Episode 25: Doctor Dan does an expose on how his Physics knowledge has stayed strong for so long! Listen to the podcast to learn who she is…

MCAT Physics
Vectors
Scalar quantities, such as temperature, have magnitude only and are specified by a number with a unit, 67 degrees Celsius and obey the rules of ordinary [...]

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Indications for biopsy
1.     post-op anuria
2.     clinical rejection which does not respond to immunosuppressive therapy
3.     deteriorating renal function
4.     proteinuria
5.     following transplantation
Hyperacute Rejection

usu develops within a few hours post-transplantation
Cause: pre-existing Abs to HLA or ABO antigens
Gross: Kidney cyanotic and soft
MICRO:

leukocytosis
platelet and fibrin thrombi
stasis of [...]

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Definitions

Tumor- mass or lump
Neoplasm- new growth; an abnormal mass of cells that exibits uncontrolled growth and proliferation and that persists after cessation of the stimulus that produced it.
All neoplasms depend on the host for their nutrition and vascular supply
Neoplasia- formation of a neoplasm
Cancer- crab; malignancy
Oncology- study of tumors
Hamartoma- [...]

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