Mimosa
T cytotoxic cells are white blood cells that kill this
What are cancer cells?
This is the best way to prevent viral pneumonia
What is get a flu shot?
When arterial flow is greater than venous outflow it is known as this
What is venous congestion?
This hormone stimulates milk production after childbirth
What is prolactin?
Venous congestion is a common complication of traumatic injuries and reconstructive surgery
TRUE
Subdural hematoma are not quite as serious as epidural or subarachnoid hemorrhage and are caused by this
What is an injury (auto, fall, etc.)?
This is produced by Type 2 alveolar cells
What is surfactant?
TIA, which stands for this, is a short interval where the person has had decreased blood flow and the person has symptoms similar to a stroke but the symptoms do not last or cause brain damage
What is a transient ischemic attack?
Also called trigeminal neuralgia, this is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve (one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head)
What is Trineuropathy?
Surfactant is a phospholipid involved in increasing surface tension, allowing the alveoli to stay closed
FALSE - It is a phospholipid involved in decreasing surface tension, allowing the alveoli to stay open
Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) occurs when there is an over-secretion and subsequently increased levels of this circulating
What is ADH?
This type of bleeding occurs between the skull and dura; whereas this type of bleeding occurs between the dura and arachnoid
What is epidural and subdural?
Thrombophlebitis usually occurs in these veins located in areas with poor blood flow
What are surface-layer veins?
You should not see these outside of the cardiac cell (so if you draw someone’s blood and they are measurable, it means there has been injury to the myocardial cells)
What are troponins?
In ischemia, troponins should not be elevated because there has yet to be any cell death
TRUE
Pulmonary hypertension is caused by an increase in the pressure in the these three pulmonary areas
What is the arteries, veins and capillaries?
The thyroid stimulating hormone part of a this type of system
What is a negative feedback system?
Virchow’s triad is categorized by venous stasis, changes in the blood vessel wall (endothelial damage), and this condition
What is hypercoagulability?
Vaccination is the best way to prevent this viral illness leading to nerve injury and paralysis which can lead to difficulty breathing and death
What is polio?
Elevated troponins cause nerve cell death or injury
FALSE - cardiac cells
The Schamroth test, where you put nail beds together and if see a diamond in between then confirms clubbing, is used to determine if the patient is suffering from this condition
What is pulmonary hypertension?
The RAAS pathway, which stands for this, is a signaling pathway responsible for regulating the body's blood pressure
What is renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system?
Terrible headache which could be pulsatile or steady and constant (most often in the occipital region of the head) nausea, vomiting, seizures because of irritation to brain tissue from the blood, hypertension, dilated pupils, and unconsciousness are all symptoms of this life threatening hemorrhage
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)?
Degeneration of the pars compacta of this ganglia structure results in the reduction of the availability of the neurotransmitter dopamine
What is substantia nigra?
Trineuropathy is most common in men over 40
FALSE - most common in women over 50