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Life at the cellular level 1- molecules
Define the major elements used to...,
What seven elements are required ...,
What 12 other elements are requir...
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Life at the Cellular Level 2 -water
What polarity is a water molecule,
Why can water molecules bond with...,
What is a hydrogen bond
18
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Life at the Cellular Level 2 - pH
What does water dissociate into,
What does ph measure,
Blood ph level meanings
15
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Life at the Cellular level 1- the cell
What are the differences between ...,
What is the role of the nucleus
18
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Life at the Cellular Level 3 -Energy and Thermodynamics
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Introduction to Blood
What is average circulating volum...,
What are the functions of blood,
Platelets role in blood clotting
80
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Structure and Function of cell membrane 1.1 and 1.2
Why is chemical composition of ec...,
What are the chemical differences...,
What does cell membrane separate
53
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Forces driving movement across cell membrane 2.1 and 2.2
How is an electrical gradient for...,
What is an electrochemical gradient,
Characteristics of diffusion
41
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Osmosis 3.1 and 3.2
What is osmosis,
What are the differences between ...,
Diffusion example
35
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Overview of the immune system
What is the immune system,
What is the meaning of immunity,
What is a pathogen
16
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Innate Immunity
What is function of eosinophils i...,
Mast cells and allergy eosinophils,
Function of basophils
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Functions of lymphoid organs
What are b lymphocytes involved in,
What are t lymphocytes involved in,
What does humoral immunity involve
24
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Role of T lymphocytes
What are t cells,
What are the two classes of t cells,
What is a cytotoxic t cell
16
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Lymphocytes and functions of antibody
What are b cells involved in,
What is the main function of b cells,
Where are b cells produced and ma...
14
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The complement system
Characteristics of complement system,
What are the three main pathways ...,
Characteristic of alternative pat...
10
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Carbohydrate structure and function
Characteristics of carbohydrates,
Describe how carbs are highly oxi...,
Describe how carbs function to st...
30
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Carbohydrate - digestion and storage
What are the carbohydrates in our...,
How are carbohydrates digested,
What do the different mucosal cel...
27
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Citric Acid Cycle
What is the citric acid cycle,
What happens in citric acid cycle,
Why is citric acid cycle so effic...
4
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Carbohydrates 2a - Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis
What is glycolysis,
Why is glycolysis so important,
Where does glycolysis take place ...
9
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Terminal Respiration
Why are there electron shuffle sy...,
What are the two main electron sh...,
What happens in glycerol phosphat...
7
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enzymes part1
What is an enzyme,
How do biological catalysts diffe...,
What do oxidoreductases do
21
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Clinical Enzymology
Why do we measure enzymes,
What factors determine enzyme act...,
What processes trigger the releas...
14
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Lipids part 1
What are lipids,
What are the functions of lipids,
What are the classes of lipids
35
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Lipids Part 1 continued
What does insulin do when glucose...,
What are the two major fates of f...,
Effects of carnitine palmitoyl tr...
11
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Nitrogen
What do amino acids and nucleotid...,
Where do we get nitrogen from,
What does pepsin do
26
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Proteins part 1
What is a protein,
What are the two types of protein...,
Steps before protein synthesis basic
31
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proteins part 2
What are the different types of p...,
What is post translational modifi...,
What is co translational modifica...
33
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Overview of the Nervous System
What are the two main subdivisons...,
What is cns composed of,
What is pns composed of
26
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Cells of the nervous system
What are the different parts of a...,
Peripheral nervous system general...,
What physical shapes of sensory n...
12
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Resting membrane potential
What do action potentials do,
What do graded potentials do,
What do resting membrane potentia...
18
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Graded Potentials
What is the function of graded po...,
Where are graded potentials,
Where are pacemaker potentials
12
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Synaptic Integration
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Ionic Basis of Action Potentials
What are the mv of resting membra...,
What are mv of threshold,
What happens once cell reaches th...
10
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Neuromuscular junction
What is the neuromuscular junction,
How do we trigger muscle contraction,
Describe the neuromuscular junction
6
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Speeding Up Action Potentials
How do large axons speed up condu...,
How does myelination speed up con...,
Consequences of demyelination
9
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Central Nervous System Synapses
Structure of events in cns synapse,
Why is calcium important,
What are the classes of neurotran...
16
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Essential Pharmacology Pt1 Receptors
Why is intercellular communicatio...,
Describe intercellular communication,
Why are receptor subtypes important
15
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Essential Pharmacology Pt2
What are endogenous chemical agents,
What are exogenous chemical agents,
What is basic def of a drug
16
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Essential Pharmacology Part 3 - drugs and therapeutics
How many receptor subtypes does o...,
What is a selective agonist,
What is a selective antagonist
7
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Sensory receptors-body sensation 1&2
What are the roles of sensory rec...,
What are the three types of senso...,
What do mechanoreceptors do
50
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Sensory Receptors- Proprioception
What is the role of proprioceptors,
What are the types of proprioceptors,
What do proprioceptors do
26
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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle pt.1
What is the main function of muscle,
What does skeletal muscle consist of,
What does cardiac muscle consist of
72
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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle pt.2
Describe how fatigue is a protect...,
When are we able to stop respondi...,
What happens during high intensit...
18
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Smooth and cardiac muscle
Describe physical characteristics...,
What is the difference between sm...,
What happens to smooth muscle cel...
14
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Spinal Reflexes
What is the simplest reflex,
Where does stretch reflex get inf...,
Describe knee jerk reflex
20
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intro to autonomic nervous system
What does the autonomic nervous s...,
What are the three branches of th...,
Differences between somatic and a...
14
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Function of ANS
Signs of sympathetic ns in play,
Signs parasympathetic ns is in play,
What is important in determining ...
13
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Pharmacology of ANS
Pharmacological manipulation of g...,
What was the first evidence that ...,
What are the 2 ways to modulate p...
9
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Pharmacology of the NMJ junction
What are the steps of synaptic tr...,
What are thways,
What are ways to potentiate trans...
4
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Intro to medical microbiology
What are the three domains of life,
What are the microbial causes of ...,
What is a bacterium
21
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Intro to bacteria
Describe the bacterial cell surface,
What is meant by gram negative an...,
How is a gram stain carried out
26
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Intro to viruses
Give characteristics of viruses,
What different structures can vir...,
What is a virion
12
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Principles of Immunisation
What are the two main types of im...,
What are the typical cells of ada...,
What are the two states of the ad...
30
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Introduction to parasites
What is a parasite,
What is a vector,
What are the classifications of p...
18
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Introduction to fungi
What is a fungus,
What are the 3 main fungi groups,
How to tell difference between th...
20
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Classification of pathogenic bacteria- gram negatives
How are bacteria named,
What organism causes meningitis d...,
What is meningitis
40
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Classification of pathogenic bacteria-gram positive
Differences between gram positive...,
What is peptidoglycan,
What do purple and pink stains fr...
26
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Pathogens and the Host
What are signs and symptoms of cl...,
What is a pathogen,
What is a commensal
38
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Hypersensitivity and autoimmunity
What is autoimmune disease,
What is cause of autoimmune disease,
Describe a genetic risk factor fo...
34
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Antimicrobrial chemotherapy- mechanisms of action
What are antibiotics active against,
What is a bactericidal,
What is mbc
43
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy- antibiotic resistance
When is an organism considered re...,
What strain is resistant to amino...,
Why are gram negative organisms a...
18
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Antimicrobial Chemotherapy- commonly used agents and side effects
Describe the trends in activity t...,
Give characteristics of quinolones,
What is the most commonly used qu...
33
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy- General Principles of Clinical
What are mutagenic antimicrobials,
What are teratogenic mutations,
What are safe antibiotics during ...
15
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Antimicrobial chemotherapy-antivirus and antifungal drugs
What are characteristics of polye...,
What are characteristics of ampho...,
What are characteristics of nysta...
33
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Acute inflammation
Define acute inflammation,
Name the cardinal signs of inflam...,
List the causes of acute inflamma...
52
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Chronic inflammation
Define chronic inflammation,
Describe the clinical presentatio...,
Where do we see chronic inflammation
38
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Tumour pathology 1-3
What are the 3 most important rul...,
What can a cell do if its going t...,
What abnormalities indicate disease
49
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Tumour pathology 4 and 5
Describe the outer membrane of a ...,
Describe how a ligand binding to ...,
Give an example of a signal trans...
62
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Outline of Disease Process- pt.1 what is cancer?
What is cancer,
What are the three types of cance...,
Give example of
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Outline of disease process- pt.2 invasive cancer
What is basement membrane made up of,
What are the theories of spread,
Give characteristics of extracell...
28
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Therapeutic options in cancer
Is diet a good therapeutic option,
Is screening a good therapeutic o...,
Genetics
19
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Systemic Anti cancer treatment
What is chemotherapy,
How is chemotherapy delivered,
What are the 3 main types of chem...
28
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Circulation 1 -physical thrombosis and clotting in wound healing
What does the arterial system do,
Describe the arterial system,
What cell lines the lumen
32
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Circulation 2- pathological thrombosis and clot formation
What is meant by pathological thr...,
What are the main arteries in the...,
Give the 3 main causes in virchow...
17
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Circulation 3 - circulatory shock
What is circulatory shock,
How do you diagnose shock,
What is systolic pressure
26
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Storing and using genetic information
What is dna,
What does a nucleotide consist of,
How many hydrogen bonds for gs an...
24
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chromosomes and cell division, meiosis, chromosome abnormalities
What does dna ligase do,
Why do telomeres shorten,
What are the different stages in ...
25
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Mutations and Genetic Analysis
What are the different types of c...,
What does trisomy mean,
What system of abnormalities are ...
39
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mendelian inheritence
How is sickle cell disease inherited,
What is autosomal recessive,
Likelihood of a child of two carr...
22
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Estimating risk of inherited genetic disease
What are the common recessive dis...,
How does mutation in dominant and...,
What is a de novo mutation
9
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Genetic pre-disposition to cancer
Why do most cancers happen,
What are the two types of gene mu...,
What are the 3 main different gen...
26
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Genetics in the clinic
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Non mendelian inheritance
Give mechanism of non mendelian i...,
What is penetrance,
What is cystic fibrosis caused by
22
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intro to pharmokinetics and ADME
What does pharmacological effect ...,
What is pharmacodynamics,
What is adme
22
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Absorption and distribution
Define absorption,
What is iv taken in,
What counts as topical administra...
23
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