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How venodilator treatment reduces preload/end-diastolic volume Correct Answer: by decreasing venous return How arterial dilator treatment reduces afterload/end-systolic volume Correct Answer: by decreasing arterial/aortic pressure Description of O2 supply of heart Correct Answer: ATP synth ...

Promoters of Gastric Acid Secretion Correct Answer: - Ach from vagus n (PS) - Hist from enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells - Gastrin from G cells Inhibitors of Gastric Acid Secretion Correct Answer: - Somatostatin from delta cells - PGE2 from gastr muc Pathophysiology & Common Sx of GERD C...

Adenohypophyseal Physio Correct Answer: - 3 func anat components = hypoth, adenohypophysis (ant pit), periph endoc gl/tiss - hypoth secr 2 horm types to hypoth-hypoph port sys in med emin = rel horms (RH, liberins) & rel-inhib horms (IH, statins) w/ hypoth-hypoph port sys carrying horms to ant pi...

Definition & General Causes of Infertility Correct Answer: fail conceive after specif time w/ reg interc w/o contrac (ie. 12 mts if <35y/o & 6mts if >35 or PCOS) - 1/3 causes each fem orig, male orig, unk/combo of both partners - conceiv prob decr 3-5%/yr after 30-32, faster after 37-40y/o ...

Description of Malaria Correct Answer: paras inf by Plasmodium spp (P. falcip, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, P. knowlesi) by Anopheles mosq vector not aff by paras - complex life cyc incl erythro stage (want to prev this stage, causes clin illness) & exo-erythro stage (dormant in liv as hypnozo...

DSM5 Criteria for Major Depressive Disorder Correct Answer: 1+ maj depr eps w/o hx man/hypoman - 5+ SIGECAPS sx nearly everyday 2w per w/ change from prev func lev - MUST impair func/cause subst distr - 1 sx MUST be depr mood/anhed SIGECAPS sx of MDD Correct Answer: - Suic ideation w/ w/o pl...

Sympathetic autonomic ganglia Correct Answer: chain travelling parallel to sp cord w/ short pregang fibers Parasympathetic autonomic ganglia Correct Answer: ganglia @ organ of innervation w/ long pregang fibers Parasympathetic effector receptors Correct Answer: Muscarinic Ach receptors @ he...

Sedative-hypnotic drug Correct Answer: causes sedation & anxiolysis or encourages sleep; all drugs in this class cause dose-dep CNS depr EXC for buspirone (non-sedating anxiolytic), propranolol (perf anxiety) Diagnoses treated with sedative-hypnotics Correct Answer: - Insomnia = diff falling as...

Seizure Correct Answer: transitory alts in behav, sens, consciousness by abnl, synch, el d/c in br; most last <5 mins Epilepsy Correct Answer: - 2 unprov seizures 24+ hrs apart - unprov seizures w/ prob further seizures @ least 60% over next 10 yrs - dx epilepsy synd AED discontinuation...