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Term
What type of changes do cell injuries induce?
Definition
morphologic changes
Term
On what basis do pathologist classify and diagnose disease?
Definition
morphologic change induced by cell and tissue injury
Term
What is the difference between signs and symptoms?
Definition
Signs are abnormal physical findings and thus objective, while symptoms are complaints given by the patient and thus subjective.
Term
Which cell damage leads to cell death mainly by apoptosis?
Definition
DNA damage and misfolded proteins
Term
What are the two most common cellular changes?
Definition
Cellular swelling-mainly due to membrane damage and an inability to control ionic flow and maintain homeostasis
Fatty Change-due to metabolic dysfunction in cells that metabolize
lipids, e.g. liver, kidneys

These are reversible and do not necessarily cause cell death.
Term
What do you call a reduction in cell size?
Definition
atrophy or hypertrophy
Term
What do you call a change in cell form or replacement of adult cells?
Definition
metaplasia
Term
What do you call a change in cell number?
Definition
hyperplasia
Term
What do you call deranged cell growth of a specific tissue?
Definition
Dysplasia
Term
What are the two types of phyysiologic hyperplasia?
Definition
hormonal- e.g. breasts and uterus during pregnancy

compensatory- e.g. liver regeneration after a hepatoectomy
Term
What causes pathologic hyperplasia?
Definition
Excessive hormone stimulation of the target tissues

Leads to increased production of transcription factors

Leads to increased production of GF
Increased production of GF receptors
Activation of intracellular signaling

results in a larger organ
Term
Is hypertrophy due to swelling?
Definition
No, it's due to increased synthesis of structural components
Term
What are four causes of cell atrophy?
Definition
Loss of blood supply or innervations
Loss of endocrine factors (ex. TSH)
Decrease in the workload
Aging
Chronic illness

CLADL
Term
What is the most common type of epithelial metaplasia?
Definition
columnar cells being replaced by squamous epithelium
Term
Does metaplasia involve a loss of funciton?
Definition
Yes
Term
Is metaplasia reversible?
Definition
Yes
Term
Can metaplasia occur due to chronic irritation?
Definition
Yes, as in the trachea and bronchi of smokers
Term
Might there be a loss of function in metaplasia?
Definition
Yes
Term
In the mechnamism for metaplasia, what cells are reprogrammed in normal tissue?
Definition
stem cells
Term
In the mechanism for metaplasia, what cells are reprogrammed in connective tissue?
Definition
undifferentiated mesenchymal cells
Term
What are three potential sources of signal mediation in the mechanism of cell metaplasia?
Definition
cytokines, GF, or ECM
Term
What are the three steps in the metaplasia mechanism?
Definition
Reprogramming, mediation by specific signals, Induction of specific transcription factors
Term
What are labile cells and give three examples?
Definition
constant active self renewal

skin
gastrointestinal mucosa
hematopoeitic cells
Term
What are stable cells and give an example?
Definition
low level of renewal and capactiy to replace cells

liver
renal tubular cells
glial cells in CNS
Term
What are two characteristics of reversible cell injury?
Definition
swelling of mitochondria and ER
clumping of chromatin
Term
What are two characteristics of reversible cell injury?
Definition
swelling of mitochondria and ER
clumping of chromatin
Term
What are the characteristics of cell death
Definition
Swelling of the ER with loss of ribosomes

membrane blebs

lysomes rupture

myeline figures

nuclear condensation
Term
What ar ethe characteristics of necrosis?
Definition
Fragmentation of the cell membrane and nucleus
Term
What ar ethe characteristics of necrosis?
Definition
Fragmentation of the cell membrane and nucleus
Term
What are four cases of apoptosis?
Definition
1. Involution of hormone dependent tissues upon hormone deprivation.
2. Cell loss in proliferating cell populations to maintain a constant number.
3. Elimination of potentially harmful self reactive lymphocytes.
4. Cell death induced by cytotoxic T-lymphocytes

EICC
Term
What is involution?
Definition
A reduction in the number of cells in the form of physiological organ atrophy through apoptosis.

Slide 49
Term
What enzymes are used in apoptosis to degrade proteins and DNA?
Definition
caspases
Term
What are the two major pathways that initiate apoptosis?
Definition
1. Mitochondrial (intrinsic) pathway
initiated by misfolded cells
2. Death receptor (extrinsiic) pathway
initiated by engagement of death receptors (members of the TNF receptor family) on adjacent cells
Term
Name and define the three nuclear characteristics of a necrotic cell.
Definition
pyknosis-shriveling and darkening of the cell nucleus associated with low pH

karyorrhexis-fragmentation of the shriveled cell nucleus, cell nucleus turns to dust

karyolysis- nothing of the nucleus is visible any longer except a purple haze
Term
What are the five different types of necrosis?
Definition
1. Caseous
2. Liquefecation
3. Fat Necrosis
4. Cooagulative
5. Gangrenous
Term
In which type of necrosis are the cells dead, but the basic tissue architecture is preserved for several days?
Definition
Cooagulative necrosis
Term
Which type of necrosis is when the cell undergoes extensive autolysis caused by the release of lysosomal hydrolases, proteinases, DNAses, lipases. etc.) It is classically seen in the spleen and brain following ifarctions?
Definition
Liquefecation Necrosis
Term
In which type of necrosis is the tissue architecture completely obliterated and the cellular outlines not discernible, encountered in tuberculosis, and it is enclosed with an inflammatory border
Definition
caseous necrosis
Term
Which type of necrosis occurs in acute pancreatitis?
Definition
fat necrosis
Term
In which type of necrosis do you see

antigen/antibody complexes in the walls of the arteries

results in a bright pink and amorphous H&E stain due to binding of fibrin that has leaked out of vessels with the immune complexes
Definition
fibrinoid necrosis
Term
How do lab tests detect necrosis?
Definition
Increased serum levels of intracellular proteins
Term
What enzyme indicates liver disease?
Definition
(AST) Aspartate aminotransferase
(ALT) Alanine aminotransferase
Term
What loose enzyme in the serum marks pancreatitis?
Definition
amylase and lipase
Term
What enzyme marks acute myocardial infarction or myocarditis?
Definition
Creatine Kinase MB (CK-MB)
Term
Give five examples of reversible cell injuries.
Definition
1. Decreased pH
2. Ion imbalance
3. Fatty change (liver)
4. Swelling
5. Decreased ATP levels
Term
Give four examples of irreversible cell damage.
Definition
1. Amorphous densities in mitochondria
2. Severe membrane damage
3. Lysosomal Rupture
4. Severe DNA damage
Term
4 factors that burns depend upon
Definition
1. Whether the lungs were injured.
2. Whether the treatment was prompt
3. Total surface area burned
4. Depth of the burn
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