Cellular Reaction to Injury Flashcards
oxygen deprivation (hypoxia), nutritional deficiencies, chemical agents (prescription drugs, air pollutants, alcohol, asbestos, pesticides), autoimmune diseases and infections, genetic defects, aging process (cellular senescence).
Etiology of Cellular Changes
Cellular Swelling Degeneration Infiltration Necrosis Atrophy Hypertrophy Hyperplasia Regeneration Somatic Death
Cellular Changes
Passive (worsen) cell alteration that may result in:
cellular swelling
degeneration
infiltration
Regressive Cellular Changes
Increase in cell water content due to cell injury that allows intracellular sodium to rise.
- Entire organ or tissue experiences loss of color, cells that become distended.
Cellular Swelling
Loss of color.
Pallor
Cells become distended.
Turgor
The deterioration of tissues with corresponding functional impairment as a result of disease resulting in appearance of substances within the cell that are not normally present.
Degeneration (intracellular)
Deposit of abnormal amounts of fat in cells; e.g. , heart, liver, kidneys.
This is due to malnutrition, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or starvation.
Fatty Degeneration
Deposit of amyloid (starch like protein) giving tissues waxy, translucent, hyaline appearance.
e.g., liver, kidneys, adrenal glands
This is due to diabetes mellitus, poisons, often secondary to chronic rheumatoid arthritis, carcinoma, tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, Hodgkin’s disease.
Amyloid Degeneration
Jelly-like appearance of tissues.
E.g., lungs- anthracosis: lung dust disease due to inhalation of coal pigment.
Colloid degeneration
The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present; abnormal passing and deposit of substances in tissue.
Infiltration (intercellular)
Deposit of fat in tissues often due to poisons or diet, occurs mostly in the liver, kidneys, and heart.
Fatty Infiltration
Coloration caused by deposit, or lack, or colored material in the tissues (increase or decrease in pigment deposit).
Pigmentation infiltration
Pigment transmitted from outside the body.
Exogenous
Carotene in blood; resulting in discoloration of the liver and skin.
Carotenemia
Due to lead poisoning > discoloration to gums, damage to the brain and other internal organs.
Plumbism
Pigment present inside the body
changes in the retina of the eye
melanosis
albinism
jaundice (icterus= bile pigments)
Endogenous
Moles, melanomas, freckles
Melanosis
Calcium deposits (lime salts) in tissue, usually surrounded by bacteria, necrotic cells, mucous, foreign materials.
Calcification
Kidney stones
Renaliths (renal calculi)
Bladder stones
Vesical Calculi
Calcification in the intestines or appendix
Fecaliths
Calcification in the nose
Rhinoliths
Gallstones
Choleliths
Calcification in the lungs
Pneumoliths
Calcium deposits in the arteries
Arteriosclerosis
Stone baby, calcified fetus, usually in fallopian tubes.
Lithopedion