environmental toxins

Question 1

bitter almonds

Answer 1

cyanide

Question 2

friity

Answer 2

diabetic

Question 3

garlic

Answer 3

organophosphates, arsenic, DMSO

Question 4

mothballs

Answer 4

naphthalene, camphor

Question 5

how often do patients with CO poisoning turn red

Answer 5

not very often but it does cause blood to be very red even though its not carrying oxygen

Question 6

what poisoning often happens in conjunction with CO poisoning

Answer 6

cyanide poising because of the burning furniture in fires.

Question 7

what is ment by heavy metals

Answer 7

metals or metalloids of environmental concern, denser than iron

Question 8

Do radioisotopes bioconcentrate

Answer 8

yes, they do as they are eaten and move up the food chain.

Question 9

before what date should things not have cesium?

Answer 9

before 1924

Question 10

how can you increase toxicity of HG

Answer 10

methylate it and it becomes more water soluble and can cross the BBB.

Question 11

what are the two main toxicities of mercury poisoning?

Answer 11

neruotoxicity (brain) and nephrotoxicity (kidney

Question 12

is arsinic always poisonous?

Answer 12

no it can be in some species genome

Question 13

what does acure arsenic poisoning cause?

Answer 13

CAN toxicity and hemorragic gastroenteritis

Question 14

what does chronic arsenic cause

Answer 14

malaise, abdominal pain, skin changes, mees lines.

Question 15

mees lines arsenic

Answer 15

horixontal white lines on nails

Question 16

what do lead lines look like

Answer 16

they are not on nails they are at the gingivodental line

Question 17

why is lead worse for children

Answer 17

CNS toxicity,

Question 18

Pica

Answer 18

desire to eat dirt or ice, may be genetic condition

Question 19

basophilic stippling?

Answer 19

seen with microcytic anemia in lead poisoning. Ribosome are spread showing small dots at periphery

Question 20

why do those who start smoking at 30+ not get COPD

Answer 20

because they thart after epithelial transition ends at about 20. this also makes it so that cumulative effects take longer

Question 21

what is the 20 pack year thing.

Answer 21

packs per day times years smoking. 20 = cancer in the othd view.

Question 22

what illness can second hand smoke cause in children

Answer 22

sids, otitis media and asthma/URI

Question 23

what is photochemical smog?

Answer 23

chemical reaction of sun, NO, and VOCs in atmosphere leading to ground level ozones and particles and aldehydes, Nos

Question 24

what was in smog in 1905?

Answer 24

soot, and sulfer from burining coal

Question 25

how is ozone formed?

Answer 25

in atmosphere when NO is broken by sun, and some os for osone.

Question 26

why is silicosis the most common pneumoconiosis?

Answer 26

caused by inhalation of dust or pollutants in smok with silica

Question 27

sillicoderosis

Answer 27

inhale dust and sillica, swelling of lungs

Question 28

caplans syndrome

Answer 28

swelling and scarring of the lungs of people with rheumatoid arthritis...pneumoconiosis in combination with multiple pulmonary rheumatoid nodes found in rheumatoid arthritis.

Question 29

silicates

Answer 29

adding another atom to silica to make mineral

Question 30

silicon

Answer 30

chemical element, but almost always in combo with O2

Question 31

silicone

Answer 31

polymer of silicone with C and O. solid liquid or gel

Question 32

Pathogonomic

Answer 32

symptom/sign that is character of diesase, that will tell you a specific disease without a doubt

Question 33

what is eggshell calcification

Answer 33

indicates silicosis on an xray, it is pathogonomonic

Question 34

why does inhaling particles cause fibrosis?

Answer 34

magrophage igestion trigger frbrogenic respons via growth factors, promote collagen deposition

Question 35

where do asbestose fibers localize

Answer 35

in septum of alveolus and distal lung.

Question 36

what are asbestosed fibers in lungs cause

Answer 36

rod or dumbell shaped

Question 37

cancer of asbestose

Answer 37

mesothelioma that involves lower lobes and pleura

Question 38

asbestose exposure increases lung cancer by how much

Answer 38

5 times then 55 times if the ysmoke to.