Statistics for Atherosclerosis

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What is described? A localised enlargement of an artery?Aneurysm
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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
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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
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What is the most internal layer of a large artery?Tunica intima
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What is described? A disease of the intima of large and medium sized arteries.Atherosclerosis
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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
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What are the precussors to atherosclerosis that can be seen on the intima of arteries of teenagers?Fatty dots/streaks
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What is the eponymous name for the laminations that occur in thrombi in arteries?Lines of Zahn
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By what process to macrophages take up oxidised lipoproteins to become foam cells?Phagocytosis
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What is the process in which new blood vessels form through the thrombus called?Recanalisation
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What pathway leads to production of foam cells due to macrophages aiming to take up modified lipoproteins?Scavenger receptor pathway
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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
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What is the main cause of thrombosis in veins? (due to slow blood flow)Stasis
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What is gradual narrowing of the lumen due to atherosclerosis referred to as?Stenosis
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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
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What is the medical term for too few platelets?Thrombocytopaenia
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What is the most external layer of an artery?Tunica adventitia
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