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cell adaptation, cell injury, cell death Flashcards

1
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What are 2 mechanisms cells are injured

A

inherited

acquired

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2
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etiology

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what causes disease

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3
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pathogensis

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how does disease propagate

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4
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atrophy

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shrinkage of cell size by decrease size and number of cells

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5
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what are 5 pathologic causes of atrophy

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inadequate nutrition
decrease use
decrease blood supply
change in hormonal level
loss nervous innervation to muscles
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6
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what are 2 ways atrophy happens in cells

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  1. apoptosis

2. ubiquitin-proteasome pathway

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7
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Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway?

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Ubiquitin tags
proteosomes- destroyed
autophagy

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8
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what are lipofusin?

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brown atrophy
increased residual bodies
undigested lipitds

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9
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defective ubiquitination may play a role in what

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several neurodegenerative diseases

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10
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define: hypertrophy

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increase in size of cells

No new cells

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11
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name 3 things that cause hypertrophy

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increase workload
increase functional demand
hormone/growth factor

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12
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What causes hypertrophy

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increase growth factors (IGF-1)

increase vasoactive agents (ANF)

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13
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ANF (atrial natriuetic factor) does what

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in cardiac hypertrophy releases ANF to decrease blood volume

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14
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define hyperplasia

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increase number of cells

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15
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3 things that cause hyperplasia

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increase functional deman
hormonal stimulus
persistence tissue injury

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16
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name 3 situations in which the body will start hyperplasia

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  1. low O2 breathed in
  2. breast lobules
  3. infection
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17
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Metaplasia

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change in cell type

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18
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name 2 situations in which metaplasia can happen

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Barret’s disease

Vitamin A Deficiency

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19
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what happens in vitamin A Deficiency for metaplasia

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mucus-secreating epithelium on eye turns into keratinizing epithelium

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20
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Why do cells change in metaplasia

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better withstand stress

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21
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metaplasia is a risk for

22
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what are 2 mechanisms that can cause irreversible cell injury

A

necrosis

apoptosis

23
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necrosis

A

accidental and unregulated cell death

pathological

24
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necrosis is associated with

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cell injury from ischemia

25
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what specific cell injuries occur in necrosis

A

cell membrane rapture
nucleus – pyknosis-karyorrhexis-karyolysis
condensation - fragmentation-dissolution
protein degeneration

26
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coagulative necrosis

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necrotic tissue remains firm, nucleus disappears

27
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localized area of coagulative necrosis is called

28
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what causes necrosis

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ischemia in all organs except brain

29
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liquefactive necrosis

where can it occur

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enzymatic digestion of dead cells into liquid

brain

30
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what does caseous necrosis look like

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cottage-cheese like apperance

31
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caseous is a combination of what kind of necrosises

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coagulative and liquefactive

32
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what is fat necrosis

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calcium deposition

33
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saponification

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free fatty acids join calcium

34
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dystrophic calcification

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calcium deposits on dead tissues

fat necrosis

35
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where does one see fibrinoid necrosis

A

vessel walls in hypertension and Vasculitis

36
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gangrenous necrosis

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ischemia of lower limb and GI

37
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wet gangrene

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coagulative necrosis with superimposed liquefactive necrosis due to bacterial infections

38
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what is apoptosis

A

programmed cell death

39
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does apoptosis induce inflammation

40
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Apoptosis vs. Necrosis: cell size

A

A: shrinkage
N: englarged

41
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Apoptosis vs. Necrosis: process of dying

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A: fragment nucleosome
N: nucleus-pyknosis-karyorrhexis-karyolysis

42
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Apoptosis vs. Necrosis: plasma membrane

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A: intact
N: disrupted

43
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Apoptosis vs. Necrosis: leakage

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A: no
N: cellular components

44
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autophagy

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starved cell eat its own components in an attempt to reduce nutrient demand to match supply

45
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name 2 pathways in apoptosis

A

ntrinsic mitochondrial pathway

extrinsic mitochondrial pathway

46
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etrinsic mitochondrial pathway what happens

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FAS ligand binds FAS death receptor

TNG binds TNG receptor

47
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Mitochondrial (intrinsic) pathway is triggered by

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loss of cell survival signals (BCL2 )

cytochrome c activates protease

48
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etrinsic mitochondrial pathway when does this happen

A

T lymphocytes

49
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apoptosis results from the activation from what enzyme

50
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When do the two apoptotic pathways converge

A

caspase activation

51
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biochemical mechanisms of cell injury, name 4

A
  1. reduced ATP production
  2. loss calcium homeostasis
  3. disrupt membrane permeability
  4. free radicals

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