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What is Maple Syrup Urine Disease
A disorder in which a patient must reduce the levels of Ile, Leu, and Val in their diet or suffer neurological deficits
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What is platelets
I am the smallest of the three cellular components to blood
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What is sesamoid bones
A patients is born with a disorder in which bones grow within his tendons. These abnormal growths could be classified as this type of bone.
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What is coronal plane and AP axis
A patient laterally bending his neck would be moving through this plane and about this axis
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What is Proerythroblasts
Described as big and blue, I am the first cell of erythropoiesis, immediately preceding Basophillic Erythroblasts
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What is Uracil
A type of macromolecules, RNA shares similar nucleotides to DNA, except that it contains this as opposed to thymine.
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What is GI tract
I am an area where you would expect to see the largest amount of gram negative bacteria congregate as part of a person's normal flora
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What is the endoneurium
The layer of fascia directly surround a single nerve fiber
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What is the acromion
The most lateral portion of the scapula
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What is Metabolic Acidosis
A marathon runner's body begins creating large amounts of lactic acid during his race. His body begins exhaling CO2 at a higher rate in order to prevent this category of acid-base disorder.
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What is von Gierke's disease
Patients with this disease will present clinically with hypoglycemia and hepatomegaly secondary to increased glycogen storage within the liver.
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What is osteoclasts
I am the histiocyte responsible for degrading osteocytes. If I am not present, patients may experience abnormal bone growth.
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What is the atlanto-occipital joint
I am a group of deep muscles responsible for controlling the flexion, rotation and lateral bending of the neck. I predominately cross this joint
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What is Superior (will also accept proximal)
A patient is lying on their back on an OMM table. In this case, it could be said that lateral condyle of the femur is this in respect to the location of the tibia.
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What is Eosinophil
I am a leukocyte that is activated in response to IL-5, has receptors for IgE, and am attracted to histamine producing cells.
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What is a substitution of valine for glutamate in the protein collagen
A patient presents with evidence of multiple past fractures, blue sclera and hearing loss. This is a possible genetic mutation contributing to these symptoms
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What is Granulocytic Bands
Seen in higher numbers in cases of severe infection, I am the direct precursor to mature granulocytes.
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What is T12
A patient loses sensation to his iliac crests. Clinically, it could be assumed that there is something wrong with this spinal nerve
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What is Sagittal plane and transverse axis
A patient kicking a soccer ball forward with a straight leg has a hip joint that is operating in this which plane and axis.
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What is DNA Gyrase
I am the prokaryotic enzyme responsible for introducing supercoils into chromasomes, and I am targeted by fluoroquinolones.
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What is Multichromatic Leukodystrophy
A deficiency in the enzyme B-Galactocerebrosidase leading to a build up of Galactocerebroside is the cause of this disorder.
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What is Erythropoietin (EPO)
Professional athletes may use this hormonal compound derived from the kidneys to upregulate the productions of mature erythrocytes
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What is the superior pubic symphysis
I am the most anterior portion of the Pelvic inlet.
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What is Inversion
The motion of rolling one's ankle could be described as this.
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What is Metabolic alkolosis
Upon completion of a blood draw, it is found that a patient suffers from hypoalbuminemia. This could be a cause for this specific category of acid-base disorder
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