Liver
What is ALT a marker for?
Liver damage
Acetylcholine transmission is terminated by____
acetylcholinesterase.
Norepinephrine signals through____
metabotropic receptors
Grade______sprain is seen as minimal swelling and no instability
1
When does autocrine signaling occur?
when the hormone-producing cell also has receptors for the hormone it synthesizes
What is the major cause to hepatocellular carcinoma?
Chronic hepatitis C infection
The primary way the neurotransmission of serotonin is terminated
Serotonin is “recycled” through a process called reuptake
This is a peptide transmitter that promotes waking
Orexin
This type of fracture is on one side of the cortex maintaining the thick periosteal tube
Greenstick fracture
__________is secreted during puberty to prompt breast development and during pregnancy for lactation
Prolactin
Increased absorption of iron from the gut and increased release of iron from macrophages elevate the circulating levels of this____
iron
Glutamate primarily signals through____
ionotropic receptors
A client hits his thumb with a hammer. What is most directly responsible for the reaction or "howl" to pain?
Limbic system
______involves loss of muscle mass, low muscle strength, and low physical performance.
Severe sarcopenia
Unregulated adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) production by a pituitary corticotroph adenoma will produce_______
Cushing disease, secondary hypercortisolism
Older clients are at a risk of increased toxicity from alcohol due to changes in liver_______
blood flow and metabolism
Initial event leading to death of neurons after an ischemic stroke is_____
Oxygen and glucose depletion reduces tissue ATP levels
This area is area is the site of the dopamine neurons that project to the nucleus accumbens
Ventral tegmental
_________secrete bone matrix and are the source of osteocytes
Osteoblasts
This is secreted during puberty to prompt breast development and during pregnancy for lactation
Prolactin (PRL)
Acute cholestasis is an interruption in bile secretion due to a blockage or other process outside the liver or due to this type of liver dysfunction.
intrinsic
Which channel should be blocked to effectively reduce seizures in people with epilepsy?
Fast sodium channels
What is most likely to be observed after a stroke of the motor cortex?
Weakness and lack of coordination of the contralateral hand
Which ligamentous structure is the most vulnerable to damage by severe inversion of the foot?
Lateral ligament complex
Water-soluble hormones travel here to bind to cell surface receptors to generate second messengers.
in the blood plasma