Essentials OF Pathophysiology
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Question:
What is acute gastritis?
Answer:
Transient inflammation of the gastric mucosa
Question:
What is chronic gastritis?
Answer:
Chronic mucosal inflammatory changes leading to atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.
This is mostly due to H. Pylori, but in some cases it can be autoimmune.
Question:
What causes gastritis?
Answer:
Acute-circulatory disturbances (shock) and exposure to exogenous irritants (drugs
[aspirin], alcohol, chemicals, lactose intolerance) Chronic-cause is unknown is probably
mediated by immunologic mechanism or related to infection with H. pylori
Question:
What is amenorrhea?
Answer:
absence of menstruation
,Question:
What is metrorrhagia?
Answer:
bleeding between periods
Question:
What is dysmenorrhea?
Answer:
painful periods
Question:
Costal vertebral angle (CVA)
Answer:
angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax,
overlying the kidney; percuss for kidney tenderness
Question:
What causes flank pain?
Answer:
kidney stones
Question:
When is enuresis abnormal?
Answer:
after age 5
Question:
People with polycystic kidney disease should do what?
Answer:
increase fluid intake, measure blood pressure regularly
, Question:
What is polyuria?
Answer:
frequent urination
Question:
Female Mutilation
Answer:
risks for uti, trouble urinating
Question:
What hormone causes bleeding during menopause?
Answer:
estrogen
Question:
Where does exchange occur in the kidneys?
Answer:
As the filtered fluid moves along the tubule, the blood vessel reabsorbs almost all of
the water, along with minerals and nutrients your body needs. The tubule helps remove
excess acid from the blood. The remaining fluid and wastes in the tubule become urine.
Question:
What increases the risk for bladder cancer?
Answer:
smoking
Question:
What is the kidney filtration path?
Answer:
Bowmans capsule>proximal tubule>loop of henle>distal tubule
Comprehensive TEST
PAPER Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
Question:
What is acute gastritis?
Answer:
Transient inflammation of the gastric mucosa
Question:
What is chronic gastritis?
Answer:
Chronic mucosal inflammatory changes leading to atrophy and intestinal metaplasia.
This is mostly due to H. Pylori, but in some cases it can be autoimmune.
Question:
What causes gastritis?
Answer:
Acute-circulatory disturbances (shock) and exposure to exogenous irritants (drugs
[aspirin], alcohol, chemicals, lactose intolerance) Chronic-cause is unknown is probably
mediated by immunologic mechanism or related to infection with H. pylori
Question:
What is amenorrhea?
Answer:
absence of menstruation
,Question:
What is metrorrhagia?
Answer:
bleeding between periods
Question:
What is dysmenorrhea?
Answer:
painful periods
Question:
Costal vertebral angle (CVA)
Answer:
angle formed by the 12th rib and the vertebral column on the posterior thorax,
overlying the kidney; percuss for kidney tenderness
Question:
What causes flank pain?
Answer:
kidney stones
Question:
When is enuresis abnormal?
Answer:
after age 5
Question:
People with polycystic kidney disease should do what?
Answer:
increase fluid intake, measure blood pressure regularly
, Question:
What is polyuria?
Answer:
frequent urination
Question:
Female Mutilation
Answer:
risks for uti, trouble urinating
Question:
What hormone causes bleeding during menopause?
Answer:
estrogen
Question:
Where does exchange occur in the kidneys?
Answer:
As the filtered fluid moves along the tubule, the blood vessel reabsorbs almost all of
the water, along with minerals and nutrients your body needs. The tubule helps remove
excess acid from the blood. The remaining fluid and wastes in the tubule become urine.
Question:
What increases the risk for bladder cancer?
Answer:
smoking
Question:
What is the kidney filtration path?
Answer:
Bowmans capsule>proximal tubule>loop of henle>distal tubule
