What is not true about the spleen?
Limited blood within the lobules Spleen acts as a reservoir of blood
True:
-divided up into lobules
-Similar to a large lymph node
-Contains macrophages
TIAs are associated with with what?
, Increased risk of stroke in the first 90 days following the TIA
increased risk of death within one year of the TIA
Increased risk for a subsequent stroke (most common outcome)
What is not an autoimmune disease?
Alzheimer
Most common type of dementia
Progressive disease: thought, memory, and language
What cytokine is responsible for growth and maturation of B cells?
Interleukin-4
_______
Interleukin-1: pro-inflammatory cytokine, secreted by macrophages
interleukin-2: cytokin signaling molecule in the immune system
Interleukin-7: non-hematopoitic cytokine with a role in the adaptive immune
system
, An APRN is evaluating a male pt. Findings include a painless supraclavicular adenopathy,
a nonproductive cough, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, fever, night sweats, pruritus, and
the findings of Reed-Sternberg cells on a lab exam. Which disease should the APRN
suspect?
Hodgkin Lymphoma: has Reed-Sternberg cells
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: does NOT have Reed-sternberg cells
Multiple myeloma is a malignancy of what cell?
Plasma cells
Leukemia: caner in blood and bone marrow, rapid production of abnormal
WBCs
Polycythemia vera: blood cancer, bone marrow making too many RBCs
Atrial septal defect is?
Limited blood within the lobules Spleen acts as a reservoir of blood
True:
-divided up into lobules
-Similar to a large lymph node
-Contains macrophages
TIAs are associated with with what?
, Increased risk of stroke in the first 90 days following the TIA
increased risk of death within one year of the TIA
Increased risk for a subsequent stroke (most common outcome)
What is not an autoimmune disease?
Alzheimer
Most common type of dementia
Progressive disease: thought, memory, and language
What cytokine is responsible for growth and maturation of B cells?
Interleukin-4
_______
Interleukin-1: pro-inflammatory cytokine, secreted by macrophages
interleukin-2: cytokin signaling molecule in the immune system
Interleukin-7: non-hematopoitic cytokine with a role in the adaptive immune
system
, An APRN is evaluating a male pt. Findings include a painless supraclavicular adenopathy,
a nonproductive cough, fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, fever, night sweats, pruritus, and
the findings of Reed-Sternberg cells on a lab exam. Which disease should the APRN
suspect?
Hodgkin Lymphoma: has Reed-Sternberg cells
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: does NOT have Reed-sternberg cells
Multiple myeloma is a malignancy of what cell?
Plasma cells
Leukemia: caner in blood and bone marrow, rapid production of abnormal
WBCs
Polycythemia vera: blood cancer, bone marrow making too many RBCs
Atrial septal defect is?
