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Clinical Terminology | Blood Pathologies
By CPR St. Louis at October 5, 2011 | 5:38 am | 0 Comment
Red Blood Cells --Anemia - blood has abnormally low oxygen carrying capacity Causes: -insufficient # of RBC’s -hemorrhagic anemias - blood loss -hemolytic anemias - RBC’s ruptured -aplastic anemias - destruction of red bone marrow -decreased hemoglobin content -iron deficiency anemia -microcytes - small pale RBC’s -pernicious anemia - B12 deficiency more...
Pathway to Cancer – lecture notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 3, 2011 | 10:29 am | 0 Comment
I. Understanding Cell Fundamentals A. Fertilization Occurs in Fallopian tube B. Zygote 1. Sperm meets egg 2. Single cell contains all DNA a. Half from mom and half from dad C. Adult – 75 trillion cells (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true more...
Intro to Disease – outline notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 2, 2011 | 6:58 am | 0 Comment
Infectious disease -#1 killer worldwide -#3 in United States: only behind heart disease and cancers Infectious Disease is caused by microbes -bacteria -viruses -protozoa and fungi (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true }); Major killers of more...
Endocrine System – outline notes
By CPR St. Louis at October 1, 2011 | 9:40 am | 0 Comment
I. Endocrine Axis Endocrine Gland --- Hormone --- Blood --- Target tissue --- Effect II. Hormones – chemical messengers A. 3 classes 1. Amino acid derivatives -catecholamines – from tyrosine -epinephrine and norepinephrine -thyroid hormones – from tyrosine -melatonin – tryptophan (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ more...
History of Disease – chronological highlights
By CPR St. Louis at September 30, 2011 | 8:01 am | 0 Comment
Ancient Civilizations -- Medicine - 4000 - 1000 BCE - Illness and death attributed to punishment from gods -Magic and spells used for treatment -opium, herbal remedies, acupuncture 3000 BCE writing develops, wheel used for chariots (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", more...
