Thromboembolic disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ is a cutaneous disorder caused by Pseudomonas sp. that is described as rapidly progressive, necrotic cutaneous lesions.

Answer: Ecthyma Gangrenosum

Flashcard 2: Granulation tissue consists of type _____ collagen, capillaries, and myofibroblasts

Answer: III

Flashcard 3: Disorders of fibrinolysis typically present with _____ bleeding time

Answer: increased

Flashcard 4: The initial 'proliferative' phase of wound repair is characterized by deposition of _____ tissue

Answer: granulation

Flashcard 5: fat necrosis (breast)

Answer: fat necrosis and saponification following trauma (often mild or unremarkable trauma)

Extra: painless breast lump

Flashcard 6: The subtypes of fibrocystic disease of the breast are _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer: fibrosis

Flashcard 7: aplasia (organogenesis)

Answer: absent organ despite present primordial tissue

Flashcard 8: death

Answer: prolonged nutrient depletion and waste build-up leads to death

Extra: D

Flashcard 9: 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.

Flashcard 10: Robertsonian translocation (genetics)

Answer: nonreciprocal translocation between two acrocentric chromosomes; long arms fuse and short arms are lost note: may be considered reciprocal since short arms are not lost during translocation event, but during successive cell divisions