Final Flashcards
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What is cholecystitis?
Inflammation of the gall bladder
Acute often caused by gallstones and obstruction. Present in 10-20% population in US. Can become chronic. Most of the gallstones made of cholesterol; other variety included pigmented (made from bilirubinate or hemolysis) types.
Acute cholecystitis is caused by ___ and ___. It is present in ___% of the US population.
Gallstones
Obstruction
10-20%
Most of the gallstones in cholecystitis is made up of ___. Other pigmented gallstones are made from ___ or __.
Cholesterol
Bilirubinate
Hemolysis
Name five types of liver diseases that can progress on to cirrhosis
Fatty liver
Hepatitis
Biliary disease
Metabolic disease
Vascular disease
What is fatty liver caused by? (3 things)
Ethanol
Obesity
Diabetes
What causes hepatitis? (3 things)
Virus
Drugs
Autoimmune
What three things is the liver made up of?
Hepatocytes
Duct cells
Blood vessels
What makes up the portal triad?
Bile ducts
Portal veins (brings blood from gut with nutrients and recently consumed drugs)
Hepatic artery (blood from heart)
In the liver, blood goes to the ___ and enriches hepatocytes. Then it goes to ____ and drains back to the heart to be recycled. Blood from different sources mix in the ___
Sinusoids
Central vein
Sinusoids
____ are the cell that do all of the metabolic work of the liver.
Hepatocytes
What is the number one cause of liver toxicity?
Drugs
What is steatosis?
Fatty liver
What is the worst kind of liver destruction?
Fibrosis. It leads to collagen scar and permanent injury. End stage is cirrhosis
What happens if hepatocytes die in large sheets?
The areas fill up with blood. Blood can build up due to heart failure and backflow
What happens if cannulicului in the liver fill with bile due to ___?
Cholestasis
The person becomes jaundiced
____ is inflammation of the liver. If caused by ___, it can be contagious and dentists must be very careful with these patients
Hepatitis
Viruses
Hepatitis can be caused by…
Viruses
Toxins
Drugs (ethanol and acetaminophen)
True or false… hepatitis can never resolve by itself
False.. acute can often resolve itself
Chronic less likely to recover (fibrosis often a part of this. Increases in fibrosis worsens prognosis)
Acute hepatitis is caused by __ and ___ viruses. They do not tend to go on to chronic condition.
hepatitis A and E
Hepatitis __ and ___ viruses start with acute hepatitis and frequently progress to chronic and can lead to cirrhosis and even hepatocelluar carcinoma.
B and C (rarely D)
Acute hepatitis lasts for less than __ months. It causes ___ inflammation. No ___ is seen. It is caused by ___ and ___ viruses. These viruses do not go on to chronic hepatitis.
< 6
Lobular inflammation (surrounding hepatocytes)
No fibrosis seen
hepatitis A (picornavirus) Hepatitis E (calicivirus)
Chronic hepatitis lasts longer than __ months. It causes ___ inflammation. It causes ___ bridging to cirrhosis.
> 6 months
Portal inflammation (necroinflammatory and hepatocytes are the target)
Fibrosis
Chronic hepatitis is caused by __, ___, and ___ viruses.
hepatitis B (hepadnavirus)
Hepatitis C (flavivirus)
Hepatitis D (deltavirus) (rarely expressed)
Hepatitis C is easily transported by ___ and ___. During the __ stage there usually are no symptoms. There is a low incidence in US but high in places such as china. Hepatitis is found in >__ carriers worldwide. Treatment is very effective (and expensive) with combination of antivirals usually including ___. No immunizations are available to prevent it.
Blood and needles
Acute
170 million
Ribavirin