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what is diabetes Mellitus (DM)? : a systemic metabolic disorder in which there is chronic hyperglycemia (high blood sugar over years) what are 2 causes of diabetes mellitus? : 1. a decrease in production and secretion of insulin (type 1) 2. a decrease in the cells ability to utilize the insuli...

Classify each of these as either acute or chronic: A. Arterial Thrombosis B. Arterial Atherosclerotic Disease C. Venous Thrombosis and Thrombophlebitis D. Venous Insufficiency/Venous Stasis : A. Arterial Thrombosis: ACUTE B. Arterial Atherosclerotic Disease: CHRONIC C. Venous Thrombosis and T...

Strabismus : Definition: "crossed eyes" deviation of one eye from the other when looking at an object Incidence: can be normal in infant until 4 months, after needs evaluation Normal A&P: extraocular muscles attach eyeball to orbit and allow for straight and rotary movement; each muscle fro...

true or false: afferent sensory fibers carry pain impulses from nociceptors to the brain : true the ______ is a region in the dorsal spinal cord where modulation of pain impulses occurs a. afferent sensory region b. S and L fiber complex c. Substantia gelatinosa d. Central transmission (T...

Etiologies of Guillian Barre : Possibly triggered by a virus or bacterial infection What is often seen after URI, GI infection, or mono? : Guillian Barre Sensory and motor (but mainly motor) disorder that is acute and reversible (most of the time) : Guillian barre Patho of guillian barre : ...

pH ratio : bicarbonate/carbonic acid (base/acid) Three Mechanisms Regulating Acid-Base Balance : 1. Plasma buffer system 2. Respiratory system 3. Renal system Plasma buffer systems : work fast! -HCO3-, H2CO3 -protein buffers -phosphate -cellular ion exchange mechanism 2 How does the r...

pH ratio : bicarbonate/carbonic acid (base/acid) Three Mechanisms Regulating Acid-Base Balance : 1. Plasma buffer system 2. Respiratory system 3. Renal system Plasma buffer systems : work fast! -HCO3-, H2CO3 -protein buffers -phosphate -cellular ion exchange mechanism 2 How does the r...

Oxygenation : The body's ability to deliver oxygen to all cells via the processes of ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion Diffusion : movement of oxygen across alveolar walls into pulmonary capillaries Ventilation : movement of atmospheric air into the alveoli Perfusion : movement of oxyg...

Blood, serum, saline, albumin, urine, bile, hormones, cerebrospinal fluid : Fluids required for homeostasis Peripheral pain receptor found in skin, : Nociceptor Hitting finger with hammer : Noxious stimuli Specialized sensory fibers, carry nociceptor impulse to spinal cord (A delta and C fib...

4 Types of Immune Alterations : Exaggerated, misdirected against host's own cells, Directed against beneficial foreign tissues, and Deficiency Hypersensitivity : - Autoimmunity is when the body starts to think of its own antigens as foreign. - Isoimmunity is when the body reacts against tiss...

The process of taking in and using food for growth, repair, and maintenance of the body includes ingestion, digestion, absorption, and metabolism : nutrition Inflammation : adaptive response of the body to injury or illness How many functions is the liver responsible for? : about 500 lobule...

neuroanatomy of pain and the components of pain : -Nociceptors → Afferent fibers → Spinal cord (substance P) → Brain for interpretation -Substance P = neurotransmitter peptide - has to bind to a receptor -Impulse MUST go to the brain AND be interpreted for the pain to be felt Nociceptors...

Guillian-Barre : -Acute idiopathic polyneuritis -Acute and Reversible -Acute, inflammatory, demyelinating neuromuscular disorder (polyneuropathy) Guillian-Barre affects : -Sensory and Motor (mainly motor) Guillian-Barre reaction and trigger : -Auto-Immune reaction (Lymphocytes become sensitiz...

Neoplasm : "new growth" tumor neoplasm Does not obey laws : of normal cell growth neoplasm continue to grow : at the expense of the host cancer cells exhibit "autonomy" : independence from normal cellular controls Cancer cells are also "anaplasia" : loss of differentiation or speciali...