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| Cells adapt to their environment to avoid and protect themselves from injury (cells may adapt by change in size, number and type) |
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| Decrease in cell size and increasing efficiency |
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| Increase in cell size resulting in the about of function tissue mass due to increase workload |
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| Increase in number of cells (through mitosis) in response to increase workload |
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| Damaged or destroyed cells of one type are replaced by cells of another type |
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| Last adaptive mechanism of cellular response (atypical hyperplasia) |
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| Failure to transport O2 to cells due to reduced blood supply |
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| Reduction of O2 carrying capacity of blood |
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| Impaired use of O2 by cell |
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