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LEC 1 Peripheral Blood & Cytomorphology
Dr. Jesus Delgado-Calle To define the formed elements of blood. Learn the characteristic morphologic features of erythrocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, plasma cells, monocytes, eosinophil, basophils, macrophages, platelets and their precursors. Be able to provide a brief introduction of cellular function for each blood cell.
86  cards
LEC 2 Immunology Assays and Techniques
Dr. Jeanette Ramos, MD Memorize formulas for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value and be able to apply the formulas to question scenarios Understand the function of different methodologies Use the knowledge of methodology types to select the appropriate test for clinical use
10  cards
LEC 3 Basics of Hematopoiesis
Identify the two wbcs below 1,
Identify the wbc in the image 2,
Identify the wbc in the image 3
5  cards
LEC 4 Lymphoid Organ Architecture
0  cards
LEC 5 Intro to Immunology I
What are the key immune system fu...,
What are the characteristics of i...,
What are the characteristics of a...
9  cards
LEC 6 Intro to Immunology II
What are the two forms of antibod...,
What is igm 2,
What is igd 3
17  cards
LEC 7 Acute Inflammation
What are the 5 cardinal signs of ...,
What are the 5 r s of inflammation 2
2  cards
LEC 8 Chronic Inflammation
0  cards
LEC 9 Cellular Adaptation to Injury
What are the 6 mechanisms of cell...,
How does michochondrial damage oc...,
What are the consequences of mito...
38  cards
PI session 1
What is cell death 1,
What are the two distictive forms...,
Why does apoptosis occur 3
58  cards
LEC 10 Immunoglobulin & T-cell Receptor Genetics
0  cards
LEC 11 T Cell Activation
0  cards
LEC 12 B Cell Activation; Tolerance & Autoimmunity
0  cards
LEC 13 & 14 Clinical Autoimmunity
0  cards
LEC 15 Immunopharmacology
What do glucocorticoids do 1,
What are some examples of glucoco...,
What are the negative side effect...
24  cards
LEC 16 Transplantation
0  cards
LEC 17 Hypersensitivity
How does prior sensitization occu...,
What antibody class is most impor...,
What is the mechanism by which a ...
7  cards
LEC 18 Complement
0  cards
PI2 Virus Structure and Replication
What are the two main components ...,
Viruses that only have a nucleoca...,
What are the properties of non en...
20  cards
LEC 35 Antimicrobials III
What are the 3 antibiotic targets...,
What are the two subunits of the ...,
What are the subunits of the euka...
39  cards
LEC 34 Antimicrobials II
How do polymyxins colistin polymi...,
Why has colistin been used more i...,
How does daptomycin cubicin work 3
41  cards
LEC 36 Antimicrobials IV
What is the doc for mrsa 1,
What clinical resistance is assoc...,
What are the pharmacokinetics of ...
34  cards
LEC 22 Drug Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination
What are the major mechanisms of ...,
What is fick s law 2,
What determines the aqueous solub...
34  cards
LEC 23 Clinical Pharmacokinetics I
What is the significance of p gp ...,
What do phase i metabolites of a ...,
What is the most important enzyme...
15  cards
LEC 24 Clinical Pharmacokinetics II
What is clearance 1,
How do you calculate systemic cle...,
How do you calculate renal cleara...
14  cards
LEC 25 Mechanisms of Drug Action
Why are drugs with weaker binding...,
What are the specific binding cha...,
What is the hill equation 3
25  cards
LEC 26 Inflammation and NSAIDs
What characterizes an inflammator...,
What are the prostanoids involved...,
Which two prostanoids are importa...
41  cards
LEC 27 Viral Oncogenesis and Tumor Immunology
What virus is associated with kap...,
What virus is associated with cer...,
What are the high risk types of h...
21  cards
LEC 28 Retroviruses and HIV
How was hiv discovered 1,
What is included within an hiv vi...,
Hiv may show tropism for which ce...
6  cards
LEC 29 Antivirals
How does acyclovir work 1,
What other hsv cmv drugs have the...,
What dna synthesis drugs work bet...
37  cards
ILA 1 Intro to Fungi
What are fungi 1,
What are the two fundamental form...,
What are the characteristics of m...
17  cards
LEC 30 Bacterial Genetics
0  cards
ILA 2 Parasitology Basics
What is a parasitic infxn 1,
What is a parasitic disease 2,
What are the types of parasites 3
23  cards
Ultrasound - Heart
The red arrow 1,
The yellow arrow 2,
The green arrow 3
17  cards
LEC 36 & 37 Blood and Tissue Protozoans
What is plasmodium 1,
What are the 5 plasmodium species...,
What is the vector for plasmodium 2
43  cards
LEC 32 Bacterial Gene Exchange
0  cards
LEC 33 Antimicrobials I
0  cards

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