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Cardiac Myocyte Contractile cycle
 - Ca2+ binds to TnC → TnI is inhibited → conformational change
Cardiac Myocyte Contractile ... progressively shorten ... Cardiology #Myocyte #Contractile ... #Cycle #Contraction
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) 10-Item Shortened Form #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Geriatric #Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened #Short
(GDS) 10-Item Shortened ... Depression #Scale #GDS #Shortened
Landolfi’s Sign on Physical Exam

A 73-year-old man presented with shortness of breath. On ocular exam, pupil
pupil dilation and constriction ... refers to systolic contraction
Cardiac Cycle - Pathophysiology
 - Atrial Contraction
 - Isovolumetric Contraction
 - Rapid Ventricular Ejection
 - Slow
Pathophysiology - Atrial Contraction ... Isovolumetric Contraction
Patients with large hip fractures often present with an externally rotated and shortened lower extremity. However,
externally rotated and shortened
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
vertebrae • Shortened
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis, Examination and Management

Uterotonic Medications (after delivery of the placenta):
 • Oxytocin
causes uterine contraction ... causes uterine contraction ... induces uterine contraction ... induces uterine contraction
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
relaxation and contraction ... the atria end up contracting
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
due to atrial contraction ... isovolumetric contraction
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
symmetrically IMPAIRED CONSTRICTION ... opthalmoplegia, Constriction ... Postganglionic - Constriction ... Junction - No constriction