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Menstrual Cycle Physiology: Ovarian Cycle – Ovulation Explained

Around Day 14, estrogen exerts sudden +++ positive feedback
ovarian + follicle walls ... against ovary wall ... #OvarianCycle #pathophysiology
Mechanisms Driving Increased Thrombosis and Bleeding in Liver Disease
Increased Thrombosis 
Increased Platelet-Vesset Wall Interaction 
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Platelet-Vesset Wall ... Clot #Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
posterior acetabular wall ... anterior acetabular wall ... msk #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Inflammatory Cascade: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Continued Innate Immunity
 • Phagocytosis: (main mechanism) neutrophils and macrophages engulf
perforin-mediated wall ... #Inflammation #pathophysiology
Right Ventricular Structure and Function

- Almost 75 % of the RV systolic function is dependent in
longitudinal free RV wall ... trabecular RV free wall ... a smaller free wall ... Ventricle #Cardiology #Pathophysiology
Echinococcus Life Cycle
1) Adult in small intestine eggs
2) Embryonated egg in feces
3) Oncosphere hatches; penetrates intestinal
penetrates intestinal wall ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Pathogenesis of Select Causes of Constipation in Adults and in Elderly

 • Mechanical (ex. Bowel Obstruction,
the intestinal wall ... fibrosis of the gut wall ... smooth muscle wall ... receptors on gut wall ... #constipation #pathophysiology
Cysticercosis - Taenia solium Life Cycle
1) Eggs or gravid proglottids in feces and passed into environment.
2)
penetrate intestinal wall ... penetrate intestinal wall ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Fungal Cell Walls and Antifungals sites of action:
#Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Mechanism #Antifungals #CellWall #Location #Sites #Action
Fungal Cell Walls ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
causes arteriolar wall ... the arteriolar wall ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology