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Robbins Ch1 1/18/12
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01/23/2012

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Term
Homeostasis
Definition
maintenence of the normal physiologic steady state including:
1) normal metabolic fluxes
2) normal variation in living cells
3) in a stress FREE state
Term
cell injury
Definition
what happens if a cell cannot adapt to stress?
Term
irr-severe and progressive
rev-mild, transient
Definition
what is the difference between the precedent of irreversible injury and reversible injury?
Term
1) apoptosis
2) necrosis
(both result in cell death)
Definition
what are the 2 results of irreversible injury to a cell?
Term
adaptations
Definition
reversible functional and structural responsses to more severe physiologic stresses and some pathologic stimuli, during which new but altered steady states are achieved allowing the cell to survive and continue to function
Term
1) hypertrophy/hyperplasia
2) atrophy
3) metaplasia
4) intracellular accumulations
Definition
What are the 4 cellular adaptations to stress?
Term
hypertrophy
Definition
increase in the size of a cell(or organ) often due to increased functional requirement, the end result of increased production of cellular proteins(can be physiologic or pathologic)
Term
hyperplasia
Definition
increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue that takes place if the cell population is capable of dividing
Term
1) hormones/growth factors
2) compensatory(increased functional demand-body builder)
3) pathologic/atypical (virus)
Definition
what can stimulate hyperplasia?
Term
the uterus during pregnancy
Definition
give an example of hormone induced hypertrophy
Term
SYMMETRICALLY
Definition
myocytes hypertrophy ________ly in response to increased load
Term
smooth ER in hepatocytes increases to increase cytochrom p450 oxidases to help metabolize the drug

*can affect other drug metabolism, so can be a prob in multi-drug pts
Definition
organelles can hypertrophy, what hypertrophies with barbituate intake?
Term
prostatic hyperplasia in response on androgens -> weak stream, urinary retention, bladder infxn
Definition
give an example of pathologic hyperplasia in a male
Term
atrophy
Definition
decrease in the size(and function) of a cell or organ
Term
1)reduced functional demand(disuse)
2)inadequate supply of O2(hypoxia)
3)inadequate nutrition(protein-calorie deficiency aka marasmus)
4)interruption of trophic signals(denervation)
5) persistent cell injury(radiation)
6) physiologic(ex: notochord, thyroglossal duct)
7)pressure
8) loss of endocrine stimulation
Definition
what are the causes of atrophy?
Term
the most metabolically active part: the coretex
Definition
what part of the kidney atrophies primarily when the renal artery is atherosclerotic?
Term
metaplasia
Definition
conversion of one cell type to another, often due to repetitive injury
Term
replacement of glandular epithelium by squamous epithelium
Definition
most common type of metaplasia
Term
metaplasia->dysplasia OR neoplasia (meta comes first)
Definition
put these in order: neoplasia, dysplasia, metaplasia
Term
YES!!
Definition
is metaplasia reversible?
Term
esophageal-stomach GEJ(squam->columnar
larynx-trachea(columnar-> squam)
stones in ducts
vitamin A deficiency-retinoic acid(squamous metaplasia in resp.)
Definition
list some common sites for metaplasia
Term
Reprogramming of:
A) stem cells existing in normal tissues
B) undifferentiated mesenchymal cells present in CT
Definition
list the mechanisms for metaplasia
Term
columnar to squamous
Definition
what is the most common epithelial metaplasia?
Term
transformation of esophageal squamous epithelium to intestinal-like columnar cells due to refluxed gastric acid

-get goblet cells etc, and HIGH risk of cancer esp adeno(glandular) carcinomas
Definition
What is Barret esophagus?
Term
formation of cartilage, bone, or adipose tissue(mesenchymal tissues) in tissues that do not normally contain these elements

ex: myositis ossificans-bone formation in muscle can occur after intramusc. hemhorrage
Definition
describe CT metaplasia
Term
REVERSIBLE:
1) decreased cell function
IRREVERSIBLE:
2) biochemical alterations->cell death
3) ultrastructural changes
4) light microscopic changes
5) gross morphologic changes
Definition
list the order of events that occur with prolonged cell injury
Term
1) generalized swelling of cell & organelles
2) blebbing of plasma membrane
3) ribosome detachment from ER
4) clumping of nuc. chromatin
5) lipid vacuoles in cytoplasm
Definition
list the morphologic changes in REVERSIBLE cell injury:
Term
the PM is disrupted and the cell starts leaking contents
Definition
In terms of morphologic changes resulting from cell injury, how do you know when a cell is screwed?
Term
1) cellular swelling aka "hydropic change" or vaculolar degeneration
2) fatty change
Definition
list changes that can be seen under the light microscope due to cell injury
Term
RED
Definition
DEAD = ??
Term
1) inability to reverse mito dysfxn(opening of mito permeability transition pore)
2) profound disturbance of PM + influx of Ca++ ions
3) rupture of cytoplasmic lysosomes
4) rupture of PM
Definition
what do you see when there is irreversible injury secondary to ischemia? (not too important apparently)
Term
necrosis
Definition
which is ALWAYS pathologic: necrosis or apoptosis?
Term
ATP1) many effects
MITO2) leakage of pro-apoptotic proteins
CA++3) increased mito permeability & activation of many cellular enzymes
ROS4) damage to lipids, proteins, DNA
PM 5) loss of cellular components
LysoM5) enzymatic digestion of cell components
6) activation of pro-apoptotic proteins
Definition
how does the cell respond to each of the following:
1) decreased ATP
2) mito damage
3) entry of Ca++
4) increased ROS
5) membrane damage
6) protein misfolding & DNA damage
Term
Mitochondria involvement
(necrosis cant make ATP, apoptosis cytochrome C)
Definition
apoptosis and necrosis have different pathways of cell response, but what do they have in common?
Term
necrosis
Definition
Irreversible cell injury causes ______
Term
necrosis
Definition
cell death due to an injury
Term
1)coagulative
2)liquefactive
3)fat
4)caseous
5) gangrenous
(6)the book incluedes fibrinoid necrosis
Definition
list the 5 types of necrosis
Term
1) reduced blood flow(ischemia)
2) inadequate oxygenation of blood due to cardio-resp. failure
3) decreased O2 carrying capacity of blood (like anemia or CO poisoning)
4) severe blood loss
Definition
list some causes of O2 deprivation
Term
1) cell and organelle swelling and rupture
2) denaturation of cytoplasmic proteins
Definition
list the ultrastructural changes associated with coagulative necrosis
Term
coagulative necrosis
Definition
in what type of necrosis is the architecture of the dead tissues preserved(at least for a few days)?
Term
1)pyknosis
2)hypereosinophilia
3)karyorrhexis
4)karyolysis
Definition
describe the microscopic changes in the cytoplasm and nucleus of cells underoing coagulative necrosis
Term
shrunken dark nucleus
Definition
what is pyknosis?
Term
fragmentation of the nucleus
Definition
what is karyorrhexis?
Term
disintigration of the nucleus
Definition
what is karyolysis?
Term
1) necrosis causes enlarged cells(swelling, while apoptosis causes reduced cell size(shrinkage)
2) in necrosis the nucleus goes from pyknosis->karyorrhexis->karyolysis, in apoptosis the nucleus fragments into nucelosome size fragments
3)in necrosis the PM is disrupted, it is intact in apoptosis, but has altered structure, esp. in lipid orientation
4)n necrosis there is enzymatic digestion of cellular contents and they may leak out of the cell, in apoptosis, the cell is intact so the contents may be released in apoptitic bodies
5) adjacent inflammation is frequent with necrosis, and doesn't happen with apoptosis
6) necrosis is a culmanation of irreversible cell injury and is therefore invariably pathologic, apoptosis is often physiologic and a means of eliminating unwanted cells, may be pathologic after some forms of injury esp. DNA damage
Definition
describe the difference in cell changes between necrosis and apoptosis in terms of
1)cell size
2)nucleus
3)PM
4)cellular contents
5)adjacent inflammation
6)physiologic/pathologic role
Term
1) irreversible injury and death
2) loss of the PM's ability to maintain the ion gradient in the cell
3) influx of Ca++
4) degradation of cellular RNA
5) precipitation of cellular proteins in situ(dead stuff stays in place, not carried off)
Definition
describe the pathogenesis of coagulative necrosis
Term
infarct
Definition
localized area of coagulative necrosis
Term
the brain
Definition
ischemia caused by obstruction of a vessel causes coagulative necrosis in all organs EXCEPT ____
Term
liquefactive necrosis
Definition
type of necrosis characterized by dissolution of necrotics cells and removal rather than scar formation
Term
-usu in an abcess secondary to bacterial, or fungal infection
-inflammatory dissolution of tissue
-also common with cerebral infarcts
Definition
when does liquefactive necrosis occur?
Term
fat necrosis
Definition
type of necrosis specific to adipose tissue with triglycerides where there are focal areas of adipose destruction
Term
with destruction of fat via enzymes(lipase) fatty acids precipitate as calcium salts, leading to chalky white deposits in tisue
Definition
what is the pathogenesis of fat necrosis?
Term
it becomes amorphous basillic/purple deposits at the periphery of necrotic adipocytes
Definition
what happens microscopically to tissue that has undergone fat necrosis?
Term
acute pancreatitis pt's, pancreatic lipases split trig's in fat cells, and the released FA's combine with Ca++
Definition
what is a common example of fat necrosis?
Term
casseous necrosis(cheese-like)
Definition
a type of necrosis in which the dead tissue persists indefintitely as amorphous, coarsely granular debris

-cells don't retain cellular outline, and do not dissepear by lysis
Term
TB, and some fungal infxns
Definition
what disease typically results in caseous necrosis?
Term
you have a granuloma with necrosis in the middle and you see **MULTI-NUCLEATE GIANT CELLS**
Definition
how can you ID TB caseous necrosis?
Term
coagulative + liquefactive necrosis = gangrenous necrosis
Definition
cell death involving an entire region(rather than an organ) resulting from loss of blood supply combined with infection
Term
decreases its production
Definition
what does ischemia do to ATP?
Term
1)mito damage
2)ca++ influx, lost of ca++ homeostasis
3)accumulation of ROS
4)defective membrane permeability
5)damage to DNA and proteins
Definition
list some mech of cell injury besides depletion of ATP
Term
apoptosis
Definition
a unique mechanism of cell death which occurs normally during embryogeneis and throughout adulthood: a tightly regulated suicide program, but can also be pathologic when dieseased cells are irreversibly injured
Term
F!
Definition
apoptosis causes inflammatory cells, T or F
Term
1) embryogenesis
2)involution of hormone dep tissue upon hormone withdrawl, ex: menstruation
3)cell loss in proliferating populations(to maintain homeo) ex: epithelial cells in intestinal crypts
4) elimination of self-reactive lymphocytes(t cells)
5) death of inflammatory cells at end of immune response
Definition
list some apoptosis in physiologic situations
Term
1) to eliminate cells damaged beyond repair without eliciting a host rxn(damage to surroundings)
2)when DNA is damaged
3)accumulation of misfolded proteins
4)cell death in viral infxn, transplant rejection
5)pathologic atrophy after duct obstruction(like salivary glands)
Definition
list some pathologic causes of apoptosis
Term
apoptosis
Definition
death of SINGLE cells
Term
extrinsic: PM receptor
intrinsic: mitochondrial
Definition
what are the intrinsic and extrinsic initiators of apoptosis?
Term
Fas ligand, TNF receptor
Definition
list the apoptosis "death receptors"
Term
1)fat - fatty liver(steatosis)
2)glycogen - glycogen storage disesases
3)complex lipids -lysosomal lipid storage disorders
4)iron - iron overload, hemachromatosis
5)lipofuscin - undigested material from autophagy(wear and teat pigment)
6)melanin - epidermal pigmentation
7)exogenous pigments -anthracosis (carbon in lung/lymph nodes)
Definition
list the causes/type of intracellular accumulations and examples
Term
rare, and autosomal recessive
Definition
glycogen storage diseases are ---
Term
steatosis
Definition
abnormal accumulation of triglycerides within parynchemal cells often seen in liver, but can see in heart, muscle, kidney
Term
alcoholic abuse, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(assoc. with obesity & diabetes)

in developing = kwashiorkor and severe GI malabsorbtion
Definition
what are the major causes of significant fatty change in the liver in developed nations? in developing?
Term
artery, vein, bile duct
Definition
what's the portal triad?
Term
zone 1: around arteries, most O2
zone 2: in between
zone 3: around veins, least O2
Definition
describe the "zones" in the liver and which is more oxygenated
Term
AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE: type A & B due to bad sphingomyelinase -> poor cholesterol transport, and neuro damage in brain
Definition
what is Niemann-pick disease?
Term
glucocerebrosidase deficiency, = AUTOSMAL RECESSIVE, lipid/glycogen builds up in liver, spleen, bone marrow
Definition
what is Gaucher's disease?
Term
hemochromotosis
Definition
a genetic disorder, but also caused by too much iron supplements, hemolysis of blood cells(thallasemia/sickle cell), or transfusions where too much iron builds up in the body
Term
Dystrophic calcification
Definition
deposition of calcium salts in injured or necrotic tissues in the setting of NORMAL calcium levels
Term
dystrophic
Definition
calcification with atherosclerosis of arteries is an example of what kind of calcificaiton?
Term
saponification
Definition
precipitation of mineral salts from solution and crystallization around foci of organic material
Term
metastatic calcification
Definition
deposition of calcium in NORMAL tissues in setting of HYPERCALCEMIA
Term
1) high PTH due to parathyroid hyperplasia/tumor/ectopic pdxn by malignancy
2) bone destruction
3) vitamin D disorders
4) renal failure(secondary hyperparathyroidism)
Definition
list the 4 primary causes of hyper calcemia
Term
1)accumulation of senescent cells(non-dividing) and depletion of stem cells
2) progressive cell injury with accumulation of metabolic and genetic damage
3)oxidative damage from ROS
4)DNA damage
Definition
list the known contributors to cell aging
Term
DNA replication in somatic cells
Definition
what results in the gradual shortening of telomeres
Term
TTAGGG repeats at chromosomal ends
Definition
what is a telomere?
Term
lipofuscin
Definition
what pigment accumulates with cell aging?
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