Cell Response To Stress

Question 1

What are the types of responses to cellular stress?

Answer 1

Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Metaplasia, Dysplasia

Question 2

Atrophy

Answer 2

The cells get smaller in size

Question 3

Hypertrophy

Answer 3

The cells get bigger in size

Question 4

Hyperplasia

Answer 4

The number of cells increases

Question 5

Metaplasia

Answer 5

The cells transform into a different type of cell

Question 6

Dysplasia

Answer 6

Dysfunction of the cell where it deviates from shape, size, function, and structure. Most likely type to cause cancer

Question 7

What are the 3 lines of defense?

Answer 7

1: skin/mucosa
2: macrophages and phagocytes
3: B and T cells

Question 8

Where in the process does the inflammatory process begin?

Answer 8

Second line of defense

Question 9

Cerebral Atrophy

Answer 9

Cells of the cerebrum get smaller due to injury and underuse. Depends on what part of the brain is affected we will see symptoms

Question 10

Cardiac Hypertrophy

Answer 10

The cells of the heart get bigger due to working harder to send blood out to the rest of the body. Can result in MI

Question 11

Acromegaly

Answer 11

The bones of the adult get wider which causes abnormal facial structure. Due to the pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone

Question 12

Cervical Metaplasia

Answer 12

The cells of the cervix change from one type to another and is mostly asymptomatic but is detected by pap smear