NMJ Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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from ECS to nerve terminal via Na + dependent choline transfer
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Acetylcholine
2
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main features:
fluctuating , fatigable weakness of commonly used muscles
involve ocular, bulbar, and repsiratory muscles
can be associated with thomoam aor thymic hyperplasia
antibodies
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myasthenia gravis
3
Q
most common nmj disorder
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mysatenia gravis
4
Q
multiple lumphoid follicles showe germinal centers
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thymus
5
Q
ecansulated bemign tumor
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thymoma
6
Q
most likely to occur in pts with oropharyngeal or respirartory muscle weakness
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crisis
7
Q
initailly affected in 40 % but ultimately involved in 85 %
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ocular muscles
8
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