• What forms of CK are there?
• In what tissues is CK present?
• How can increased CK be related specifically to the death of cardiac muscle rather than skeletal muscle and brain tissue?
• When and why is CK found in the blood?
• What constitutes a cell i.e. a semi-permeable membrane separating the inside from the outside?
• Why do cells need oxygen, how do they use it and why do cells die without it?
• How might you determine CK activity?
• How might the three isoenzymes be separated?
• How might one establish a diagnosis of myocardial damage?
• Does an increase in serum CK activity relate to the size of myocardial damage?
• What is the time course of serum CK after a myocardial infarction?
• What other markers can be used for diagnosis of myocardial damage?
• What is a myocardial infarct?