ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 1 Flashcards
What is an … atypical hyperplasia, deranged cell growth with increase in cell size, change in shape & appearance.
Dysplasia
What are the symptoms of Cellular Injury: Reversible?
1 Cell swelling & Vacuoles
2 Blebbing of plasma membrane
3 Mitochondria swelling
4 ER dilatation & Fatty changes
What are the symptoms of Cellular Injury: Irreversible?
1 Enzymatic digestion of dead cell elements 2 Denaturation of proteins 3 Autolysis - lysosomal enzymes 4 Cytoplasm - increased eosinophilia 5 Nucleus - nonspecific breakdown of DNA 6 pyknosis (shrinkage) 7 karyolysis (fading) 8 karyorrhexis (fragmentation)
Cellular Injury Mechanisms: Name the (4) Hypoxic injury?
1 Ischemia 2 Anoxia 3 Cellular responses a. Decrease in ATP, causing failure of sodium- potassium pump and sodium-calcium exchange b. Cellular swelling 4 Reperfusion injury
Cellular Injury Mechanisms: Name the (5) Free radicals and reactive oxygen species?
1 Electrically uncharged atom or group of atoms
having an unpaired electron
2 Lipid peroxidation
3 Alteration of proteins
4 Alteration of DNA
5 Mechanisms for the inactivation of free radicals
Cellular Injury Mechanisms: Name the (5) Chemical Injury?
1 Lead 2 Carbon monoxide 3 Ethanol 4 Mercury 5 Social or street drugs
Chronic Cell Injury:
1 Non-lethal injury causes subcellular changes
a. characteristic in certain pathologic conditions
b. Changes in mitochondria seen in various
conditions in some of which there is an
increase in the number of mitochondria with
various morphological abnormalities
2 Cytoskeletal changes with formation of
distinctive intracellular inclusions such as:
a. Mallory body
b. Neurofibrillary tangles
c. Lewy body
Unintentional & Intentional Injuries:
What is the definition and the (4) symptoms of Blunt force injuries:
DEFINITION: Application of mechanical energy to
the body resulting in the tearing,
shearing, or crushing of tissues
1. Contusion & hematoma
2. Abrasion
3. Laceration
4. Fractures
FINISH THIS SENTENCE:
Bruise is more superficial VS. Hematoma which …
… involves deeper tissues
Women bruise more easily than men BECAUSE OF:
excess of subcutaneous fat.
Elders bruise more often BECAUSE OF:
… skin thinner due to stretching and aging
Lighter skin complexion show(s) [MORE / LESS] bruising than people with darker skin.
MORE
Unintentional & Intentional Injuries: List the (4) types of Sharp force wounds:
- Incised wounds
- Stab wounds
- Puncture wounds
- Chopping wounds
What causes Asphyxial Injuries and what are the (4) types of Asphyxial injuries?
DEFINITION: Caused by a failure of cells to receive or use oxygen 1. Suffocation 2. Strangulation A. Hanging B. ligature C. manual 3. Chemical 4. Drowning
Infectious Injury depends on (3) things… What are they?
- Pathogenicity of a microorganism
- Virulence of a microorganism
- Disease-producing potential
A. Invasion and destruction
B. Toxin production
C. Production of hypersensitivity reactions
Immunologic & Inflammatory Injury:
These are caused by (3) things: What are they?
- Phagocytic cells
- Immune and inflammatory substances
A. Histamine
B. antibodies
C. lymphokines
D. complement
E. enzymes - Membrane alterations
Injurious Genetic Factors: List (2) types and give (2) examples?
- Nuclear alterations
- Alterations in the plasma membrane structure,
shape, receptors, or transport mechanisms
Examples - Sickle cell anemia
- muscular dystrophy
Injurious Nutritional Imbalances:
Essential nutrients are required for cells to function normally … List two types of Injurious Nutritional Imbalances?
- Deficient intake
2. Excessive intake
Temperature Extremes:
What does Hypothermic injury do?
Slows cellular metabolic processes
Temperature Extremes:
List (3) Hyperthermic injury examples:
- Heat cramps
- Heat exhaustion
- Heatstroke
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Atmospheric Pressure Changes are …
… sudden increases or decreases in atmospheric pressure
List (2) types of Atmospheric Pressure Changes:
- Blast injury
- Decompression sickness or caisson disease
Example: “The bends”
Ionizing Radiation injuries are caused by …
… Any form of radiation capable of removing orbital electrons from atoms
List (4) causes of Ionizing radiation injuries:
- X-rays
- gamma rays
- alpha particles
- beta particles
Cellular Injury:
Illumination injury is caused by …
Light modulation
Cellular Injury:
List (3) types of illumination injury …
- Eyestrain
- obscured vision
- cataract formation
Cellular injury:
Finish this sentence: Noise injury is …
acoustic trauma and noise-induced hearing loss
Manifestations of Cellular Injury:
List (8) types of Cellular accumulations (infiltrations):
- Water
- Lipids
- carbohydrates
- Glycogen
- Proteins
- Pigments
A. Melanin
B. hemoproteins
C. bilirubin - Calcium
- Urate
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Hydropic Degeneration happens when …
… excessive water accumulates in dysfunctional cells.
Can Hydropic Degeneration be reversed?
YES …
provided the cause resolved before cell death
What are the (6) Cellular Necrosis types?
- Coagulative
- Liquefactive
- Hemorrhagic
- Caseous
- Fatty
- Fibrinoid
Cellular Death:
Finish this sentence:
Necrosis is the sum of …
Cellular Death:
… cellular changes after local cell death and the process of cellular autodigestion
Cellular Death:
What are the (3) Processes of Cellular death?
Cellular Death:
- Karyolysis
- Pyknosis
- Karyorrhexis
Cellular Death:
What is … Karyolysis?
Cellular Death:
… Nuclear dissolution and chromatin lysis
Cellular Death:
What is … Pyknosis?
Cellular Death:
… … Clumping of the nucleus
Cellular Death:
What is … Karyorrhexis?
Cellular Death:
… Fragmentation of the nucleus
Define osmolatlity?
The number of solutes in water or solution
What is the formula for …
Net Filtration =
forces favoring filtration - forces opposing filtration
1. “CHP” 1. “POP”
Capillary Plasma
Hydrostatic Osmotic
Pressure Pressure
2. Interstitial 2. Interstitial
Osmotic Hydrostatic
Pressure Pressure
What are the forces favoring filtration?
1. "CHP" Capillary Hydrostatic Pressure 2. Interstitial Osmotic Pressure
What are the forces Opposing filtration?
1. "POP" Plasma Osmotic Pressure 2. Interstitial Hydrostatic Pressure
Necrosis:
Coagulative necrosis is typically seen in …
Necrosis:
… hypoxic environments
(e.g. myocardial infarction, infarct of the spleen).
Necrosis:
Coagulative necrosis is caused by …
Necrosis:
… protein denaturation
Necrosis:
Coagulative necrosis:
When many cells undergo necrosis at once, then different necrosis patterns are produced, depending on what (3) things?
- Nature of injury
- Type of tissue
- Length of time.
Necrosis:
Liquefactive necrosis is associated with …
… cellular destruction and pus formation
e.g. pneumonia
Necrosis:
Caseous necrosis is a specific form of …
Necrosis:
… coagulation necrosis typically caused by mycobacteria (e.g. tuberculosis)
Necrosis:
Fat necrosis results from the …
Necrosis:
… action of lipases on fatty tissues
(e.g. acute pancreatitis, breast tissue necrosis)
Necrosis:
Fat necrosis is the action of …
Necrosis:
… lipases
Necrosis:
Fibrinoid necrosis is caused by …
Necrosis:
… immune-mediated vascular damage, deposition of fibrin-like protein-like material in arterial walls
Necrosis:
What is the clinical term for Gangrenous necrosis?
Necrosis:
Dry vs. wet gangrene
Gas gangrene