cellular adaptation

Question 1

cellular responses to persistent sublethal injury, physical or chemical. Reversible

Answer 1

Cellular adaptation:

Question 2

Increase in size of tissue due to increased number of component cells.

Answer 2

hyperplasia

Question 3

Proliferation of prostatic glands and stroma resulting in enlargement of the gland with obstruction of urine flow through the bladder outlet.

Answer 3

NODULAR HYPERPLASIA, PROSTATE GLAND

Question 4

Pathogenesis of NODULAR HYPERPLASIA, PROSTATE GLAND

Answer 4

unknown; altered normal ratio of testosterone to estrogen that develops in the elderly.

Question 5

Usually secondary to chronic stimulation by corticotropin due to
Bilateral diffuse or nodular hyperplasia of adrenal glands

Answer 5

ADRENAL CORTICAL HYPERPLASIA

Question 6

Proliferative lesions of the endometrium usually resulting from hyperestrinism
constitutes of morphologic & biologic continuum

Answer 6

ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA

Question 7

increased size of an organ due to increased size of component cells

Answer 7

hypertrophy

Question 8

Pure hypertrophy without hyperplasia occurs where

Answer 8

only in heart and skeletal muscle

Question 9

Diminution in size or function of organ due to decrease in size of cells.

Answer 9

atrophy

Question 10

Conversion of one differentiated (mature) cell type into another

Answer 10

metaplasia

Question 11

Abnormal growth and differentiation
Variations in size and shape of cells
Enlargement, irregularity, and hyperchromasia of nuclei
Disorderly arrangement of cells within the epithelium
A preneoplastic lesion (a stage in the cellular evolution to cancer)

Answer 11

dysplasia