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Are patients with dystrophic calcifications usually normocalcemic? _____

Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) occurs secondary to injury or necrosis? _____

Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) tends to be localized? _____

Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) occurs in normal, non-necrotic tissues? _____

Fat necrosis of breast tissue presents as a painless _____ on physical exam

Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

Which layer of the cerebellum is most affected by global cerebral ischemia? _____

Ionizing radiation results in the formation of double-stranded breaks in DNA and _____ which damage DNA

Photoaging results in gradual _____ of the epidermis, allowing the stratum corneum to become dessicated

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Defects in the ubiquitin-proteasome system have been implicated in some cases of _____ disease

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Flashcard 1: Are patients with dystrophic calcifications usually normocalcemic? _____

Answer: Yes

Flashcard 2: Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) occurs secondary to injury or necrosis? _____

Answer: Dystrophic

Flashcard 3: Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) tends to be localized? _____

Answer: Dystrophic

Flashcard 4: Which type of calcification (dystrophic or metastatic) occurs in normal, non-necrotic tissues? _____

Answer: Metastatic

Flashcard 5: Fat necrosis of breast tissue presents as a painless _____ on physical exam

Answer: mass

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Flashcard 6: Niemann Pick disease may present with progressive _____

Answer: neurodegeneration

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Flashcard 7: Which layer of the cerebellum is most affected by global cerebral ischemia? _____

Answer: Purkinje layer

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Flashcard 8: Ionizing radiation results in the formation of double-stranded breaks in DNA and _____ which damage DNA

Answer: hydroxyl free radicals

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Flashcard 9: Photoaging results in gradual _____ of the epidermis, allowing the stratum corneum to become dessicated

Answer: thinning

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Flashcard 10: Defects in the ubiquitin-proteasome system have been implicated in some cases of _____ disease

Answer: Parkinson

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