| Question 1: The most common causes are ________ in the common bile duct, and pancreatic cancer in the head of the pancreas. | |||
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| Question 2: Post-hepatic jaundice, also called obstructive jaundice, is caused by an interruption to the drainage of ________ in the biliary system. | |||
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| Question 3: Pre-hepatic jaundice is caused by anything which causes an increased rate of hemolysis (breakdown of ________). | |||
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| Question 4: It can either be further converted into stercobilinogen, which is then oxidized to stercobilin and passed out in the ________, or it can be reabsorbed by the intestinal cells, transported in the blood to the kidneys, and passed out in the urine as the oxidised product urobilin. | |||
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| Question 5: The globin portion, a protein, is degraded into ________ and plays no role in jaundice. | |||
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| Question 6: In tropical countries, ________ can cause jaundice in this manner. | |||
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| Question 7: Neonatal jaundice is usually harmless: this condition is often seen in ________ around the second day after birth, lasting until day 8 in normal births, or to around day 14 in premature births. | |||
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| Question 8: The hemoglobin is phagocytosed by macrophages, and split into its ________ and globin portions. | |||
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| Question 9: The next step is the reduction of biliverdin to a yellow color tetrapyrol pigment called ________ by cytosolic enzyme biliverdin reductase. | |||
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| Question 10: Cellular contents, including ________, are subsequently released into the blood. | |||
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