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cancer.liver.gi

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major function of lung   excrete carbon dioxide from blood and replenish oxygen  
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three majors areas of lung disease   1.) airways 2.) interstitium and 3. pulmonary vascular system  
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atelectasis   collapse  
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atelectasis   collapse of the expanded lung; or failure of lungs to expand at birth  
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atelectasis-results   shunting poorly oxygenated blood into veins; results in ventilation-perfusion imbalance and hypoxia  
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liver   maintains body' metabolic homeostasis  
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livery processes   dietary amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, synthesis of serum proteins, detoxification and excretion into bile of waste  
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hepatic injury   any of the polygonal epithelial parenchymatous cells of the liver that secrete bile -- called also hepatic cell, liver cell  
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pa·ren·chy·ma   the essential and distinctive tissue of an organ or an abnormal growth as distinguished from its supportive framework  
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liver has five basic injuries   inflammation (hepatitis) degeneration (toxic chemicals) necrosis (coagulative necrosis) fibrosis -formed from inflam or toxins - cirrhosis  
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can liver rejuvenate?   Yes, even 75% loss  
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fulminant   coming on suddenly with great severity <fulminant hepatitis with total hepatocyte necrosis  
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bilirubin   end product of heme degradation  
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senescence   the state of being old : the process of becoming old  
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liver lobule   hexagonal around central vein  
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hyper bilirubemia   too much bilirubin; newborns have because their livers aren't mature yet  
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necrosis patterns in liver   centrilobular (around central vein)  
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bridging necrosis   adjacent lobules inflame (portal to portal, portal-to-central, central to central)  
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submassive necrosis   entire lobules  
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massive necrosis   most of liver  
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fibrosis   collegen deposits; result of toxins or inflammation  
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hypo-albuminemia-what is consequence?   peripheral edema  
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how much capacity must be gone before liver fails?   80-90% before liver failure  
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hyperammonemia   defective urea cycle function  
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hyperestrogenemia   impaired estrogen  
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hepatic encephalopathy   fulminant liver failure causes "crazy" - flapping tremors-EEG changes - due to blood ammonia?  
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hepatorenal syndrome   renal failure due to severe liver disease - correct liver & renal function is restored  
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hepatorenal syndrome-symptoms   (blank)  
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oliguria   reduced excretion of urine  
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cirrhosis   among top 10 deaths-alcohol abuse, chronic infections, biliary disease  
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what is cirrhosis?   progressive fibrosis - liver becomes damaged  
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Fibrosis-three types   normal-collagen distributed; micronodule; parenchymal  
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parenchymal nodules   liver has excess collagen, blood flow is restricted, can't filter properlty  
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biliary disease (3)   bile canaculi -autoimmune-obstruction  
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portal hypertension -   blood pressure in portal venous -  
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ascites   fluid in peritoneal cavity - 500 ml at least--abdominal distension  
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What is in ascites   salts; proteins- mesothelial cells - neutrophils  
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infarct   an area of necrosis in a tissue or organ resulting from obstruction of the local circulation by a thrombus or embolus  
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conjugated   to unite (as with the elimination of water) so that the product is easily broken down  
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conjugated hyperbilirubinemia   "broken down" bilirubin  
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unconjugated bilirubin is _____ in water?   unsoluble-cannot be excreted in urine  
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"unconjugated" bilirubin   blood - can't break down or get rid of it  
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3 most common causes of jaundice   hemolytic anemia, hepatitis, obstruction of bile flow  
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ascites "sheets"   sheets of water cascading  
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hepatitis type A   common-highly contagious-food & water  
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hepatitis type B   blood, secretions & stool  
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Type C   "C for contact" with needles, blood transfusions  
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hepatitis type D   "D for dogged" by type B --severe & lead to fulminant hepatitis  
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Type E   "E for extra" travel to endemic area  
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prodromal stage-hepatitis   a premonitory symptom of disease -- called also prodroma "before the drama"  
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prodromal stage   fatigue, fever-liver swells  
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"icleric" phase   yellow - shows in skin as bilirubin accumulates  
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hepatic steatosis   "stear-atosis" fat accumulates like beefy meat  
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alcoholic hepatitis   fibrous tissue - scarred liver  
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tylenol's effect on live   "tie lines" vascular lesions  
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wilson's disease   can't excrete copper  
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cholestasis   bile accumulates - obstruction to biliary tree  
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hypoalbuminema   causes edema  
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hyperammonemis   defective urea cycle  
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hepatocellular carcinoma   liver cell --can't resect--can be fatal  
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cirrhosis means   progressive fibrosis  
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eophageal varices   esophagus has "varicose veins" little crack  
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encephalopathy   a disease of the brain; especially : one involving alterations of brain structure  
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portal hypertensions   the portal vein from liver is blocked or affected  
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Intra hepatic portal hypertenstion   cirrhosis blocks normal flow through liver  
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post-hepatic   right heart failure --backs up  
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PRE hepatic   thrombosis (coming somewhere else-BEFORE getting to liver)  
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congestive splenomegaly   abnormal enlargement of the spleen  
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how does portal hypertension affect the spleen?   enlarges-swells  
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icteric   of, relating to, or affected with jaundice  
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acute hepatitis-does it always show jaundice?   no-can be anicteric or icteric  
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cholestasis   "cola stays" bile plugs up liver canalicul  
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canaliculi   one of the narrow spaces between cells in the anastomosing cords of cells that make up a liver lobule  
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neutrophils   a granulocyte that is the chief phagocytic white blood cell  
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antitrypsin deficiency   AAT - autosomal recessive disorder - lack of protein causes tissue-destructive enzymes to run amok  
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skin spider angiomata   form on skin from portal hypertension?  
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atresia   absence or closure of a natural passage of the body <atresia of the small intestine>  
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biliary atresia   in babies, biliary is not ready-need liver transplant-can be fatal  
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Budd-Chiaria Syndrome   "this bud's not for you" - thrombosis blocks liver-due to pregnancy, oral contraceptives--causes sluggish blood flow through liver  
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cholelithiasis   gallstones  
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what are gallstones made of?   cholesterol - 80% - calcium salts  
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cholecystitis   inflammation of gallbladder  
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what is characteristic of neoplasm?   loss of responsivenss to normal growth controls  
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tumor   neoplastic growth  
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cancer latin   "crab"  
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benign tumors - how indicated   "oma" ex. tumor in fibrous tissue is "fibroma"  
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adenoma   glands or look like glands  
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papilloma   "butterfly" have finger like fronds  
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polyp   a mass that projects above a mucosal surface  
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malignant neoplasms-how indicated   sarcoma ex. a cancer in fibrous tissue would be a fibrosarcoma  
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epithelial cell cancers   carcinomas  
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parenchymal cells in cancer-are they alike?   Yes, they look as if they all came from one cell  
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poorly differentiated carcinoma   (blank)  
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stroma   supporting framework for cells - the spongy protoplasmic framework of some cells (as a red blood cell)  
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anaplasia   reversion of cells to a more primitive or undifferentiated form  
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How to tell benign from malignant cancer (5)   differentiation, anaplasia , rate of growth, local invasion and metastasis  
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anaplasia means   "to form backward" -  
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pleomorphism   variation in size and shape  
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mitoses of cancer cells   abnormal, numerous--cells lose polarity, grow in sheets  
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do cancer cells act like real cells?   sometimes-they retain functions & secrete hormones (if they are from endocrine glands)  
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do cancer excrete strange substances?   Yes, they produce "ectopic" hormones  
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encapsulation (an enclosing fibrous capsule) is charactieristic of what type of tumor?   benign  
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hematogenous spread of cancer   sarcomas and carcinomas spread through blood  
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pleomorphism   cells look differentthe quality or state of having or assuming various forms :  
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hyperchromatic nuclei   nuclei look & stain different  
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carcinoma in situ   cancer throughout entire thickness of epithelium  
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do cancers have "stem" cells   yes, it appears that one cell creates clones  
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"seeding" of cancer   ovarian cancer - cancer invades a natural body cavity  
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lymphatic drainage   cancer spreads through lymph system ex. breast cancer  
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inherited cancer   childhood retinoblastoma - familial  
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oncogenes   gene having the potential to cause a normal cell to become cancerous  
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paracrine   of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on adjacent cells <paracrine stimulation of tumor growth --  
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growth promoting proto oncogenes   (blank)  
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apoptosis   altered - as cancer grows  
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inactivation of cancer suppressor genes   allows uncontrollable growth  
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what makes cancer grow?   1.Mutation -then oncogenes grow, apoptosis is altered and cancer suppressor genes are de-activated  
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oncoproteins   oncogenes encode oncoproteins - growth factor protein goes crazy  
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cell proliferation   binding of growth factor-  
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6 characteristics of cancer cells   self-sufficient; evade apoptosis; limitless replication; invade & metastisize; no growth inhibition; genomic instability  
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P53   a tumor suppressor gene that in a defective form tends to be associated with a high risk of certain cancers (as of the colon, lung, and breast)  
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P53   "after fifty it's not thrifty"-supposed to be a tumor suppressor gene, but it fails in breast & other cancers  
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P53   loss of this gene is found in the top killers: lung, breast & colon  
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hirschsprung disease   congenital megacolon "colon sprung up big"  
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angiodysplasia   bleeding of colon  
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malabsorption symptoms   (blank)  
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Barrett's esophagus   metaplasia of the lower esophagus that is characterized by replacement of squamous epithelium with columnar epithelium, occurs especially as a result of chronic gastroesophageal reflux, and is associated with an increased risk for esophageal carcinoma --  
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Barrett's esophagus   cancer from reflux disease  
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atresia -small bowel   failure of small bowel--cannot live  
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duplication   two sets of intestines  
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omphalocele   protrusion of abdominal contents through an opening at the navel occurring especially as a congenital defect  
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meckel's diverticulum   the proximal part of the omphalomesenteric duct when persistent as a blind fibrous tube connected with the lower ileum  
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