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Cellular Adaptations and Death Flashcards

1
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What are the mechanisms that can cause atrophy

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Decreased protein synthesis
Increased protein degradation

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What is the most common cause for hypertrophy

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Increased workload
(skeletal muscles, uterus, heart)

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What causes an increase in the production of cellular proteins

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mechanical stretch (more work)
Agonists (hormones, enzymes)
GFs

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What causes differentiation in metaplasia

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Cytokines, GF, ECM signaling alter gene expression and lead to differentiation

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What are the general causes of cell injury

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Hypoxia
Physical damage
Chemical damage
Infection
Immune reactions
Genetic derangement
Nutritional imbalances

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What does the response to cell unjury depend on

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The nature, duration, and severity of the injury

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7
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reversible injury - cell membrane

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Blebbing
Distirtion

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8
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reversible injury - ER

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detachment of ribosomes

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9
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reversible injury - mitochondria

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amorphous densities

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10
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reversible injury - lysozomes

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Autophagy

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reversible injury - nuclei

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chromatin clumping

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12
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reversible injury - gross appearance

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Pallor
Swelling
Increased weight
organ-opathy

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reversible injury - histo

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Hydropic degeneration
Increased cell volume
Cytoplasm vacuolization
Peripheral nuclei

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14
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Apoptsis:

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Carefully regulated cell death

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15
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What are the apoptotic pathways

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Intrinsic and extrinsic

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16
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What triggers the intrinsic pathway

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Loss of stimulation or GFs

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17
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What triggers the extrinsic pathway

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Death receptors

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18
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What do both apoptotic pathways result in (not the end result - where the pathways merge)

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Executioner caspase activation

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19
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Apoptosis - ultrastructure

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Cell shrinkage
Condensation of nuclear chromatin and cytoplasm
Cytoplasmic blebs
Apoptotic bodies

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20
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Apoptosis - histo

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Single cells or small clusters
Round or oval, intensely eosinophilic cytoplasm
Dense nuclear chromatin
Minimal inflammation

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21
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Can necrosis be physiologic

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No

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22
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Necrosis - mechanism

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Permanent mitochondrial damage
Severe disturbance in membrane function
Ca influx –> activates phospholipase A

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23
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Necrosis - cell membrane

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Defects, myelin figures

24
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Necrosis - ER

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Lysis, loss of ribosomes

25
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Necrosis - mitochondria

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Large, amorphous densities

26
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Necrosis - lysosomes

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rupture, release of enzymes

27
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Necrosis - nuclei

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Pyknosis, karyorrhexis, karyolysis

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Pyknosis:

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Nucleus is small and dense

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Karyorrhexis

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Nucleus is in little fragments

30
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Karyolysis

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Nucleus fades and disappears

31
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What are the main necrosis morphologies

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Coagulative
Liquefactive
Caseous

32
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Coagulative necrosis - what happens

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Enzymes denature tissues
Structural outline is preserved

33
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coagulative necrosis - where does it happen

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Any tissue except the brain

34
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coagulative necrosis - causes

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Hypoxia, ischemia, acute toxicity, thermal injuries

35
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coagulative necrosis - gross

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grey, white, yellow, or red
Depressed
Soft

36
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coagulative necrosis - histo

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Tissue architecture preserved
Homogenous eosinophilic area
Nuclear change may or may not be present

37
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Liquefactive necrosis - what happens

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Enzymatic or cellular degradation of cellular components
Tissue architecture is not preserved

38
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Liquefactive necrosis - where does it happen

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Any tissue
ONLY type that occurs in the brain

39
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Liquefactive necrosis - causes

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Bacterial or fungal infection, severe burns, chemical injuries

40
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Liquefactive necrosis - gross

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Creamy, opaque material oozes from tissue
May or may not be encapsulated
Can be hard to distinguish from inflammation

41
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Liquefactive necrosis - histo

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Loss of recognizable tissue architecture and cellular details
Eosinophilic proteinaceous material
Cellular debris
Variabel amounts of inflammation (depends on cause)

42
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Caseous necrosis - what is it

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used to denote specific pathology
Pathogens induce a specific response in tissue

43
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Caseous necrosis - gross

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White, gray, yellow material
Thick, pasty, cheese-like
Dry, slightly greasy, firm
May be lamellated
May have areas of mineralization

44
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Caseous necrosis - histo

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Loss of recognizable tissue architecture and cellular details
Granulomatous and lymphocytic inflammation
Giant cells
May have mineralization

45
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Malacia:

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Necrosis of the CNS
Remember - brains only do liquefactive necrosis

46
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What is another term for fat necrosis

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Saponification

47
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Main categories of saponification

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Enzymatic
Non-enzymatic (trauma)

48
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Dry gangrene:

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Coagulative necrosis of an extremity

49
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Dry gangrene - gross

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Shrunken and leathery
Necrotic material may slough

50
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Dry gangrene - clinically

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Cold and dark color

51
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Dry gangrene - histo

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Coagulative necrosis
Small numbers of bacteria

52
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Wet gangrene:

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Liquefactive necrosis
Happens when necrotic tissue retains moisture and warmth
Superimposed bacterial infection

53
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wet gangrene - gross

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Wet, dark, may contain gas pockets

54
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wet gangrene - histo

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Liquifactive and coagulative necrosis, bacteria, gas bubbles

55
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Apoptosis - overall cell morphology

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Shrunken and convoluted

56
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Necrosis - overall cell morphology

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Swollen and disrupted

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