Medical CrosswordsPATHOLOGY of BLOOD VESSELS for MEDICAL Undergraduates

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  1. 3. Advanced______ that are important in the pathogenic sequelae of diabetes 9+3+8=20
  2. 6. Network of blood vessels and tissue that is made up of closely spaced cells which helps keep harmful substances from reaching the brain
  3. 7. Developmental or berry aneurysms occur in _8__ __7__ 8+7
  4. 8. at the expense of hypertension. 8
  5. 11. Layers of blood vessels inside out (6+ 5+10) 21
  6. 12. In large- and medium-sized vessels small arterioles within the adventitia called ___4+7____perfuse the outer half to two-thirds of the media. 11
  7. 15. ______ syndrome, is caused by mutations in an epithelial Na+ channel protein that increase distal tubular reabsorption of sodium in response to aldosterone. 6
  8. 19. Dilated vessels are said to be
  9. 23. (20 to 100 μm in diameter) within within tissues and organs.
  10. 25. resistance ___10___ ___10___ is regulated predominantly at the
  11. 29. Inducers of endothelial activation include ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬__9__ __9+8__ and cytokines, which elicit inflammation and, in severe cases, can promote septic shock.
  12. 30. Arterial walls are ___7___ than corresponding veins at the same level of branching. 7
  13. 32. Synonym of idiopathic hypertension 9
  14. 34. Besides increasing risk of atherosclerosis,hypertension can cause cardiac ____and ____.
  15. 35. Renin is a proteolytic enzyme produced by renal juxtaglomerular cells 5
  16. 36. Renal juxtaglomerular cells, which are myoepithelial cells adjacent to the glomerular ________ arterioles. 8
  17. 38. ECs influence the vasoreactivity of the underlying SMCs through the production of both vasodilating factors like [NO] and vasoconstrictive factors like)__10__. 10
  18. 45. Angiographic appearance of vessels due to alternating vascular outpouchings and stenosis
  19. 48. Kidney changes due to chronic essential hypertension 6+15
  20. 49. Additional activators include hemodynamic stresses and lipid products that are
  21. 51. by venous 6
  22. 52. Thin-walled, endothelium-lined channels that drain fluid from the interstitium of tissues 10
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  1. 1. Rare form of hypertension which shows a rapidly rising blood pressure that, if untreated, leads to death within 1 to 2 years is _____ hypertension. 9
  2. 2. inducers of endothelial activation including cytokines and bacterial
  3. 4. which elicit inflammation in severe cases can promote __6____ ___5__ 6+5=11
  4. 5. Endothelial cells in liver sinusoids or in renal glomeruli are ___11___
  5. 9. to the pathogenesis of _________ 15
  6. 10. ___11_____ peptides are released from atrial myocardium in response to volume expansion; these inhibit sodium resorption in the distal renal tubules. 11
  7. 13. Arteries ≤2 mm in diameter are called ________. 5
  8. 14. Obstruction to blood flow due to dislodged thrombus 8
  9. 16. major branch of the arch of aorta, 4+10
  10. 17. Kidneys influence peripheral resistance and sodium excretion/retention primarily through the_______ststem. 27
  11. 18. Tissue with high metabolic rate that has high density of capillaries. 10
  12. 20. Reverse flow (due to gravity) is prevented in the
  13. 21. Focal irregular thickening in medium and large muscular arteries by a combination of medial and intimal hyperplasia and fibrosis. 13+9
  14. 22. Swelling of the optic nerve that reflects increased intracranial pressures called _______ is a feature of malignant hypertension,
  15. 24. ECs can respond to various stimuli by adjusting their steady-state and by expressing newly acquired properties—a process termed __________ __________. 11+10=21
  16. 26. Cells that resemble smooth muscle cells, that typically lie just deep to the endothelium of capillaries. 9
  17. 27. Endothelial cells have a __________surface that maintains blood in a fluid state 15
  18. 28. in severe hypertension; vessels exhibit concentric, laminated (“onionskin”)
  19. 31. Blood vessels slightly smaller (5 μm) than the diameter of a red blood cell (7 to 8 μm) 11
  20. 33. New steady state of sodium balance is achieved by “resetting of ______ natriuresis”,
  21. 36. Renin cleaves_______ plasma to angiotensin I. 15
  22. 37. “Inappropriate clotting” of blood in circulation 10
  23. 39. of the walls with luminal narrowing called _____ arteriolosclerosis. 12
  24. 40. Surgically generated ___13____ fistulas provide vascular access for chronic hemodialysis 13
  25. 41. Small irregularly shaped blood vessels in, especially the liver.
  26. 42. Secondary hypertension can result from adrenal tumor
  27. 43. response of the vessel wall to any insult regardless of cause. 7+10=17
  28. 44. Vasoactive agents (e.g., histamine) cause ____11______ of ECs 11
  29. 46. Abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ
  30. 47. of the arterioles 10+10
  31. 50. Unit of electrolytes 3