NR 507 / NR507 (NR507)

Infectivity correct answer: The ability of a pathogen to invade and multiply in the host. Anemia correct answer: Most common blood disorder in children Hemolytic Anemia's of Newborns correct answer: Are Inherited, Congenital, or Both Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) correct answer: Also called Erythroblastosis fetalis HDN correct answer: Alloimmune disorder in which maternal blood and fetal blood are antigenically incompatible causing the mother's immune system to produc...

Endometrial cycle correct answer: the portion within the menstrual cycle that has to do with the endometrium, aka the lining of the uterus Ovulation correct answer: monthly occurrence for women of childbearing age. It usually takes place around day 14 of a 28-day menstrual cycle. During this process, an egg is released from one of your ovaries and travels from your fallopian tube to your uterus. Follicular phase correct answer: Begins on day 1 of your cycle, and lasts until about day 14...

Chemicals secreted by cells correct answer: hormones neurotransmitters cytokines Three Methods of Communication between cells correct answer: Gap junction chemical secretion Remote Signaling remote signaling correct answer: chemicals secreted can travel near or far to a specific cell chemical secretion correct answer: cells secrete chemicals into the bloodstream gap junction correct answer: A type of intercellular junction in animals that allows the passage of materials bet...

Dermatomes correct answer: area of the skin that is mainly supplied by branches of a single spinal sensory nerve root. These spinal sensory nerves enter the nerve root at the spinal cord, and their branches reach to the periphery of the body. Substance release at the synapse correct answer: Acetylcholine- Excitatory or inhibitory- alzheimers Norepi- Excitatory or inhibitory- sleep/wake cycle, SYNS transmission Dopa- Excitatory (h1 and h2 receptors) and inhibitory (H3 receptors). park...

fluid mosaic model of cell membrane correct answer: The idea that cell membrane is a fluid, shifting bi layer containing: Cholesterol- keeps membrane fluid states the cell is composed of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates arranged in a bilayer arrangement Endoplasmic Reticulum correct answer: highway system, is a system of vesicles/membranes that transport material within the cell and outside of the cell Organelle functions correct answer: manufacturing of proteins & protein metaboli...

Oxygen transportation step 1 correct answer: Air is inhaled through the process of ventilation (mechanical movement of gas or air into or out of the lungs) Oxygen transportation step 2 correct answer: oxygen diffused from the alveoli into pulmonary capillaries, moving oxygen from the pulmonary veins to the left side of the heart to the aorta into systemic arterial circulation Oxygen transportation step 3 correct answer: Perfusion (exchange of O2 and CO2 in the blood stream, which occurs...

How does blood flow through the heart? correct answer: Deoxygenated venous blood → Sup. Vena Cava → Right Atrium →Tricuspid (AV) →Empties into R. Ventricle (& it contracts) → Blood ejected through Pulmonary Valve → Pulmonary Artery → Lungs to be Oxygenated → Pulmonary Veins → L. Atrium → Mitral (AV) → L. Ventricle (pumps with each contraction) → Aortic Valve → Aorta → Body What is systole? correct answer: Contraction of the heart which pumps blood Diastole cor...

Glomerulonephritis correct answer: The glomerular-capillaries can trap blood-borne Ab & Ag-Ab complexes - Causes: PRIMARY: infection, drugs, toxins, vascular disorders, ischemia, immunologic responses, free radicals. SECONDARY: DM, CHF, HIV, Lupus Triggering event (infection)- Ag-Ab complex formation & deposition in glomerulus- Activation of complement system & WBC infiltration- Glomerular injury & leakage- Proteinuria/hematuria- edema, increase creat, azotemia, oliguria OR after glomerul...

Renal System Urinary Tract pre-quiz Q's 1. What are the two main functions of the kidney Review diagram for anatomical structures correct answer: 1. Filtration and collection Women are at a higher risk for the development of a UTI because of having a shorter urethra. True/False correct answer: True Which of the following can help to prevent a UTI? Increase water consumption Use spermicides during sexual intercourse Taking more Vitamin D Douching to prevent the growth of bacte...

Housekeeping genes are vital to the function and maintenance of all the body's cells. What characteristic is associated with these genes? correct answer: D. They are transcriptionally active. Mutations in the encoding of histones modifying proteins have been shown to influence the development of what congenial condition correct answer: Heart disease Signals to change or modify epigenetic tags are ... from where? correct answer: Signals come from inside the cell, from neighboring cells ...