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Atherosclerosis - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 4 times
- The average score is 2 of 17
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is described? A localised enlargement of an artery? | Aneurysm | 50%
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| What disease may be caused by the above but instead is purely a loss of elasticity and physical hardening of the arterial wall, from any cause? | Arteriosclerosis | 50%
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| What is considered as good cholesterol as it moves cholesterol from peripheral tissues to the liver for excretion through bile? | High-density lipoprotein/HDL | 50%
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| What is the most internal layer of a large artery? | Tunica intima | 50%
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| What is described? A disease of the intima of large and medium sized arteries. | Atherosclerosis | 0%
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| What is the banner term for an abnormal concentration of lipoproteins in the blood. this can include hypercholestrolaemia or a secondary disease leading to it (diabetes). | Dislipoproteinaemia | 0%
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| What are the precussors to atherosclerosis that can be seen on the intima of arteries of teenagers? | Fatty dots/streaks | 0%
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| What is the eponymous name for the laminations that occur in thrombi in arteries? | Lines of Zahn | 0%
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| By what process to macrophages take up oxidised lipoproteins to become foam cells? | Phagocytosis | 0%
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| What is the process in which new blood vessels form through the thrombus called? | Recanalisation | 0%
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| What pathway leads to production of foam cells due to macrophages aiming to take up modified lipoproteins? | Scavenger receptor pathway | 0%
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| In the intima of fibro-fatty atherosclerotic plaques there are three key regions, these are. Fibrous cap, lipid core and what third (containing foam cells and where angiogenesis may take place)? | Shoulder | 0%
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| What is the main cause of thrombosis in veins? (due to slow blood flow) | Stasis | 0%
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| What is gradual narrowing of the lumen due to atherosclerosis referred to as? | Stenosis | 0%
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| Macrophages activate smooth muscle using molecules (PDGF and FGF) this leads to it turning from a contractile to what type of phenotype? | Synthetic | 0%
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| What is the medical term for too few platelets? | Thrombocytopaenia | 0%
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| What is the most external layer of an artery? | Tunica adventitia | 0%
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