Renal Diseases
Functional unit of the kidney
What is the nephron?
T/F Reticulocytes do not contain a nucleus.
What is true?
PAX6 acts as this.
What is a transcription factor?
The two parts of the brain involved in endocrine function.
What are the hypothalamus and pituitary gland?
Acinar cells are part of this function of the pancreas. (Hint, there are only two options for the answer.)
What is exocrine?
T/F Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is an autoimmune disorder
What is false?
This is the most abundant protein in blood plasma.
What is albumin?
This disease is characterized by the partial or complete absence of the iris.
What is aniridia?
This type of signals are diffusible and act over a short range.
What are paracrine signals?
T/F. Pancreatic enzymes are fully functional before they enter the intestine.
What is false?
What RAS stands for and its function
What is renin-angiotensin system and what is regulates blood pressure and fluid balance in the body?
An increased number of white blood cells is called this.
What is leukocytosis?
Most common problem of the eyes.
What is decrease in visual acuity?
What are refractive errors?
Secondary endocrine disease indicates a problem with this.
What is the pituitary gland?
One of the most common causes of pancreatitis is a ___________ blocking _______________.
What is a gall stone and common bile duct?
This is diseased in Alport Syndrome
What is the glomerular basement membrane?
The RBC in B12 deficient anemia are considered this.
What is macrocytic?
Rods and cones contain this photopigment molecule.
What is opsin?
Thyroid hormones regulate these two things.
What is metabolism and body heat?
Two reasons for the high mortality rate of pancreatic cancer.
What is anatomical location?
What is nonspecific symptoms?
What is no standardized test?
What is poor blood supply?
What is late diagnosis?
What is dense protective tissue?
etc.
The most rare inheritance pattern for Alport Syndrome
What is autosomal dominant?
This type of anemia is characterized by a decrease in all blood cell types
This lobe of the brain contains the somatic sensory cortex.
What is the parietal lobe?
Cushing's syndrome is caused due to prolonged exposure to this.
What is cortisol?
Insulinoma is a pancreatic cancer arising from this type of cell in the Islet of Langerhans.
What is a beta cell?