Cardiovascular — Flashcards

In general, prostaglandins cause _____ vascular permeability

How do somatomedins affect the secretion of growth hormone from the anterior pituitary?_____

What is the effect of leptin on appetite? _____

Glucocorticoids have a _____ effect on peripheral skeletal muscle (anabolic/catabolic)

Menopause is due to decreased _____ production due to age-linked decline in the number of ovarian follicles

Growth hormone is released in a _____ pattern, with bursts of secretion occuring approximately every 2 hours

When viruses enter cells, they can trigger the host (via capsule / viral products) to produce Type I Interferons by activation of cytosolic _____

Cytotoxic (CD8+) T-cells kill virus infected, neoplastic, and donor graft cells by inducing _____

Which type of leukocyte is able to synthesize and release leukotrienes on demand? _____

Primary achalasia is due to an autoimmune destruction of ganglion cells in the _____ plexus