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Introduction to Medical Sciences & Homeostasis
General organisation of body systems,
Outline the role of each major sy...,
Define the term homeostasis
13
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Homeostasis 1
Tissues,
Organs,
What is the equation of life
30
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Homeostasis 1
What is homeostasis,
What are our bodies composed of a...,
What is a tissue
28
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Homeostasis 2
Where is the water in our bodies,
What is transcellular fluid,
How is water distributed in an av...
26
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Homeostasis 2
Homeostatic reflexes are represen...,
What do the mechanisms of homeost...,
What percentage of body weight do...
32
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Homeostasis
What is meant by negative feedback,
What is the overall goal of homeo...,
What is defined as feed forward s...
23
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Health & Disease
How is health dynamic,
What makes us healthy,
What is disease
21
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Health & Disease
Define aetiology,
Define pathogenesis,
Define symptoms and signs
5
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Disease
What are the 5 types of natural d...,
What is defined as inflammation,
What is defines as abnormal cell ...
5
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Life at the Cellular Level 1
What is every organism composed of,
What are cells,
Why are cells small
62
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Life at the Cellular Level 2
What are the 10 elements that are...,
How many trace elements are neede...,
What are 99 of our cells composed of
48
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Life at the Cellular Level 3
What is the basic rule of energy,
What are the two laws of thermody...,
What is entropy
41
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Life at the Cellular Level 4
What does water being a polar mol...,
Why is water polar,
What kind of bonds can water form...
45
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Life at Cellular Level
Why are cells small,
Do prokaryotes have mitochondria,
What is the difference between pl...
79
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Structure & Function of Cell Membrane
Chemical composition of ecf icf,
Movement of materials,
Structure of membrane diagram
11
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Forces Acting Across Membranes 1
What does the cell membrane do,
What is a major difference betwee...,
What is the ecf sub divided into
38
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Forces Acting Across Membrane 2
Why is there a difference in char...,
What does the electrochemical gra...,
What are 5 mechanisms of movement...
34
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Forces Acting Across Membrane 3
Osmosis,
Diffusion,
How is osmotic equilibrium mainta...
28
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Forces Acting Across the Membrane
What can pass through the capilla...,
Why can membranes be described as...,
Why are membranes described as fl...
21
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Introduction to Blood
How much blood does the average 7...,
How is the 5l of blood in the ave...,
Do men or woman have more blood
69
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Introduction to Blood
What are the functions of blood,
How much of the blood is plasma,
How much of the plasma is water
46
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Foundations in Immunology 1
Overview of the Immune System + Innate Immunity
65
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Foundations in Immunology 2
Functions of the Lymphoid Organs + The Roles of T Lymphocytes
52
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Foundations in Immunology 3
B Lymphocytes and Functions of Antibody + The Complement System
53
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Proteins 1
What are the major steps of prote...,
What is transcription,
What is translation
58
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Proteins 2
Give some examples of modified ty...,
What are glycoproteins,
How to glycoproteins occur
25
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Enzymes
What are ribozymes,
What is a cofactor,
What is a co enzyme
52
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Enzymes 1
What are virtually all reactions ...,
What is an enzyme,
How are enzymes efficient
63
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Enzymes 2
Give an example of two enzymes th...,
What reaction to glucokinase and ...,
Where is glucokinase found
71
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Carbohydrates 1
What is a carbohydrate,
Why are carbohydrates and major e...,
What are some functions of carboh...
50
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Carbohydrates 2
What are some carbohydrates in th...,
Where are 3 places that carbohydr...,
How are carbohydrates digested in...
48
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Glycolysis 1
What is glycolysis,
What kind of phosphorylation does...,
What is the only way that energy ...
38
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Glycolysis 2
What are some tissues that comple...,
What happens if we have no more c...,
Why is gluconeogensis not the dir...
48
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Citric Acid Cycle
Where does the citric acid cycle ...,
Why is the citric acid cycle very...,
What does the citric acid cycle a...
31
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Carbohydrates 1
Describe the covalent bond in a d...,
What is meant by anomeric,
Name three important disaccharides
32
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Carbohydrates 2
Where can we get glycogen from in...,
Can we digest cellulose,
Where in our diet can we get olig...
48
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Carbohydrates 3
How many molecules of g 3 p enter...,
How many atp are used in the prep...,
How many atp are made during the ...
29
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Carbohydrates 4
Which cells rely on glucose as th...,
How many out of the 10 glycolysis...,
What are the 4 reactions called t...
26
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Citric Acid Cycle
Where does the citric acid cycle ...,
Does the citric acid cycle produc...,
Is o2 a reactant
20
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Terminal Respiration
What do redox reaction do in resp...,
What is the only site of oxidativ...,
What does the mitochondria allow ...
55
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Nitrogen 1
What is nitrogen metabolism also ...,
What kinds of molecules contain n...,
Where do we get our nitrogen from
33
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Nitrogen 2
What is the only way that nitroge...,
How do we excrete nitrogen,
What is ammonia transported in th...
21
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Nitrogen 3
What are inherited metabolic diso...,
What are interited metabolic diso...,
What do inherited metabolic disor...
30
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Nitrogen 1
What is the name given to nitroge...,
What does the assimilation stage ...,
What is the degradation stage of ...
26
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Nitrogen 2
Removal of nitrogen from body,
How is ammonia transported in the...,
Where is excess glutamine processed
16
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Lipids 1
What are lipids,
When are lipids soluble,
Are lipids hydrophobic or hydroph...
61
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Lipids 2
Can fatty acids be converted to g...,
What does the beta oxidation path...,
Where does beta oxidation occur
34
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Lipids 3
Where do we get fatty acids from,
Where does fatty acid synthesis h...,
What part of the cell does fatty ...
54
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Lipids 1
Where are the different places yo...,
What are some of the biological f...,
What are the different classes of...
64
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Lipids 2
In the beta oxidation pathway how...,
What are the products of beta oxi...,
Where does beta oxidation occur
27
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Lipids 3
Where do we get fatty acids,
Where does fatty acid synthesis o...,
What is fatty acid synthesised from
48
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How Nerves Work 1
Overview of the Nervous System + Cells of the Nervous System
27
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How Nerves work 2
The Resting Membrane Potential
21
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How Nerves Work 3
Graded Potentials + Synaptic Integration
30
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How Nerves Work 4
Ionic Basis of the Action Potential + Speeding up the Action Potential
28
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How Nerves Work 5
The Neuromuscular Junction + Central Nervous System Synapses
22
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Nerves 1-3
What are the dendrites on a nerve...,
What is the name given to the bod...,
What are the 4 different types of...
32
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Nerves 4-5
What type of channel is responsib...,
What is the usual threshold poten...,
What is responsible for repolaris...
26
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Essential Pharmacology 1
1.1 The Wonderful World of Receptors
25
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Essential Pharmacology 2
Essential Pharmacology + Drugs and Therapeutics
22
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Pharmacology 1
Why don t receptors all bind the ...,
Different receptors can be activa...,
What type of response can a recep...
21
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Pharmacology 2
Describe some of the sources of d...,
How do drugs act,
Give examples of binding sites
14
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Sensory Receptors : Body Sensation
What are sensory receptors,
What do sensory receptors do,
What is sensory modality
33
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Sensory Receptors : Proprioception
What is a proprioreceptor,
What are examples of propriorecep...,
What does the muscle spindle do
39
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Sensory Nerves
What is sensory modality,
What are mechanoreceptors,
What are proprioceptors
20
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Proprioception
What are proprioceptors,
Give three examples of propriocep...,
Which proprioceptors are involved...
17
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Reflexes
What is the simplest reflex,
Where is the stretch reflex found,
What are examples of the stretch ...
26
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Reflexes 2
Explain how the patella tendon kn...,
What is a reflex that doesn t inv...,
What are the three fates of the s...
17
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Autonomic Physiology 1
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
What are some examples of things ...,
What are the 2 nervous systems
39
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Autonomic Physiology 2
What does tissues response to ner...,
What receptors does noradrenaline...,
What receptors does acetylcholine...
33
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Autonomic Physiology 1
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
What are the divisions of the aut...,
Describe the myelination in pre g...
22
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Autonomic Physiology 2
What is the effect of adrenaline ...,
What is the effect o noradrenalin...,
What is the effect of acetylcholi...
25
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Autonomic & Pharmacology of the NMJ + ANS
What are the nicotinic receptors ...,
What are the muscarinic receptors...,
What are the alpha receptors
18
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Autonomic & Pharmacology of the NMJ + ANS 2
How many types of cholinergic rec...,
How many types of adrenergic rece...,
What is the function of presynapt...
38
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Introduction to Medical Microbiology 1
What are possible infecting agents,
What are the two areas of the bod...,
What is a sterile site
40
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Introduction to Medical Microbiology 2
What are the 5 possible infecting...,
What is the specimen collection f...,
What is the specimen collection f...
20
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Introduction to Bacteria 1
What does the structure of bacter...,
What does the cytoplasm do,
What do ribosomes do
57
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Introduction to Bacteria 2
What are the key differences betw...,
What is the gram stain appearance...,
What is the gram stain appearance...
17
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Introduction to Parasites 1
What is a parasite,
How does the complexity of parasi...,
What do parasites cause
38
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Introduction to Parasites 2
What are the three classes of par...,
Describe the structure of protozoa,
What is the mode of protozoa tran...
26
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Introduction to Fungi 1
What can fungi infect,
What is fungas,
What does the cell wall of fungus...
58
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Introduction to Fungi 2
What does the cell wall of a fung...,
Does a fungi form spores,
Does a fungi contain chlorophyl
27
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Introduction to Viruses 1
What can you say about the size o...,
What can you say about cells viru...,
What are different structures of ...
39
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Introduction to Viruses 2
Describe the possible shapes of a...,
What are obligate intracellular p...,
What can virus families be classi...
22
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Pathogens & hosts
What is clinical infection charac...,
What is pyrexia,
What is tachycardia
110
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Pathogens & Host intro
What are the possible signs and s...,
What is a commensal,
What does the capacity of a micro...
17
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Pathogens & Host - Immunity
What type of phagocytic cell is a...,
What type of phagocytic cell is c...,
Where can you find fixed macrophages
23
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Pathogens and Host - Virus and Pathogenesis
What are the virus pathogenic mec...,
What are the sites of viral entry,
What is a chronic infection
16
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Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria 1
What are things that can infect p...,
What is bacteria,
What is the process of gram staining
39
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classification of pathogenic bacteria, pathogens & host
Gram s stain,
Cells wall differences in gram ve...,
Classification of gram ve bacteria
82
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Gram Positive Bacteria
What type of bacteria is bacilli ...,
What are group d streptococci re ...,
What does streptococcus pneumonia...
86
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Gram Negative Bacteria
Neisseria meningitidis meningitis...,
Aerobic gram negative cocci,
Cant be stained with gram stainsc...
76
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Principles of Immunisation
What are the two types of immunity,
What is innate immunity,
What is adaptive immunity
46
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Principles of Immunisation 2
What does natural passive immunit...,
What is human normal immunoglobulin,
What is specific immunoglobulin
32
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Hypersensitivity & Autoimmunity
What is an autoimmune disease,
What is loss of tolerence most li...,
What may autoimmune disease may a...
41
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Hypersensitivity & Autoimmunity 2
What is an autoimmune disease,
Provide examples of different way...,
Define hypersensitivity
20
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1
What are antibiotics only active ...,
What are bactericidal,
What does sensitive mean
64
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2
What are some commonly used b lac...,
What does benzyl penicillin act a...,
What does amoxicillin and ampicil...
69
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 3
What has no action against fungi,
What are the classes of anti fung...,
How do polyenes act
24
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1
Define bactericidal,
Define bacteriostatic,
Define sensitive
63
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2
What class of drug does daptomyci...,
What is the standard length of an...,
What are the three ways antibioti...
158
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Tumour Pathology 1
What is a tumour,
What are the properties of the gr...,
What are the two types of tumours
35
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Tumour Pathology 1
What is a neoplasm,
Describe the growth of tumours,
What are the types of tumour
28
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Tumour Pathology 2
What are the 2 groups of genes th...,
What are some properties of cancers,
What is the altered function in c...
40
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Tumour Pathology 2
What are the altered genetic asso...,
What is the altered cellular func...,
Describe morphology
35
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Tumour Pathology 3
What are local effects of benign ...,
What are local effects of maligna...,
What tissue destruction may malig...
22
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Tumour Pathology 3
What are the local effects of ben...,
What is the symptom of anaemia,
What are the systemic effects of ...
15
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Tumour Pathology 4
What is mitosis,
What does mitotic division generate,
What is a cell cycle
61
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Tumour Pathology 4
What is the cell cycle defined as,
What are the external factors tha...,
When is the cell cycle dependant ...
28
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Tumour Pathology 5
What is carcinogenesis due to,
What are the 2 categories of norm...,
What are tumour suppressor genes
38
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Tumour Pathology 5
How do tumour suppressor genes fu...,
What is an anti oncogene,
What do mutations in retinoblasto...
27
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Acute Inflammation 1
What is acute inflammation,
What are signs of acute inflammation,
What are possible aetiology cause...
24
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Acute Inflammation 1
What are the signs of inflammation,
What are the causes of inflammation,
What is the microcirculation
20
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Acute Inflammation 2
What is inflammation named accord...,
How is inflammation named,
What is inflammation of the lungs...
56
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Acute Inflammation 2
What is the name of inflammation ...,
What do neutrophils do,
What do the granules do that neut...
50
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Chronic Inflammation 1
What is chronic inflammation,
What does chronic inflammation fe...,
What may chronic inflammation ari...
30
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Chronic Inflammation 2
What is granulomatous inflammatio...,
What is granulomatous inflammatio...,
What can the cause of granulomato...
44
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Outline of Disease Processes in Cancer
What are most cancers in terms of...,
What does monoclonal mean,
How do cancer cells divide
47
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An outline of cancer process
What does a monoclonal cancer mean,
Which stage of the cell cycle can...,
Describe the activity of cancer c...
25
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Chemotherapy
What are treatment options for ca...,
What are the steps of the cell cycle,
What happens during g1 gap 1
55
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Chemotherapy
How do alkylating agents work,
Give examples of alkylating agents,
What do antimetabolites mimic
15
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Therapeutic Options in Cancer
What do therapeutic options for c...,
What are prevention options for c...,
What are treatment options for ca...
53
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Therapeutic Options in Cancer 2
What is crc colorectal cancer lin...,
What is breast cancer linked to i...,
What is the current advice for diet
26
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Circulation : Thrombosis
What is the lining of an artery c...,
What is found around the basal la...,
What is found around the smooth m...
67
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Pathology - Circulation
What lines the lumen of blood ves...,
What is around the basal lamina o...,
What is around the smooth muscle ...
63
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Circulatory Shock
What is circulatory shock,
What are the 3 main types of circ...,
Normal blood pressure
12
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Chromosomes
Cell Cycle & Chromosome Structure + Chromatin and Karyotypes + Meiosis and X Inactivation
87
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Chromosome & Cell Division 1
Where are the telomeres of a chro...,
What is the end replication problem,
How do eukaryotes solve the end r...
4
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Chromosome & Cell Division 2
What are the stages of the cell c...,
What are the different stages of ...,
What happens during the g1 stage ...
30
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Chromosome Mutations + Abnormalities
What are the three different type...,
What is the result of non disjunc...,
What is trisomy 21 known as
42
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Mendelian Inheritance
What does a normal chromosome con...,
What do mutations in genes do,
What is an example of a disease a...
28
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Mendelian Inheritance
What are the features of autosoma...,
What are the features of autosoma...,
Give an example of a dominant aut...
6
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Mendelian Inheritance
What is the p arm on a chromosome,
What is the q arm on a chromosome,
Mendelian inheritance
13
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Non-Mendelian Inheritance (Genetic Basis of Complex Inheritance)
What is complex inheritance,
What are some inheritance pattern...,
What is incomplete penetrance
26
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Non-Mendelian Inheritance (Genetic Basis of Complex Inheritance)
What are the three laws of mendel...,
What is non mendelian inheritance,
What is the mechanism for the fol...
37
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Non-Mendelian Inheritance
Define incomplete penetrance,
Sporadic cases occur due to,
Imprinting occurs due to
32
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Storing and Using Genetic Information
What is a phenotype,
What is a genotype,
Why are proteins functionally dif...
68
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Storing and Using Genetic Information
Which carbon is responsible for t...,
Which base swaps in with thymine ...,
What takes place in the nucleus
17
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Mutations & Genetic Analysis
What are the different kinds of c...,
When does first trimester begin a...,
What percentage of miscarriages d...
83
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Estimating Risk of Inherited Genetic Disease
What is fitness,
What can affect fitness,
What are the 3 different kinds of...
37
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Estimating Risk of Inherited Genetic Disease
What is meant by fitness,
What is an allele that increases ...,
What is a neutral allele
18
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Genetic Predisposition to Cancer
What do a small proportions of ca...,
What are the 2 different kinds of...,
Where to somatic mutations occur
45
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Genetic Predisposition to Cancer
What are somatic mutations,
What are germline mutations,
What is the function pf proto onc...
35
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Medical Genetics in the Clinic
What do most genetic referals rel...,
What does the clinical assessment...,
What are examples of genetic tests
18
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Drug Therapy : Absorption
What is pharmaceutical process,
What is pharmacokinetic process,
What is pharmacodynamics process
62
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Drug Absorption
Define pharmaceutical process,
Define pharmacokinetic process,
Define pharmacodynamic process
44
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Drug Therapy : Distribution
What needs to happen to a drug on...,
What is drug distribution,
What is tissue distribution impac...
57
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Drug Distribution
What does drug distribution refer to,
What does tissue distribution dep...,
What can be said about an unbound...
28
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Drug Therapy : Drug Metabolism
What is the effect of metabolism,
What happens to lipid soluble sub...,
Purpose of metabolism
22
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Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
What is drug metabolism,
What does metabolism limit,
What substances are excreted
64
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Drug Therapy : Drug Interaction
What is a drug interaction,
What are different things involve...,
What is the object drug
64
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Drug Interaction
What is defined as drug drug inte...,
When has a drug interaction occured,
Define object drug
20
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Drug Therapy : Adverse Drug Reactions
What are adverse drug reactions,
What is prophylaxis,
Adverse drug reactions are the wh...
74
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Drug Therapy : Drug Delivery Systems
What are different kinds of drug ...,
What are different forms of drugs...,
What are soppositories
48
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Drug Delivery
How can drug formulation affect t...,
What determines the drug delivery...,
What factors do we consider to de...
40
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Drug Therapy : Prescribing Errors
What is defined as a medication e...,
What are the four most common typ...,
When are health care professional...
15
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Clinical Trials
What do clinical trials provide e...,
How many prescriptions do gps giv...,
How much does the nhs spend on dr...
44
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Clinical Trial
Why are clinical trials important,
What is defined as pre clinical d...,
What is phase 1 of clinical devel...
15
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Clinical Trial Design
Why are clinical trials important,
4 examples of drug treatments bas...,
Investigating potential drugs 5
36
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Imaging in Cancer
What are different kinds of imagi...,
What are conventional cancer diag...,
What is a radio opaque used from ...
33
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Imaging in Inflammatory Disorders & Infection
What are different kinds of molec...,
What is gamma radation,
What is radiopharmaceuticals
25
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Diagnostic Techniques
How many diagnoses involve pathology,
How many different disciplines ma...,
Name some disciplines of pathology
20
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Injuries to the Body
Define injury,
Define lesion,
Defect
18
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Post Mortem Changes
What is death defined as,
Why does cellular death occur aft...,
Why does the body cool after death
18
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Post Mortem Changes
Early post mortem changes,
Late post mortem changes 4,
Post mortem changes
36
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Post Mortem Changes
What is death defined as,
Why does cellular death occur aft...,
Why does the body cool after death
18
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Post Mortem Changes
What is death,
What happens after cardiovascular...,
What happens after cellular death
46
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