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12. What is the activity of phosphatases, how do acid and alkaline phosphatase differ, and what are some possible causes of abnormal levels?
13. What is the activity of lactate dehydrogenase, and what might cause plasma levels to be abnormally elevated?
14. Given the abnormally elevated levels of both alkaline phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase, is there one particular organ that is likely affected? Explain.
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In the epinephrine GPCR pathway, what would happen if Adenylyl Cyclase was non-functional?
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An individual is admitted to a hospital rehab center for opioid dependence. They began therapy using Suboxone (partial agonist) at 50 mg/day. Each week, their dosage was reduced by 10 mg until they weaned off the medication. They were then released and sent home. Explain what happened physiologically during their treatment
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Do you think a ligand can be both a paracrine and autocrine signal? Explain your reasoning
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A 77-year-old woman was cooking in the kitchen when she collapsed onto the floor. Her daughter called an ambulance and the woman was taken to the emergency room. She had suffered a stroke, and slowly regained consciousness over the next two days. However, when she woke up, she had the following signs and symptoms:
- paralysis of the right face and arm
- loss of sensation to touch on the skin of the right face and
arm
- inability to answer questions but ability to understand what was
said to her
- ability to write down her thoughts more easily than to speak
them
Questions:
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Below are symptoms of a patient related to the Renal System. Each person needs to answer all of these and then reply substantially to their teammates. As a team you should come to a final conclusion on all 3 questions in regards to the Patient and the symptoms. *Only the people in your group/team can see your discussions. Based on the symptoms answer the following questions:
Patient Case (Initial Review): (More information may be coming on June 8th)
You are an ER Doc in a rural town and you just walked in to a room with a patient named Frank. Frank is in serious condition. Upon entering the room and performing a quick physical exam you identify the following physical symptoms:
You ask for lab tests and get the following lab results:
Further Question(s)/Information:
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In normal condition during ventricular systole, the left ventricle is the first to begin contracting, but the right ventricle is the first to expel blood. How can you explain this difference? There are two different reasons! And in dilated cardiomyopathy of the left ventricle, the ventricle can become enormously enlarged. Explain why this might lead to regurgitation of blood through the mitral valve (blood flowing from the ventricle back into the left atrium) during ventricular systole.
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What happens if you have an imbalance between osteoblasts and osteoclasts? Specifically, what happens when you have too many osteoblasts versus when you have too many osteoclasts?
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