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Chemistry
ASCP Exam
20
Medical
Undergraduate 4
01/09/2008

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Term
creatinine clearance calculation
Definition

urine creatinine / plasma creatinine

x urine volume

x 1.73 (mean body surface area)

 

Term

pharmacokinetics

Definition

the relationship between

drug dose and drug blood level

Term
pharmacodynamics
Definition

the relationship between drug concentration at target sites and physiolgical effect

Term
Nieman-Pick Disease
Definition
deficiency of sphingomyelinase
Term

respiratory acidosis

(uncompensated)

Definition
pH decreasedHCO3- normalpCO2 increased
Term

respiratory acidosis

(compensated)

Definition

pH: ~ normal

HCO3-: increased

pCO2: increased
Term

metabolic acidosis

(uncompensated)

Definition
pH: decreasedHCO3-: decreasedpCO2: normal
Term

metabolic acidosis

(compensated)

Definition

pH: ~ normal

HCO3-: decreasedpCO2: decreased
Term

respiratory alkalosis

(uncompensated)

Definition
pH: increasedHCO3-: normalpCO2: decreased
Term

respiratory alkalosis

(compensated)

Definition

pH: ~ normal

HCO3-: decreased

pCO2: decreased
Term
metabolic alkalosis
(uncompensated)
Definition
pH: increasedHCO3-: increasedpCO2: normal
Term

metabolic alkalosis

(compensated)

Definition

pH: ~ normal

HCO3-: increasedpCO2: increased
Term

osmolality equation

Definition

1.86 x Na + glucose / 18 + BUN / 2.8 + 9

Term
anion gap equation
Definition
(Na+ + K+) – (Cl- + HCO3-)
Term
glycogenolysis
Definition

glycogen conversion to glucose-6-phosphate

Term
glycolysis
Definition
hydrolysis of glucose into pyruvate or lactate
Term
gluconeogenesis
Definition
conversion of glycerol, lactate, and pyruvate into glucose
Term
glyogenesis
Definition
onversion of glucose to glycogen for storage
Term
insulin
Definition

increases glycogensis

increases glycolysis

decreases glycogenolysis

increases lipogenesis

decreases glucose

Term
glucagon
Definition

increases glycogenolysis

increases gluconeogenesis

increases glucose

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