Principles of Disease

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Decks in this class (53)

Intro to Microbiology
What is microbiology,
What are the microbial causes of ...,
What is the classification of bac...
15  cards
Bacteria
What do bacterias not have,
What structures do bacteria have,
What is the difference between gr...
18  cards
Viruses
What is a virus,
What are some basic facts about v...,
What is a virion describe its fun...
16  cards
Parasites
What is a parasite,
How are parasites classified,
What is a vector
19  cards
Storing and Using Genetic Information
What is the major groove of dna i...,
What does the nucleus contain,
What is the nucleolus
26  cards
Immunisation
Outline the types of active immunity,
Outline the types of passive immu...,
Describe how active immunity work...
15  cards
Pathogenic Bacteria 1
List clinically significant gram ...,
Describe the gram stain technique,
Aerobic gram positive cocci what ...
16  cards
Pathogenic Bacteria 2
What is a key feature of gram neg...,
What is a useful prelimary test t...,
Define coliforms
25  cards
Fungi
What is a fungus and its structure,
What are the major types of fungi,
What is yeast
24  cards
Chromosomes and Cell Division
What is the structure of chromosomes,
What are telomeres,
What are centromeres
15  cards
Acute Inflammation 1
What is acute inflammation and wh...,
What are the cardinal signs of in...,
What are the causes of inflammation
10  cards
Acute inflammation 2
What are the outcomes of acute in...,
What do you call inflammation at ...,
What do you call inflammation at ...
19  cards
Chronic Inflammation
List the cell types involved in c...,
List the major causes of chronic ...,
How does chronic inflammation ari...
7  cards
Drug absorption
State the physio chemical factors...,
Describe how ionisation is one of...,
Describe how lipid solubility is ...
17  cards
Drug Distribution
What affects tissue distribution,
How does plasma protein affect ti...,
In plasma protein binding what pa...
25  cards
Drug metabolism
Define drug metabolism,
4 main sites of drug metabolism,
What is a prodrug
39  cards
Drug delivery systems
What 5 things are to be considere...,
Where are oral meds absorbed into...,
Define a suspension
54  cards
Hypersensitivity + Autoimmunity
Define hypersensitivity,
Which types of hypersensitivity a...,
What causes type iv hypersensitivity
42  cards
Tumour Pathology 1
What is a tumour,
What are the 2 groups of tumours,
What is a fundamental property of...
21  cards
Tumour Pathology 2
Properties of cancer cells what a...,
Properties of cancer cells what a...,
What are other properties of canc...
33  cards
Tumour Pathology 3
What are the local effects of ben...,
What are the local effects of mal...,
How does pain arise from malignan...
12  cards
Tumour Pathology 4
How does cell division occur,
What do checkpoints do,
Examples of checkpoint and their ...
29  cards
Tumour pathology 5
What do tumour supressor genes no...,
What do proto oncogenes do,
How does the rb gene negatively r...
23  cards
AM - Definitions and Mechanisms
What is bactericidal,
What is bacteriostatic,
Define sensitive
26  cards
AM- Mechanisms of Resistance and Issues
What are the types of resistance,
What may all strains of a given s...,
What may be present in some strai...
16  cards
AM- Spectrum of Commonly used agents
What are commonly used b lactam a...,
What are aminoglycosides commonly...,
How does aminoglycosides and macr...
7  cards
AM - Side effects and Toxicity, Principles
What are side effects of antibiotics,
When can allergic reactions occur,
What is immediate hypersensitivity
25  cards
Anti viral and Anti fungal drugs
Relatonship between antibiotics a...,
How can fungi be subdivided,
What are the classes of anti fung...
29  cards
Estimating risk of Inherited Disease
Define fitness,
What do you call a mutant allele ...,
What do you call a helpful mutant...
16  cards
Adverse Drug reactions
Define adverse drug reactions,
How frequent are adverse reaction...,
What causes avoidable adrs and wh...
43  cards
Outline of Disease Processes in Cancer
How would you describe the develo...,
What gives rise to new therapeuti...,
What is increasing relevant for t...
28  cards
Therapeutic Options in Cancer
0  cards
Circulation 1
Describe the structure of an artery,
What are platelets not normally e...,
What does the lumen also contain
31  cards
Medical Genetics in the Clinic COPY
Who does genetic counseling,
What happens after clinical exami...,
What are variants of uncertain si...
3  cards
Mendelian Inheritance
What are the features of autosoma...,
What are the features of autosoma...,
Give an example of a dominant aut...
6  cards
Mendelian Inheritance COPY
In autosomal dominant what is the...,
In autosomal dominant what is the...,
In autosomal dominant what is the...
13  cards
Non-Mendelian Inheritance
What are the 2 examples on non me...,
What is anticipation,
What are 3 examples of anticipati...
13  cards
Clinical Trials
Why are clinical trials important,
What is defined as pre clinical d...,
What is phase 1 of clinical devel...
15  cards
Pathogens and Host - Immunity
What type of phagocytic cell is a...,
What type of phagocytic cell is c...,
Where can you find fixed macrophages
23  cards
Pathogens and host intro
What are the possible signs and s...,
What is a commensal,
What does the capacity of a micro...
17  cards
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  cards
Lymph Lecture
What are the functions of the lym...,
What are the constituents of the ...,
How does lymphatic system stop oe...
31  cards
Chromosome Mutations and Abnormalities - Second Lecture
What are the three different type...,
What is the result of non disjunc...,
What is trisomy 21 known as
42  cards
The Genetic Basis of Complex Inheritance - Non-Mendelian Inheritance
What are the three laws of mendel...,
What is non mendelian inheritance,
What is the mechanism for the fol...
37  cards
Theraputic Options
What is crc colorectal cancer lin...,
What is breast cancer linked to i...,
What is the current advice for diet
26  cards
Thrombosis
What is a clotting factor,
What does factor xa convert proth...,
What does thrombin then convert f...
24  cards
POD formative
What type of gene is retinoblasto...,
What type of tumour is leukaemia,
What type of tumour is lipsarcoma
30  cards
Circulation 2- Pathological Thrombosis + Embolism
When does pathological thrombosis...,
What 3 disposing situations does ...,
What are the consequences of part...
16  cards
Christmas Exam bits & pieces
Define a tumour,
What is the prefix for glandular ...,
What do we call epithelial malign...
142  cards
Drug-drug interactions
Define drug interaction,
Object drug,
Precipitant
24  cards
Circulation 3- Circulatory shock
What is shock,
Characterisitcs of shock,
What does normal blood pressure r...
21  cards
Chemotherapy- Systemic Anti-Cancer treatment
What is more common in systemic a...,
When are adjuvant treatments used,
When are neoadjuvant treatments used
23  cards
Chemotherapy
Whats it called when the primary ...,
Whats it called when tumour cells...,
What ahppens if chemo isnt delive...
41  cards

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