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1
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What is respiratory acidosis?

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Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.

2
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What is Oliguria?

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Reduced output of urine

3
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What does MUST stand for?

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Malnutrition universal screening tool

4
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What is Bradykinin and what is it’s effect on blood vessels?

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An inflammatory mediator

Causes dilation of BV’s

5
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What is a pyelogram?

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X-Ray imagine of urinary system, gathered of a radiopaque dye has been administered IV

6
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When having a PSA test the patient must not have…?

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Ejaculated in last 48hrs
Exercised rigorously in last 48hrs
Undergone DRE in last week
Have an active UTI

7
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Define hypertrophy and hyperplasia:

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Hypertrophy: Growth without increased cell numbers
Hyperplasia: Growth with increased cell numbers

8
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The prostate secretes roughly what percentage of seminal fluid?

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25%

9
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What is the Gold standard best test to look at the bladder?

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Cystoscopy

10
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When would diffusion weighted imaging be used?

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To see liquids

11
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What type of tumour carries an increased risk of development with multiple head CT scans?

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Meningioma

12
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How long after contrast is injected are scans taken and why?

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70 seconds

To maximise amount in kidney and ureter

13
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What contrast medium is used for a cystogram and why?

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Iodine as it is safe if it leaks into tissues (unlike barium)

14
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What is fluroscopy?

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Continues low dose x-rays are used to give real time view

15
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Paediatrics uses more of what two types of scans?

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Ultrasound and MRI

NB ultrasound is very operator dependant

16
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What is a KUB radiograph?

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Kidney, ureter, bladder

17
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Very large kidney stones with irregular appearances are known as what?

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Staghorn kidney stones

18
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Name 4 risk factors for kidney stones?

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Hyperthyroidism, obesity, personal/ fam history, dehydration

19
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Why do patients with renal failure often hyperventilate?

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To give respiratory compensation (blow off CO2) for the metabolic acidosis caused by leaking of bicarbonate from the kidney

20
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Why is PCO2 decreased in patients with renal failure?

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To give respiratory compensation (blow off CO2) for the metabolic acidosis caused by leaking of bicarbonate from the kidney

21
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Why is cloudy urine seen in patients with renal failure?

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Leak of proteins from the kidney into the urine

22
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Why is Hb levels decreased in patients with kidney failure?

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EPO is produced by the kidney

23
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How is a DRE performed?

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Use lubricated index finger, insert and turn finger 180degrees

24
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UT obstruction increases susceptibility to X and Y. Unrelieved obstruction almost always leads to Z

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X+Y= UTI and stone formation
Z= Hydronephrosis (perm renal atrophy)
25
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What it diuresis?

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Increased or excessive production of urine

26
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What is the most common cancer of the bladder?

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TCC- Transitional cell carcinoma

SCC if risk factors such as chronic infection of inflammation

27
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What are the three common sites of renal calculi in the ureters?

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1- Uretopelvic junction
2- Pelvic inlet
3- Entrance to bladder (vesicoureteric junction)

28
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What happens to potassium levels when there is renal damage?

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P gets hyperkalaemia
As K+ is actively transported out into DCT by the kidney (so impaired kidney function means less K+ in DCT so more is retained)

29
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What happens to urine sodium levels when there is renal impairment?

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Decreased levels!
Na+ normally reabsorbed with H+/Na+ antiporter
P likely has acidosis (so raised H+ in serum) so this means they pull more H+ into urine therefore more Na+ out of urine (Also a decreased GFR means less kidney function and transport of Na)

30
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What type of bacteria are most commonly responsible for UTI’s?

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Gram negative

31
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GI tract comes from which embryological layer?

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Endoderm

32
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Name the structures of the foregut?

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Esophagus, stomach, upper duodenum, pancreas, gall bladder, liver, spleen

33
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What are the structures of the midgut?

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Lower duodeni, jejunum, ileum, cecum (plus iliocecal valve), ascending colon, and 2/3rd of the transverse colon

34
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What are the structures of the hindgut?

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Distal 1/3 of transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and rectum

35
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What are the three name types of pain you can get? What are their characteristics?

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Visceral- Often dull pain, poorly localized
Parietal- Sharp, well localized
Referred-

36
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How is visceral pain described? What type of fibers carry it?

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Poorly localized (due to poor receptor distribution)
Dull pain
Done by unmyelinated C-fibes (slower transmission and high threshold- so need big stimulus to elicit)

37
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Where are pain receptors often found in viscera ?

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In the capsule of the organ

38
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What type of fibers carry parietal pain?

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Myelinated alpha-fibers

So fast, with a lower threshold also

39
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Where is referred pain from viscera felt?

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In the dermatomes at the spinal level which the supply to that organ synapses

40
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What are the two types of referred pain?

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1- Somatic referral (to dermatome of the visceral nerves)

2- Where distant area affected because nerve which supplies that area damaged or affected

41
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What is the definition of metabolic acidosis?

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Blood pH less than 7.35

Plasma bicarbonate less than 22mmol/L

42
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ERCP is used to do what?

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Diagnose and treat problems of the pancreatic/ biliary ducts (e.g. gall stones)

43
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What are the three phases of the stress response?

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Alarm- Fight or flight response
Resistance- (if >a few hrs). Dominated by cortisol
Exhaustion- When resistance phase can no longer be maintained

44
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Pain from the viscera is transmitted by which fibres? What sort of pain to these fibres transmit?

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C-Fibres. Poorly localised pain

45
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What is the difference between visceral and parietal pain in regards to presentation and nerves involved?

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Visceral: Poorly localised/ pain to whole dermatome/ travels along nerve from organ- C fibre
Parietal: Sharp and well localised/ travels along same nerve as abdo wall

46
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How long does it take for the stomach to empty/ chyme to traverse the SI/ LI

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Stomach emptying: 3-5hrs
SI transit: 2-4hrs
LI transit: 8-60 hours

47
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Which nutrients are easiest to digest?

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Carbs > proteins > lipids

48
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Where is thirst regulated in the brain?

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Hypothalamus measures osmolarity
Chemo/baroreceptors measure pressue
High osmolarity/ low volume stimulates thirst and ADH release

49
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Which neurotransmitter is most involved in hunger signaling?

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Neuropeptide Y (NPY)

50
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How does ghrelin regulate hunger?

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Low glucose levels stimulate ghrelin release from ghrelin cells along the GI tract- this stimulates the brain to make more neuropeptide Y- increasing hunger levels

51
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How do leptin levels regulate hunger?

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After meals leptin is released by (mainly) white adipose tissue. It inhibits neuropeptide Y so decreases hunger

52
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What are adipocytes?

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Modified fibroblasts that store almost pure triglycerides in liquid form

53
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When will large quantities of fat start being deposited in the liver?

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In any condition in which fat (instead of glucose) is used for energy

54
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When does ketogenesis occur and where?

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In mitochondria of liver cells

When acetyl-coA is created from lipids rather than glucose (also when glucose is very high)

55
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What is the most abundant protein in adipose tissue?

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Adiponectin (ACRP30)

56
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Where does the majority of chemical buffering in the body take place?

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Inside cells (70%)

57
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What is the most important protein buffer which takes place inside RBC’s?

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H+ + Hb = HHb

58
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What is the Isohydric principle?

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That all buffer systems work together as they all share H+. Thus when H+ concentration changes all buffer systems change at the same time

59
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What do high and low ventilation rates do to pCO2 levels?

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High ventilation rate = Low pCO2

Low ventilation rate= High pCO2

60
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How much of your HCO3- should be lost in urine?

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0.01%

61
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In human cells, the reaction producing urea takes place in:

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The cytosol

of hepatocytes

62
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In a normal ~70 kg healthy male, renal blood flow is:

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1200mL/min

63
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The most selective pores in the glomerular filtration membrane are located in the…?

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Podocytes

64
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What is the drug phenytoin used for?

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Prevention and management of seizures

especially in neurosurgery etc

65
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What reaction is catalyzed by Asparate transaminase (AST)?

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Aspartate (Asp) + α-ketoglutarate ↔ oxaloacetate + glutamate
(it transfers amino group from AA to keto acid)

66
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What effect does insulin have on lipolysis in adipose tissue?

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Reduces it

67
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On histological examination of the kidney, how do the proximal convoluted tubules appear differentiated from distal convoluted tubules?

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The PCT has a prominent brush border

68
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Which amino acid that plays a central role in nitrogen flow and disposal of excess waste nitrogen in mammals is?

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Glutamate

69
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What is ammonia converted to in the body, where does this take place and why?

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Ammonia is converted to urea
In hepatocytes
Because ammonia is toxic

70
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What is the first step in the break down of amino acids?

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Removal of alpha-amino nitrogen (deamination)

- This results in ammonia.

71
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What is deamination?

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Removal of an amine (nitrogen + lone pair)

72
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What is the urea cycle?

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Conversion of ammonia (NH3) to urea ((NH2)2CO2)

73
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Where does glycolysis typically take place within mammalian cells?

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The cytosol

74
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Which cells converts haem to bilirubin?

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Hepatocytes

75
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Which cells can be exogenous stem cells for liver regeneration?

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Bone marrow cells

76
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What is the most useful test to diagnose intestinal malabsorption?

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Hydrogen breath test
(perform after 8-12hr fast)
Diagnose IBS and food intolerance’s
(Unabsorbed food metabolised by bacteria which produces hydrogen or sometimes methane)

77
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How is a urea breath test performed?

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Px swallows 14C-labelled urea with 20 ml of water, then drinks another 20ml 3mins later
- 14CO2 then there is likely H.Pylori

78
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What is the most major cell cycle checkpoint (i.e what stages does it regulate progression between)?

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G2 to M

79
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What is a zymogen?

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A proenzyme (inactive)
e.g pepsinogen
80
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When are ANP and BNP released?

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In response to high blood volume (high BP)

81
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What is the action of ANP and BNP?

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Vasodilate to lower BP

Causes increased GFR to get fluid/ solutes out

82
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What two hormones are produced by the posterior pituitary gland?

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Oxytocin

ADH (aka vasopressin)

83
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What are the steps of glycolysis leading to the krebs cycle?

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Acetyl CoA > 2xPyruvate (done by g-6-p)

Pyruvate > acetyl coA (decarboxylated by pyruvate dehydrogenase)