Forensic pathology principles US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Forensic pathology principles Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: _____ stain identifies glycogen and is thus useful in identifying glycogen storage diseases
Answer: Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)
Flashcard 2: Bacterial meningitis may cause death due to _____, secondary to cerebral edema
Answer: herniation
Flashcard 3: The PAS stain is useful for staining _____
Answer: glycogen
Flashcard 4: Disorders of fibrinolysis typically present with _____ bleeding time
Answer: increased
Flashcard 5: What type of scar extends beyond the borders of the original wound? _____
Answer: Keloid scar
Flashcard 6: fat necrosis (breast)
Answer: fat necrosis and saponification following trauma (often mild or unremarkable trauma)
Extra: painless breast lump
Flashcard 7: The subtypes of fibrocystic disease of the breast are _____, _____, _____, and _____.
Answer: fibrosis
Flashcard 8: aplasia (organogenesis)
Answer: absent organ despite present primordial tissue
Flashcard 9: death
Answer: prolonged nutrient depletion and waste build-up leads to death
Extra: D
Flashcard 10: How do Duchenne's and Becker's muscular dystrophies differ genetically?
Answer: DMD is a frameshift mutation effectively deleting the gene. BMD is a partial loss of function mutation.
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