the polymerisation of h...,
What are the stages of sickling i...
23
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Haem 6 - Abnormal white cell count
Define haematopoiesis,
Describe normal haemopoiesis,
Describe malignant haemopoiesis
43
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Haem 7 - Haemostasis
Define haemostasis,
What is haemostasis for,
Describe normal haemostasis in te...
40
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Haem 8 - Abnormalities of haemostasis
List some factors that would cons...,
Summarise haemostatic plug formation,
What is the cause of abnormal hae...
32
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Haem 9 - Iron deficiency
List some compounds containing iron,
What is the role of iron in hb,
What is the daily requirement of ...
25
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Haem 10 - Vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency
What is vitamin b 12 and folate u...,
What is b12 required for,
What is folic acid required for
29
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Haem 11 - Blood transfusion
Where is blood obtained from,
When would you use blood,
Describe the different blood groups
26
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Diagnostics: Introduction and Chemical Pathology Lab
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Diagnostics: Virology Lab
0
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Diagnostics: Bacteriology Lab
0
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Diagnostics: Histopathology and Cytopathology Lab
0
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Diagnostics: Antibodies as diagnostic tools
0
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Diagnostics: Case Summary and Conclusion
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Cancer 1: Cellular pathology of cancer
Define metaplasia,
Define dysplasia,
What is typically seen in dysplasia
24
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Cancer 2: Oncogenes and tumour suppressors
Describe the cancer cell phenotype,
Describe the relevance of the cel...,
Define proto oncogenes
19
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Cancer 3: Epidemiology of cancer
See slides
1
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Cancer 4: The cell cycle and its control
Relevance of the appropriate regu...,
Define the cell cycle,
What are the two distinct phases ...
33
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Cancer 5: Signalling mechanisms of growth and division
What causes cell to go into the g...,
What is c myc,
What are the key components of si...
23
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Cancer 6: DNA damage & Repair
What can damage the dna,
What are the different types of d...,
What are the two phases of metabo...
19
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Cancer 7: External factors controlling division and behaviour of normal and cancerous cells
Define cell behaviour,
What external influences are dete...,
What is a lamellipod
32
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Cancer 8: Angiogenesis
What are the different types of d...,
How are blood vessel made,
Describe the process of sprouting...
27
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Cancer 9: Biological basis of cancer therapy
What are the main anti cancer tre...,
What are the types of genetic mut...,
List compounds used for cytotoxic...
11
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Cancer 10: Apoptosis
Why does apoptosis occur,
Define necrosis,
Define apoptosis
20
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Cancer 11: Invasion regulation of cell migration
How does detachment from primary ...,
What are the molecular mechanisms...,
What are the steps in tumour prog...
31
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Cancer 12: Cancer as a disease - Breast cancer
What type of cancer is breast cancer,
Describe the progression of norma...,
Why is the mortality rate of brea...
27
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Cancer 13: Cancer as a disease - Colorectal cancer
What parts of the colon can becom...,
Describe colonic anatomy,
Describe the turnover of the cell...
30
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Cancer 14: Cancer as a disease - Leukaemia
What is leukaemia,
What causes leukaemia,
Where can mutations occur along t...
20
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Cancer 15: Cancer as a disease - Skin cancer
Describe the skin microanatomy,
Describe the structure of the epi...,
List the types of skin cancer
9
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Immunology 1: Hypersensitivity and allergy
Describe an appropriate immune re...,
What is a hypersensitivity reaction,
What are the classifications of h...
45
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Immunology 2: Tolerance and autoimmunity
Describe the changes from normal ...,
Define autoimmunity,
What are the criteria for disease...
33
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Immunology 3:
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Immunology 4: Tumour immunology and immunotherapy of cancer
Summarise the evidence for the im...,
What is the circumstantial eviden...,
Describe the t cells and b cells
24
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Immunology 5:
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Microbiology 1: Immunity to fungal infections
See Slides
1
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Microbiology 2: Interferon
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Microbiology 3: Community acquired and hospital acquired bacterial infections
List the important virulence factors,
What are the different types of e...,
Describe endotoxins
17
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