Term
Cytokines
Histamine
Prostoglandins
Seratonin |
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Definition
| Chemicals that may be released when cells are damaged or die. |
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Term
| Blood vessel must stretch to make the wall thin enough for the WBCs to reach an infection. |
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Definition
| What must happen in order for WBC's to respond to an infection. |
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Definition
| When a blood vessel swells to stretch and thin the blood vessel wall. |
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Definition
| Chemical that is a vasodilator. |
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Term
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WBC attaches to bacteria
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Phagosome forms a sac around bacteria
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Lysozome joins to phagosome forming one sac called a phagolysozome.
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Enzymes spill out onto the bacteria and destroy the bacteria.
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Definition
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Term
1. Neutrophils
2. Basophils
3. Lymphocytes
4. Monocytes
5. Eosinophils |
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Definition
| Order in which WBCs cross over the blood vessel in response to infection. |
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Term
Swelling (tumor)
Heat (calor)
Pain (dolor)
Redness (rubor) |
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Definition
| Four common symptoms of inflammation. |
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Term
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Definition
| Sac containing high levels of protease enzymes. |
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Term
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Definition
| Exudate that forms at the site of an infection being treated by the body's defense systems. |
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Term
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Definition
| Extensive pus collecting inside tissue and eating away at healthy tissue. |
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Term
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Definition
| Where exudate is normally drained to in the body. |
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Term
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Definition
| Are waiting in the lymph nodes to phagocytize exudate. |
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Term
Infection site
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Lymph nodes
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Blood vessels
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Kidneys
↓
Excreted in urine |
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Definition
| Path exudate takes to leave the body. |
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Term
block/decrease histamine levels
decrease total WBC production |
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Definition
| How medications can suppress inflammation. |
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Term
medications
radiation
some infections |
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Definition
| 3 things that can suppress inflammation. |
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Term
aspirin
tylenol
ibuprofen
steroids
antihistamines |
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Definition
| 5 Examples of medicines that will suppress inflammation. |
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Term
- Pneumonia (capsules)
- Gonorrhea (pili)
- Tuberculosis (blocks phagolysozome production)
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Definition
| Three infections that can resist phagocytosis thereby suppressing inflammation. |
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