REPRODUCTIVE:
Endometrial cycle and the occurrence of ovulation
Uterine prolapse
Polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS)
Testicular cancer and conditions
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Symptoms that require evaluation for breast cancer
Signs of premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding(DUB)
athophysiology of prostate cancer
HPV and the development of cervical cancer
ENDOCRINE:
Body’s process for adapting to high hormone levels
Cushing’s Syndrome
Causes of hypoparathyroidism
Lab results that point to primary hypothyroidism
Pathophysiology of thyroid storm
Signs of thyrotoxicosis
NEUROLOGICAL:
Dermatomes
substance release at the synapse
Spondylolysis
Location of the motor and sensory areas of the brain
Pathophysiology of cerebral infarction and excitotoxins
Agnosia
Accumulation of blood in a subarachnoid hemorrhage
Most common cause of meningitis
GENITOURINARY:
Diet and the prevention of prostate cancer
Impact of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) on the urinary system
GENETICS:
The role of DNA in genetics
Transcription
Effects of genetic mutations
Trisomy
Down Syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Diseases that have multifactorial traits
Multifactorial inheritance
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Neurofibromatosis
MUSCULOSKELETAL:
Ions that initiate muscle contraction
Growth of long bones in children
bones belonging to the appendicular skeleton
IMMUNITY/INFLAMMATION:
How vaccines are formed
Populations at risk for getting systemic fungal infections and parasitic infections
Systemic manifestations of infection
Mechanisms responsible for the increase in antimicrobial resistance worldwide
Functions of normal flora in the body
Desensitization Therapy
Cells involved in “left shift” in the WBC count differential
Forms of immunity
Major histocompatibility class I antigens
Inflammatory chemicals blocked by anti-inflammatory drug
Characteristics of acute phase reactant C-reactive protein
DERMATOLOGY:
Process by which a deep pressure ulcer heals
Complications of the development of contractures during wound healing
ACID/BASE:
Causes of respiratory alkalosis
Molecules that act as buffers in the blood
CARDIOVASCULAR:
Most common cardiac valve disease in women
When myocardial ischemia may be reversible
Symptoms of stable angina
Orthostatic hypotension
Isolated systolic hypertension
Results of sustained controlled hypertension
The relationship of insulin resistance on the development of primary hypertension
Defects in the normal secretion of natriuretic hormones and the impact on renal system
Effects of increased sympathetic nervous system activity due to primary hypertension
Complications of unstable plaque in the coronary arteries
Forms of dyslipidemia associated with the development of the fatty streak in atherosclerosis
Events that initiate the process of atherosclerosis
Signs and symptoms of increased left atrial and pulmonary venous pressures in left sided heart failure
Differences between left and right sided heart failure
Infective endocarditis
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE:
Pathophysiology of deep vein thrombosis
Vichow’s triad
HEMATOLOGY:
Physiological response to hypoxia in anemia
Populations at the highest risk for developing folate deficiency anemia
Causes of iron deficiency anemia
Expected lab test results found in long standing iron deficiency anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia
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Underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Secondary polycythemia
Anemia of chronic renal failure
FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES:
Conditions that result in pure water deficit (hypertonic volume depletion)
Osmoreceptors that stimulate thirst and the release of ADH
Causes of hypernatremia
Effects of increased aldosterone
Dependent edema
Definition of isotonic
Principle of capillary oncotic pressure
Types of fluid compartments in the body
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