SFM Flashcards
(17 cards)
Serum osmolality equation
2 x [Na] + [gluc]/18 + [BUN]/2.8
Crenation
Cell shriveling due to hyperosmotic/hypertonic soln
Tonicity vs osmolarity
Osmo based on [mOsm] tonicity based on cell placed in solution visually.
Serum concentration of these proteins increases during an infection
Acute phase proteins
Acute phase protein that binds C protein of pneumococci
C-reactive protein
The name of molecules such as antibodies and CRP that promote phagocytosis
Opsonins
Immunology: a group of about 20 serum proteins
Complement system
Directed migration of cells in response to M gradients of extracellular signals
Chemotaxis
Driver of inflammation
Cytokines and chemokines
Immunology: small proteins involved in signaling between cells
Cytokines
Chemotactic cytokines that direct movement of immune cells around body
Chemokines
of BCR on B cell surface
Thousands
Activated and differentiated B cell that secrets antibodies
Plasma cell
Abscess of one or more elements of immune system
Immunodeficiency
Abnormal Immune response
Dysfunction
Immune system that damages nearby self cells
Hyperactive
Professional APCs
Monocyte, neutrophils, macrophages