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NR 507 Final Exam Week 8 Study Guide

Reproductive:

• Endometrial cycle and the occurrence of ovulation
• Uterine prolapse 
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome(PCOS)
• Testicular cancer and conditions that increase risk:
• 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
• Causes of aplastic anemia nr 507 final exam
• 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