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Decks in this class (36)

cardiovascular disease
What are the diseases affecting v...,
What are the diseases affecting t...,
What is systolic and diastolic bl...
9  cards
smooth muscle
Location of smooth muscle and dis...,
Structure of sm and peristalsis,
Sm contraction mechanism varicosi...
5  cards
Cardiac muscle
Cardiac muscle implicated in whic...,
Initiation of cardiac contraction,
Phases of cardiac contraction
9  cards
Hypertension
Goals of treatment and stages of ...,
Non pharmacological managements,
Priority of treatments
11  cards
Skeletal muscle
Structure,
Skeletal muscle contraction mecha...,
Skeletal muscle innervation and m...
6  cards
hypercholestrolaemia
Atherosclerosis definition and ri...,
Cholesterol endogenous roles and ...,
Lipid and cholesterol transport
11  cards
Ischaemic heart disease
Definition and risk factors,
Angina non pharmacological manage...,
Nitrates for angina
11  cards
Antithrombotics
What is thrombosis,
Coagulation mechanism that causes...,
Disorders of clotting and bleeding
10  cards
introduction to respiratory diseases
Asthma and copd definitions and c...,
Cell lining of the lung,
Innervation of the airways
5  cards
Bronchodilators
Phases of asthma attack,
B2 ar agonists,
Desensitisation of b2 ar
7  cards
anti-inflammatory drugs
Describe the mechanism of action ...,
Describe the mechanism of action ...,
Give examples of steroid drugs
11  cards
type 1 diabetes
What are the differences between ...,
What are consequences of high blo...,
What are consequences of impaired...
8  cards
type 2 diabetes
What is the mechanism of action o...,
What is the mechanism of action o...,
What is the mechanism of action o...
8  cards
obesity
What are risk factors for the dev...,
What are co morbidities associate...,
What is the mechanism of action o...
11  cards
intro to immune system
What is the difference between in...,
Define antigen and antibody,
What are types of lymphocytes
15  cards
allergies
Describe the induction phase sens...,
Describe the reactive phase of al...,
How are allergies identified
10  cards
cox inhibitors
Explain mechanism of action of co...,
What are side effects of cox inhi...,
Give examples for the role of pro...
9  cards
opioids and receptors
What are the endogenous peptides ...,
What are the opioid receptor subt...,
Describe signalling cascades of o...
10  cards
local anaesthetics
How can action potentials be studied,
G,
What is saltatory conduction
10  cards
Intro to CNS
Neuromodulatory transmitters and ...,
Da pathways roles and where somat...,
Da receptor isoforms and g protei...
6  cards
Epilepsy
Types of epilepsy,
Features of tonic clonic seizures,
Non pharmacological interventions...
6  cards
neurodegenerative disorders
Examples and brief overview,
Protein misfolding examples impli...,
Huntington s mechanism symptoms a...
5  cards
depression
Symptoms and causes,
Ssris mechanism and function and ...,
Glutamate hypothesis of depression
4  cards
anti-emetics
Nts involved in nausea,
Brain regions implicated in nause...,
H1 antagonist for nausea mechanism
8  cards
schizophrenia
Symptoms,
Genetic causes,
Environmental causes and neurodev...
7  cards
addiction
Symptoms of addiction,
Neuroanatomy of reward,
Different types of rewards and as...
8  cards
drugs of abuse
Drug of misuse drug of abuse and ...,
Nicotine mechanism acute long ter...,
Cocaine
9  cards
Antimicrobials
Penicillin mechanism of action an...,
Ribosome as a drug target in bact...,
Drugs targeting dna transcription
4  cards
Antivirals
Different types of viruses that a...,
Mechanism of viral infections,
Hiv mechanism
6  cards
Antiparasites
Malaria and its treatments,
Clotrimazole,
Flucanazole
5  cards
Intro to cancer
Main types of cancer and features,
Causes and symptoms,
Mutations that occur in cancerous...
6  cards
Chemotherapy and other non-targeted treatments
Surgery and radiotherapy for cancer,
Cell cycle overview,
Downsides of chemo
7  cards
Targeted cancer treatments
Endogenous vegf signalling roles,
Vegfa inhibitor,
Monoclonal vegfr2 inhibitor
9  cards
gastrointestinal
How is the enteric system control...,
What is gastric juice made of,
What cells are in da stomach lining
23  cards
contraception
Types of non hormonal,
Mechanism of oral pills,
Role of fsh and lh
7  cards
kidney
Physiological roles of the kidney...,
Classes of diuretics and where in...,
Osmotic diuretics mechanism
8  cards

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