Sonic hedgehog gene - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CPHON Exam 117 Questions with Verified Answers Auer rods - CORRECT ANSWER AML distinguishing feature Leukemia - CORRECT ANSWER Malignant disorder of the blood and blood forming organs including the bone marrow, lymph nodes and spleen Cytogenetics for Leukemia - CORRECT ANSWER Ploidy; abnormalities found in more than 90% of patients with ALL; with number of chromosomes and structures (translocation) Hyperdiploidy in ALL - CORRECT ANSWER More than 46; favorable if not more than 50 G...

Cell layers - ectoderm (skin and neural plate) Mesoderm (muscle, connective tissues, vascular system) Endoderm (gut tube, lungs, liver) Neurulation - Formation of the vertebrate nervous system, CNS is dervied from epithelial cells The three different vesicles - Proencephalon (turns into the retina), mesencephalon, rhombencephalon Inductive factors - signaling molecules secreted by cells that instruct neighboring cells to adopt specific fate Cell surface signaling - mediated by ce...

Chagas Disease - correct answersCaused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasite passed in the feces of Reduviidae/kissing bug Penetrates broken skin or intact mucous membranes forming a pseudocyst releasing inflammatory infiltrates into myocytes; stains with Giemsa & Wright Romana sign occurs when portal of entry is the conjunctiva or eyelid May resulting in: Enlarged heart- CHF, sudden cardiac arrest Enlarged esophagus- difficulty swallowing Enlarged colon- abdominal pain or constipation T...