Pharmacology
A drug with both affinity and intrinsic activity is known as a ......?
Agonist
The valve found between the Right atrium and Right Ventricle is the...?
Tricuspid Valve
What colour are gram postive and gram negative bacteria resepctively
Purple and Pink
What is the basic contractile unit of a muscle cell?
Sarcomere
What does the H. Pylori triple-therapy treatment consist of
Amoxicillin
Clarithromycin
PPI
Neutrophils, Basophils, Eosinophils
Name the 5 layers of the epidermis from superficial to deep
Stratum Corneum, Stratum Lucidum, Stratum Granulosum, Stratum Spinosum, Stratum Basale
The majority of Alcohol is metabolised to Acetaldehyde by.........?
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Superficial Fibular nerve
A patient presents with a creamy-white tongue post intense Antibiotic therapy - what is the most likely causative agent?
You look down your microscope at a striated, branching cell, with a single central nucleus, and intercalated discs.
What cell type is it?
Cardiac Muscle (Cardiomyocyte)
Describe why a Urea Breath test would be used, and how it works
It is used in the diagnosis of H. Pylori infection
1. A patient consumes C13 / C14 labelled urea capsule
2. H. Pylori uses Urease to metabolise the Urea into Ammonia and Carbon Labelled CO2
3. The labelled Co2 diffuses into the bloodstream, exhaled and analysed
The Great cardiac vein and Middle cardiac vein follow which coronary arteries respectively?
LAD and PDA
Which Hepatitis Viruses are Fecal-orally transmitted and which are parenteral / sexuallly transmitted
Fecal-Oral = A + E
Parenteral-Sexual = B,C,D
What are the 4 layers of the GIT
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis Propria / Externa
Serosa