2.5 Inflammation and adhesion Flashcards
Stimuli for Inflammation
infection, truama, physical chemical agents, necrosis, foreign bodies, immune reactions (foreign and auto)
features of inflammation
complex, nonspecific, mostly vascular and connective tissue reaction to injury, migration of leukocytes, systemic reactions, closely linked to immune system, coagulation system and repair process
Goal of inflammation
to eliminate, dilute or wall off injurious agent, but can be very harmful
inflammation overlaps with
immunity,
coagulation,
repair
host resistance is divided into
innate and adaptive immunity
coagulation system is divided into
dual function of clotting factors and factors as mediators
usually inflammation leads to
induction of repair and repair inhibits inflammation. But not always resulting in disease
inflammation time course can be
acute or chronic (granulomatous)
5 cardinal signs of acute inflammation
rubor, tumor, calor, dolor, functio laesa
rubor
redness
tumor
swelling
calor
heat
dolor
pain
functio laesa
loss of fn
cells of inflammation
neutorphil, basophil, platelet, eosinophil, monocyte/macrophage, lymphocyte, plasma cell
neutrophil
poly or PMN (many lobed nucleus) seen in acute inflammation
basophil
accute/allergic - dark granules
platelet
acute
eosinophil
chronic/allergic
monocyte/macrophage
chronic - kidney shaped nucleus
lymphocyte
chronic - little bigger than a red cell
plasmacell
chronic - eccentric nucleus filled with mrna for Ig
difference btw eosinophil and mast cell
eosinophil will be red granules and mast cell will be purpleish
band form
immature neutrophil looks like a wll defined horse shoe - not normal to have lots - tells you there is overproduction
other cells also important for inflammatory process
fibroblasts
simple demonstration of inflammatory response
wheal and flare reaction
first thing when you scrape arm
goes white due to vasoconstriction of arteries and arterioles
why does the white scratch turn red
you induced an inflammatory response so there is hyperemia as more blood rushes there
what governs efflux and influx of fluid in vessels
mediators - inflammation gets things out of the vessels where you need them,
they don_t have to be damaged and leaky bc the mediators will direct them
transudate
fluid accumulation in body cavity with low protein/specific gravity - ultrafiltrate - i.e. water squeezed out of vessels
exudate
fluid accumulation in body cavity with high protei/ specific gravity
edema
interstitial fluid accumulation (may be transudate or exudate)
purulent
pus
exudate in lungs
pneumonia