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HSS 3305 Exam Latest UpdateWhat is tubular reabsorption? - Answer Kidneys returning filtered fluid back to internal
environment (bloodstream).
What are the 6 things being secreted in the proximal convoluted tubule? - Answer Urea,
Uric acid, Creatinine, Drugs, Hydrogen, Ammonia
Where are polycystin1 and polycystin2 found? - Answer Primary cilia of renal epithelial
cells
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease involves the mutation of which gene? -
Answer PKHD1
Term for presence of calculi in the urinary tract - Answer Urolithiasis
Term for presence of calculi in the kidneys - Answer Nephrolithiasis
Which condition is known as "malignant freckles"? - Answer Lentigo maligna
Regurgitation is when... - Answer Valves don't close properly
Benign tumor arising from glandular epithelium - Answer Adenoma
Benign tumor of blood vessels - Answer Angioma
Mutations in this gene are associated with 50% of all human cancers - Answer P53
Abbreviation for tyrosine kinase receptor involved in cell proliferation pathway - Answer
EGFR
Term for fluid accumulation in abdomen see in peritoneal cancers - Answer Ascites
When damage occurs, valvular interstitial cells differentiate into... - Answer Contractile
myofibroblasts
When aortic valve stenosis occurs in a patient below the age of 70, it is most likely due
to... - Answer A congenital condition like bicuspid aortic valve.
Myocarditis is described as - Answer The inflammation of the myocardium/heart muscle.
Dilated cardiomyopathy is - Answer The dilation of the left ventricle
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is - Answer Increased left ventricular wall thickness and
is a hereditary disease
Arteriosclerosis is - Answer Narrowing of the coronary arteries due to calcium deposits.
, Atherosclerosis is - Answer Narrowing of the coronary arteries due to fatty/lipid
deposits.
Describe angina pectoris - Answer chest pain and arm pain due to myocardial ischemia
Describe unstable angina - Answer More severe pain that is not completely relieved by
nitroglycerine
Describe stable angina - Answer Midsternal pressure that is worse during exertion and
cant be relieved by nitroglycerine
Describe prinzmetal's angina - Answer Spasm of the coronary arteries and occurs more
frequently at rest.
What are the 4 triggers for myocardial infarction? - Answer 1) Blockage of the coronary
arteries
2) Increased oxygen demand
3) Hemorrhage of atheromatous plaque
4) Arterial spasm
If the infarct involves full thickness of muscular wall, we call this... - Answer Transmural
infarct
If the infarct involves part of the muscular wall, we call this... - Answer Subendocardial
infarct
Disturbances of cardiac rhythm is called... - Answer Arrhythmias
Ventricular fibrillation - Answer Uncoordinated contraction of the ventricles. Almost
everyone has this right before dying.
Bradycardia - Answer slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
Tachycardia - Answer Fast heart rate that may lead to ventricular fibrillation.
Asystole - Answer No heart rhythm
What are the factors that affect blood pressure? - Answer cardiac output, peripheral
resistance, blood volume
In Liddle syndrome, which channel is in excess? - Answer ENAC
In which genes can we see a mutation in Liddle syndrome? - Answer SCNN1B or
SCNN1G
Coagulation cascade has to end goal of turning..... - Answer Soluble fibrinogen into
insoluble fibrin strands.
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