Endocrine
Glucose transporter mainly found in RBC's.
What is Glut-1?
Primary artery/ies that supply the pancreas.
What are the celiac and superior mesenteric?
The confirmatory test for hepatitis B.
What is HBeAg (hepatitis B e-Antigen)?
Produces a toxin that causes profuse diarrhea.
What is Vibrio cholerae (cholera)?
***PROFUSE diarrhea
My favorite organ system.
What is the renal system?
Time of day when cortisol levels are highest in a normal person.
What is the morning?
Regulator of gastric acid secretion. (name 2)
What is... (the vagus nerve, gastrin, or histamine). *hint- know the mechanism of each!
Most common predisposing lesion in colon cancer.
What is a tubular adenoma?
Organism that commonly colonizes the skin and often causes infection/ abscess formation.
What is Staphylococcus aureus?
My 2nd favorite organ system.
What is the pulmonary system?
What is Prolactin?
Epithelial cells of the stomach that produce hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor.
What are parietal cells?
Complications associated with ulcerative colitis.
What are toxic megacolon and cancer?
Contain peptidoglycans in the bacterial cell wall.
What is gram positive bacteria?
The UTMB student run clinic where I was medical director for 15 years.
What is St. Vincent's Clinic?
Signs and symptoms associated with underproduction of ACTH (Addison's disease). (name 3)
What are... (weight loss, malaise, hypotension, Addisonian crisis)?
Transporters involved in glucose transport during carbohydrate digestion. (name 2)
What are SLGT-1 and GLU-2?
Type of diarrhea in which a high chloride concentration would be present.
What is cholera?
An example of cell dormancy (name 1).
What are spores, persistor cells, or cysts?
Before I was a doctor, I was a.... (name 2)
What is a.. (high school teacher, plumber, roofer, road construction worker)?
Impaired conversion of this molecule to Acetyl-CoA leads to accumulation of ketones in the blood.
What is pyruvate?
Ion required for bile acid secretion by the transporters located at the plasma membrane of hepatocytes.
What is sodium?
Underfill Theory of liver failure (name 2 components).
What are...
-dilated portal circulation
-decreased venous return
-renal hypoperfusion, increased RAAS
-Hypoalbuminemia
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance (name 2).
What is... (multidrug transporter, alteration of metabolic function, phage transfer, or induction or modification of enzymes that inactivate drugs)?
What is..(hiking, woodworking, volunteering, reading, or spending time with Mrs. Dr. Beach)?