Musculoskeletal/Neuro Sturcture and Function
What gives bones its tensile strength?
Collagen Fibers
What lab value is elevated in gout?
Uric Acid
Which posture is worse?
Decerebrate
What is needed for the absorption of vitamin B12?
intrinsic factor
Which nervous system will be activated when being chased by a lion?
sympathetic nervous sytem
What is the gold standard for diagnosis of Osteoporosis?
Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)
What diagnosis is made after ruling out all other types of dementia and decreased acetylcholine?
Alzheimer’s Disease
Type of Lymphomas that is characterized by Reed-Sternberg cells
Hodgkin lymphoma
What part of the brain regulates body temp and endocrine function?
hypothalamus (diencephalon)
A patient comes in with joint inflammation in the hands after being a secretary for 35 years, new bone formation in joint margins, and thickening of the join capsule. What does she most likely have?
Osteoarthritis
What are the two assessments of a TBI ("signs")
Halo sign & raccoon eyes
Normocytic and normochromic anemia is caused by what?
Blood Loss
What are the 4 steps in muscle contraction?
excitation, coupling, contraction, and relaxation
What are the 6 P’s of Compartment Syndrome?
Pain, Pressure, Pallor, Paresthesia, Paresis, and Pulselessness
A patient presents with tremors (pill rolling), rigidity, bradykinesia, postural disturbances, masked facial expression
Parkinson’s Disease
A patient presents with weakness, pallor. Fatigue, and pic, what type of deficiency?
Iron deficiency anemia
Two patients come into the ER. One with a crushing injury to the arm and one a stab wound to the back, which nerves are more likely to repair?
Crushing injury to the arm
A patient comes in with muscle pain, weakness, and renal failure. What disease process sis this?
Rhabdomyolysis
A patient comes into the ER with Immediate loss of reflex function and sensation in the lower half of body after a car accident, bradycardia, and a drop in BP. What is happening?
Spinal shock
Which leukemia presents with bone pain, anemia, thrombocytopenia, infection and abrupt symptoms
AML