principles dumes booklet pointers Flashcards
what law explains baby’s in respiratory distress syndrome
La Place’s law
Which of the following cranial nerves carry parasympathetic fibres ONLY?
Oculomotor nerve (II), Facial nerve (VII), Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), Vagus nerve (X)
defines neoplasia?
New growth which is not in response to a stimulus
dysplasia
disordered growth
Normal genes which stimulate cell division
proto-oncogene
which cancers is associated with a c-MYC mutation?
Burkitt’s lymphoma
Which of the following cancers is associated with psammoma body formation?
Mesothelioma
Dukes staging predicts
the prognosis of colorectal cancer by its histological appearance.
Gel and Coomb’s classification relates to
hypersensitivity reactions.
Which types of human papilloma virus (HPV) are associated with cervical cancer?
16 and 18
Benign neoplasm of squamous epithelium
Papilloma
Responsible for the destruction of large parasites which cannot be phagocytoses
mast cells
Which of the following is important in the activation of the complement system via the classical pathway?
IgG
Which of these intercellular junctions are present in the sinoatrial node of the heart?
Gap junctions
In which step of acute inflammation do white blood cells bind tightly and flatten against the vessel wall?
Pavementing
