Principles of Disease (ME2308)

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Decks in this class (26)

Introduction to Medical Microbiology
What infectious agents are there ...,
What are sterile specimen examples,
What are examples of non sterile ...
8  cards
Introduction to Bacteria
What colour does a gram positive ...,
What colour does a gram negative ...,
Describe the structure of a gram ...
7  cards
Introduction to Fungi
What is a fungus,
Describe the cell walls of fungi,
Describe the membranes of fungi
12  cards
Introduction to Viruses
What is the typical size of a sin...,
Describe the three shapes viruses...,
Describe icosahedral viruses
15  cards
Pathogens and Hosts
Pathogenicity consists of what tw...,
What is virulence,
What three factors make up virulence
19  cards
Principles of Immunity
Describe physical mechanisms of i...,
Describe the cells involved in in...,
Capsulate organisms are resistant...
17  cards
Acute Inflammation 1
What is the definition of inflamm...,
What occurs during inflammation,
What are the five cardinal signs ...
15  cards
Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria 1
What are the two types of gram po...,
What test is used to further dist...,
Staph aureus shows what result in...
13  cards
Classification of Pathogenic Bacteria 2
What are the two gram negative ba...,
What does neisseria meningitidis ...,
What is the bacterial causative a...
31  cards
Tumour Pathology 1
A tumour neoplasm can be defined ...,
What are the two types of tumour ...,
What is the defining characterist...
30  cards
Tumour Pathology 2
How can altered genes lead to tum...,
What alterations of cellular func...,
The presence of some onco foetal ...
20  cards
Tumour Pathology 3
What are the local effects of ben...,
What are the local effects of mal...,
What are the two types of hormona...
13  cards
Acute Inflammation 2
Inflammation of the peritoneal ca...,
Inflammation of the meninges of t...,
Inflammation of the appendix is k...
33  cards
Hypersensitivity and Autoimmunity
What physiological processes gove...,
What is hypersensitivity,
How many types of hypersensitivit...
22  cards
Chronic Inflammation 1
What is the definition of chronic...,
What are the features of chronic ...,
What are the two healing outcomes...
12  cards
Chronic Inflammation 2
Granulomatous inflammation is cha...,
What type of hypersensitivity are...,
What antigens do granulomas respo...
16  cards
Introduction to Parasites
What is a parasite,
What are the three classification...,
What are protozoa
7  cards
Chromosomes, Cell Division, Meiosis and Chromosome Abnormalities
Outline the structure of a eukary...,
Telomeres have hundreds of copies...,
During the cell cycle and divisio...
14  cards
Drug Absorption
To have biological action what mu...,
List the modes of administration ...,
The process of drug action can be...
27  cards
Drug Distribution
Many drugs bind to proteins in th...,
What kind of drug is the only act...,
The amount of bound drug can be a...
25  cards
Drug Metabolism
What is drug metabolism,
What is a prodrug,
Give two examples of prodrugs
16  cards
Therapeutic Options
What two approaches are there to ...,
What four main aspects of prevent...,
What are the current three parts ...
29  cards
Disease Processes in Cancer
Most tumours arise from a single ...,
Describe the action of oncogenes ...,
Disease processes of cancer are b...
14  cards
Drug Delivery Systems
What three factors determine the ...,
What factors must be considered a...,
What is the most common drug deli...
10  cards
Adverse Drug Reactions
What is the definition of an adve...,
What are the three classification...,
What are the four classifications...
10  cards
Tumour Pathology 4
What is quiescence,
What external factors control the...,
What intrinsic factors control th...
22  cards

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