NR 283 Pathophysiology
Exam 1 Concepts to Review
Cellular Biology/Cellular Adaptation/Cellular Injury Chapter 1 and 3
8 functions of cells
ATP
Mitochondria Cellular metabolism
Apoptosis vs. Necrosis
Typ
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NR 283 Pathophysiology
Exam 1 Concepts to Review
Cellular Biology/Cellular Adaptation/Cellular Injury Chapter 1 and 3
8 functions of cells
ATP
Mitochondria Cellular metabolism
Apoptosis vs. Necrosis
Types of Necrosis (liquefactive, coagulative, fat, gas gangrene, dry gangrene, wet gangrene caseous)
Types of cells
2 Death-stages
Changes that occur within the first 12 hours of death
Genetics Chapter 2
DNA- in the nucleus
Mitosis/Meiosis for cellular replication
Mutations
Two types of Mutations
Turner Syndrome (falls under aneuploidy)
Kleinfelter’s
Marfan’s
Huntington’s:
Color Blindness
Hemophilia
Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
Cystic Fibrosis:
Chapter 4
What controls sodium balance
RAAS
Causes of Edema
Types of edema (localized, generalized)
Third spacing
Hypervolemia (S/S, causes)
Hypovolemia (S/S, causes)
Hypernatremia (S/S, causes)
Hyponatremia (S/S, causes)
Hyperkalemia (S/S, causes)
Hypokalemia (S/S, causes)
Hypovolemia-
Dehydration S/S
Vocabulary Terms
Cancer Chapter 9 & 10
Neoplasm
Malignant tumors
Benign tumors
Malignant tumor characteristics (contact inhibition, anchorage independent, immortality)
Contact inhibition
Anchorage independent
Immortality
Metastasis forms (seeding, vascular system, lymph system)
Naming of malignant and benign tumors (adenoma, carcinoma, sarcoma, lipoma, etc)
Effects of cancer on the body (malnutrition, leukopenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia)
Clinical manifestations of cancer (weight loss, fatigue, nausea/vomiting, etc.)
Staging of cancer
Carcinoma in situ (definition, three fates-progress, disappear, stable)
Tumor Markers and where they are found, examples (PSA, breast cancer gene, etc)
Cancer treatment-
Dysplasia
ABCDE for skin cancer detection
Patient teaching for cancer prevention (diet, smoking cessation, exercise, protection during sex, reduce exposure to environmental risk factors, reduce alcohol consumption, inspect skin for suspicious lesions, use sunscreen and protective equipment, etc.
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