Musculoskeletal Key

Chapter 31 The body at the extremes of age Questions What clinical problems arise in particularly young and particularly old individuals? Why is neoplasia generally more common in older people?…

Chapter 57 Stroke Questions What is the difference between ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke? What are the risk factors for the development of stroke? What are the clinical sequelae of stroke?…

Chapter 40 Heart failure Questions What are the most common causes of heart failure? What are the clinical sequelae of heart failure? Heart failure is the clinical syndrome that results…

Chapter 5 Acute inflammation: mechanisms Questions What are the cellular changes that occur during acute inflammation? What are the functions of the major cell types that are recruited during acute…

Chapter 14 Healing of wounds and fractures Questions What are the processes involved in wound and fracture healing? What factors may interfere with efficient wound and fracture healing? Wound healing…

Chapter 38 Valvular and congenital heart disease Questions What are the main clinical effects of cardiac valvular disease? What is rheumatic fever? What are the most common forms of congenital…

Chapter 61 Endocrine pathology Questions Which diseases can result from hyperplasia or atrophy of endocrine glands? What are the most common tumours that arise within the thyroid gland? What is…

Chapter 42 Pneumonia Questions What is pneumonia? What are the clinical and pathological features of pneumonia? The term pneumonia is most commonly used to indicate the presence of a lung…

Chapter 60 Arthritis Questions What are the most common forms of arthritis? What are the factors that predispose to the development of osteoarthritis? What are the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid…

Chapter 58 Alzheimer’s disease Questions What factors predispose to the development of Alzheimer’s disease? What changes are seen in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease? Dementia can be defined as an…