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deesands

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Give four examples of various diagnostic applications of a PET scan
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Give two examples of mediators from blood plasma and their actions.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

1 . Biochemical functions within the brain  strokes, brain tumors, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and hereditary disease of the nervous system
2 . Evaluate changes in blood flow and metabolism in heart muscle following a heart attack
3 . Distinguish a benign from a malignant tumor
4 . Identify metastatic sites by demonstrating increased glucose uptake within tumor deposits

Answer to Question 2

Bradykinin is a vasodilator.
Complement is activated by antigen-antibody reaction, leading to cell destruction.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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