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NU 327 - Exam 2 – Inflammatory questions
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with answers
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What are the two types of transplant immunopathology? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔> host versus graft -me vs kidney, I attack
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kidney
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(Hyperacute, Acute |\




Chronic ,Local S&S) |\ |\




> graft versus host -kidney vs me, systemic/wide spread due to
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kidney attacking me |\ |\




Describe chronic inflammation. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔> lasts
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longer than 2 weeks |\ |\ |\




> more "diffuse"
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> scar tissue formation
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> deformity
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What are childbearing factors involved with HIV? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔> HIV crosses the placenta |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




> HIV antibodies cross the placenta
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,> Blood transmission is possible at birth
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> HIV is present in breast milk
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> Infants testing negative for 6 months without opportunistic
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infections are said to be HIV free |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




>Viral loads of less that 1000 copies per mL have decreased
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chances of being positive |\ |\ |\




What is seroconversion? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the time you
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can measure if someone has HIV (within 4-6 weeks of possible
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contraction


What is a PMN? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔polymorphonuclear
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neutrophil- a cell that contains two small lysosomal granules and
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a segmented nucleus with two to five lobes. PMNs compose 60 to
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70% of leukocytes |\ |\




Define opsonization. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The process of
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proteins, usually antibodies or complement fragments, binding to
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an antigen in order to make the antigen easier for phagocytic cells
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to locate. Phagocytic cells have receptors for opsonins
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Define keloid. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an area of irregular
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fibrous tissue formed at the site of a scar or injry
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What is pyrexia? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fever
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,What are three purposes of the inflammatory process? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔> neutralize harmful agents/bacteria
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> limit the spread of damage
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> prepare damaged tissue for repair
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List the five cardinal signs of inflammation. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔> redness |\




> swelling
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> heat
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> pain
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> loss of function
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Describe the inflammatory response - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Increased vascular permeability (vasodilation, increased capillary
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permeability)


-Recruitment and emigration of WBCs (chemotaxis) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-Phagocytosis of antigens and debris |\ |\ |\ |\




Describe acute inflammation. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔> short
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> lasts less than 2 weeks
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, > involves a set of precipitating events
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What is chemotaxis in the inflammatory process? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔recruitment and emigration of WBCs
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What is serous drainage? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔liquid part of
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the blood that cells float around in
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What is hemorrhagic/sanguinous drainage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔red blood |\




Describe fibrinous drainage. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔>
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congealed
> fibrin provides structure for things to heal
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What happens during the vascular stage - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Momentary vasoconstriction followed by vasodilatation and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



capillary leakage |\ |\




Increases the volume of blood delivered to the damaged tissue
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thereby delivering the necessary components of the blood to
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handle the injury.
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