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Cell Adaptation/Necrosis Flashcards

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Prolonged exposure of cells to adverse/exaggerated normal stimuli –> evokes various changes of individual cells/tissues/whole organs. When cause removed, adapted cells revert to normal and some do not (detrimental results)

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Cell adaptation

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**6 ways cell adapt to change**

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  • Atrophy
  • Hypertrophy
  • Hyperplasia
  • Metaplasia
  • Dysplasia
  • Anaplasia
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Decrease in size of tissue, organ, or entire body

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atrophy

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2 types of atrophy

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  • physiologic
  • pathologic
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3 examples of physiologic atrophy

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  • Involution of thymus
  • Menopause (ovaries/uterus/breasts)
  • Osteoporosis (bones and muscles in elderly thin/prone to fx)
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3 examples of pathologic atrophy

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  • kidneys shrinking due to atherosclerosis
  • testicular atrophy
  • Alzheimer Dementia
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Ischemic organs are typically small or large? What is this an example of?

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Small, due to atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries decreases blood supply). An example of pathologic atrophy.

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Widening of sulci, narrowing of girations, spares occiput

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Pathologic atrophy from Alzheimer’s Disease

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**Best example of pathologic atrophy?**

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Increase in size of tissues/organs due to enlargement of individual cells

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Hypertrophy

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Example of physiologic hypertrophy

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Enlargement of skeletal muscles in body builders due to weights

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Example of pathologic hypertrophy

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Enlargement of heart which occurs as adaptation to increased workload (HTN)

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What is the best example of pathologic hypertrophy?

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Typically seen w/ HTN (enlarged heart)

  • Concentric pathologic hypertrophy of left ventricular muscle, an adaptive response to left ventricular pressure overload
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Adaptive increase in number of cells, causes enlargement of tissues/organs

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Hyperplasia

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Example of hyperplastic hyperplasia

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Hyperplastic polyps of color or stomach (benign)

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Example of hyperplasia in women?

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Edometrial hyperplasia due to estrogens (benign, causes vaginal bleeding)

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Can hyperplasia and hypertrophy be seen together?

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Yes

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Example where hyperplasia is seen along w/ hypertrophy in women?

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-Physiologic hypertrophy of uterine smooth muscle cells w/ pregnancy is accompanied by hyperplasia

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Example where hyperplasia is seen along w/ hypertrophy in men?

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-Hyperplastic prostate (BPH- benign prostatic hyperplasia) results in both size AND number of glands and stroma

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Adaptive change of one cell type for another cell type to suit the environment

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Metaplasia

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2 examples of metaplasia

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  • bronchial epithelium changes w/ smoking cigarettes
  • gastric or glandular metaplasia of GE junction in Barrett Esophagus
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Is metaplasia reversible? Why?

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Yes, it is always pathologic, never physiologic

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Normal epithelium in non-smoker changes to which epithelium in smoker?

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mucus-secreting ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium replaced by stratified squamous epithelium

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The #1 type of squamous metaplasia of bronchial epithelium

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Disordered growth of tissues from chronic irritation or infection

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Pre-cancerous condition

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Best example of dysplastic changes as it relates to disease

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Cervical dysplasia (CIN: cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) ** association of dysplasias/cervical cancers w/ HPV

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HPV loves which type of epithelium?

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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Type of mild dysplasia

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CIN 1 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia)

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Undifferentiated and uncontrolled growth of cells

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Anaplasia (the hallmark of malignant transformation) = cancer

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4 names of anaplasia

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  • Cancer
  • Neoplasm
  • Carcinoma
  • Malignancy
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4 examples of anaplasia

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  • Squamous cell carcinoma of cervix
  • Lung cancer
  • Malignant Melanoma
  • Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
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5 microscopic hallmarks of anaplasia

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  1. Cell and Nuclei w/ pleomorphism (varied size/shape)
  2. Nuclei are irregular and hyperchromatic (purple)
  3. Super high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio (N/C ratio is 1:1 and normally is 1:6)
  4. Large nucleoli within nucleus
  5. Large numbers of abnormal mitotic figures
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Death of cells or groups of cells (tissues) within a LIVING organism

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Necrosis in tissues after death of an organism

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**4 types of necrosis**

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  • Coagulative
  • Liquefactive
  • Caseous
  • Fat
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Most common form of necrosis

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Coagulative necrosis

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Type of necrosis when cell proteins are altered/denatured (cooking eggs). Histologically, cell outlines are preserved and cytoplasm is finely granular

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Coagulative necrosis

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Type of necrosis which occurs in solid internal organs (heart, kidney, spleen, liver) and is caused by Anoxia (lack of O2 in blood supply) Best example?

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Coagulative necrosis -Heart tissue w/ MI

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Type of necrosis where dead cells liquify due to certain cell enzymes. Tissues become soft/gel like

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Liquefactive necrosis

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Where does liquefactive necrosis occur most often?

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Brain, cells lose contours and liquefy (typical of brain infarct). Soft and transformed into fluid filled cavity

42
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Another example of liquefactive necrosis other than brain?

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Bacterial infections in which cavity may develop (abscesses in lungs)

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A form of coagulative necrosis where thick, yellowish, cheesy substance forms

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Caseous necrosis

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2 examples of caseous necrosis

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-TB -Fungal infections such as Histoplasmosis

45
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Ghon Complex (development of lung granulomas). Usually heals containing infection.

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Caseous necrosis found in TB

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Specialized form of liquefacation necrosis caused by action of lipolytic enzymes

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Fat necrosis

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Example of fat necrosis

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-After rupture of pancreas due to trauma or acute pancreatitis, enzymes are released into adjacent fat tissue causing degradation of fat into glycerol and FFA

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With pancreatic trauma, once the fat is degraded to form glycerol and free fatty acids (FFA), what do the FFA bind with and form?

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Bind with Ca and form soaps causing white calcified specks (a sign of fat necrosis)

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Bacterial infection of coagulated tissue leading to inflammation and secondary liquefaction

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Wet gangrene

50
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Provides a good medium for infection by bacteria

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Necrotic tissues

51
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Wet Gangrene is also called what?

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Advanced decubitus ulcers

52
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Necrotic tissue becomes black and mummified

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Dry gangrene (necrotic tissue dries out)

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What 2 underlying conditions contribute to gangrene?

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  • Infarction of intestines -
  • Infarction in a limb (usually caused by atherosclerosis or diabetes)
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Necrotic tissue attracts calcium salts and frequently undergoes calcification (macroscopic deposition of Ca in injured/dead tissues)

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Dystrophic Calcifications

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  • Visible to naked eye
  • Range from gritty/sand like grains to firm/rock hard material
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Dystrophic Calcifications

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4 examples of dystrophic calcifications

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Calcifications of:

  1. Atherosclerotic coronary arteries (narrowing of vessels)
  2. Mitral/Aortic valves (impeding blood flow = stenosis)
  3. Breast cancers (seen on mammography)
  4. Infant periventricular calcifications (congenital toxoplasmosis) - pregnancy and litter boxes
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  • Deranged calcium metabolism (NOT cell injury).
  • Associated w/ increased serum Ca levels, leads to deposition of Ca in other locations
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Metastatic Calcifications

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Metastatic calcifications are seen in what 3 disorders?

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  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Vit D toxicity
  • Chronic Renal Failure
59
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  • Metastatic calcifications forms Ca stones in which 3 organs?
  • Due to what?
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  • Gallbladder
  • Kidneys
  • Bladder
  • (due to precipitation of salts from solution into tissues)

Pathophys Exam 1 (14 decks)

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