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The elastic lamellae of the tunica media are produced by what type of cell?

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Smooth muscle cells

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While pericytes exercise control over capillary diameter, what structure has the controlling input?

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Metarterioles

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The tunica adventitia in both arteries and veins is a connective tissue composed of mainly what fibers?

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Collagen fibers

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The membranous portion of the interventricular septum consists of what two structures?

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The endocardial cushions and the aorticopulmonary septum

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Cardiac neural crest cells contribute significantly to what part of heart folding?

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Division of the outflow tract

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Which vessels exist in the umbilical cord?

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2 umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein

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The closure of which valves contribute to the S2 heart sound?

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The semilunar valves (aortic and pulmonic)

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Which valves of the heart are attached to chordae tendinae?

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The tricuspid and mitral valves

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Where do visceral afferent neurons responsible for the heart synapse?

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The dorsal horn gray matter of spinal cord levels T1-T4

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What is an abnormal corrected QT interval in men and women?

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Men: greater than 450 ms
Women: greater than 470 ms

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Hereditary spherocytosis can be caused by RBC defects in what areas?

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Ankyrin, spectrin, and/or Band3 protein

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What is responsible for postsynaptic sympathetic innervation of the heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, and bronchi?

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The cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerve

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How much yellow marrow do infants have at birth?

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None; all red marrow

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What part of the primitive heart tube is termed the outflow tract?

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The truncus arteriosus

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During atrial partitioning the foramen secundum forms in the wall of what structure?

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The septum primum

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What does the endocardial cushion give rise to?

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Atrial septation, membranous portion of the intraventricular septum, and left and right atrioventricular canals and valves

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What is the role of neural crest cells in outflow tract partitioning?

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Migration to create bulbar ridges to form spiral septum

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Ventricular and outflow tract partitioning is completed when what event occurs?

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The aorticopulmonary septum meets the interventricular septum

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What is the round ligament of the liver?

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The adult derivative of the umbilical vein

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What are the two main effects of atrial natriuretic peptide?

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To increase sodium excretion in the urine and to cause vasodilation in order to reduce blood pressure

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What occurs during phase 4 of an AP for pacemaker cells?

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What occurs during phase 0 of an AP for a pacemaker cell?

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What occurs during phase 3 of an AP for pacemaker cells?

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What occurs during phase 0 of the myocardial AP?

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Rapid depolarization due to INa opening

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What occurs during phase 1 of the myocardial AP?
Transient K+ channels AKA ITO
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What occurs during phase 2 of the myocardial AP?
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What occurs during phase 3 of the myocardial AP?
Delayed rectifier K+ channels AKA IK1
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What occurs during phase 4 of the myocardial AP?
K+ leak AKA Ik1
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In the case of myelofibrosis, which organs can participate in extramedullary hematopoeisis?
the liver and spleen
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You would expect to see 100% cellularity of bone marrows in what age group?
newborns
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When a GTPase hydrolyzes GTP to GDP, is the GTPase activated or inactivated?
inactivated
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Would failure to surgically correct a patent ductus arteriosus result in an increase or decrease in pulmonary blood flow?
an increase in pulmonary blood flow
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What is one of the most prominent problems as a result of a cardiac tamponade?
Impaired ventricular filling during diastole
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In what area of the cardiac axis can deviation still be considered in the normal range?
-30 to 90 degrees
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What are the steps to finding the correct cardiac axis?
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What are additional steps that can be taken to specify the degrees of a cardiac axis?
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How do you identify LVH on an EKG?
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How would ischemia manifest on an EKG?
T-wave inversion
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How would subendocardial injury manifest on an EKG?
ST segment depression (NSTEMI)
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How would a transmural injury manifest on an EKG?
ST segment elevation (STEMI)
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What two vitamins are critical for DNA synthesis in RBC precursors?
Vitamin B9 (folate) and Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
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What is osteogenesis imperfecta caused by?
Defects in procollagen 1 fibers
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What is the dominant negative effect in genetics?
A product of a mutated gene affects or interferes with non-mutated normal gene products
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In Marfan syndrome, do missense or nonsense mutations have a more severe effect?
missense mutations due to the dominant negative effect
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What is locus heterogeneity?
The ability of mutations in different genes to cause the same disease phenotype
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What are signs/symptoms of osteogenesis imperfecta?
decreased bone density, bowing bones, bone fractures, and blue sclerae
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What information in an EKG can suggest RVH?
In lead V1 R>S OR In lead V6 S>R
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How is Cardiac output calculated?
CO = HR x SV
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How is mean arterial pressure calculated?
MAP = ((2 x DP) + SP) / 3
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How is total peripheral resistance calculated?
TPR = MAP / CO
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Where are continous capillaries found in the body?
skin, muscle, lungs, CNS
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Where are fenestrated capillaries found in the body?
renal glomeruli, endocrine glands, intestinal mucosa
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Where are sinusoidal capillaries found in the body?
liver, spleen, and bone
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What is the relationship between hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure during filtration?
Hydrostatic pressure > Oncotic pressure
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What is the relationship between hydrostatic pressure and oncotic pressure during absorption?
Oncotic pressure > Hydrostatic pressure
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Which immune cell contains NADPH oxidase?
neutrophils
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What are the dark granules in a neutrophil called? What do they indicate?
Toxic granulations; they indicate activation of the neutrophil
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In what organ is erythropoeitin made?
the kidneys
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In what organ is thrombopoeitin made?
the liver
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In hypoxic conditions what occurs in yellow bone marrow?
It can revert back to red bone marrow
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Stress on the immune system such as infection can cause an increase in immature leukocytes released into the blood stream. What is this called?
Left-shift
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What acronym can be used for the Erythrocyte developmental series? What does it stand for? After what point are precursor cells no longer mitotic?
PB & PORK
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What acronym can be used for the Granulocyte developmental series? What does it stand for? After what point are precursor cells no longer mitotic?
MPM-MBM Myeloblast Promyelocyte Myelocyte Meta-myelocyte Band form Mature form
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What are the 5 regions of the primitive heart tube?
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How many seconds is a 'big' box on an ECG? How about a 'little' box?
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What plane are the precordial heart leads set in?
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What is the best indicator of RVH on an ECG?
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What are two possible indicators of a myocardial infarction?
A Q or T wave inversion on ECG
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What are the 5 basic items to evaluate on an ECG?
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What areas of the body are drained by the thoracic lymphatic duct?
All but the right upper extremity and right side of the head
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Can female heterozygotes sometimes express X-linked recessive traits? How?
Yes, because X-linked inactivation can lead to moasaic somatic expression
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What are the ABCs of CXRs?
A- Airway B- Bones/Breast shadow C- Cardiac silhouette D- Diaphragm E- Effusions F- Fields G- Gastric H- Hilum I- Indwelling catheters
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Why does a patent ductus arteriosus result in long-term increased pulmonary blood flow?
The aortic pressure is higher than the pressure in the pulmonary arteries, causing backflow of additional blood

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