cellular response to injury

Question 1

what are the 3 cellular responses to injury?

Answer 1

1. reversible cell injury
2. adaptation
3. cell death

Question 2

reversible cell injury

Answer 2

• cell withstands assault and returns to normal
• results in cellular swelling

Question 3

adaptation

Answer 3

• response to persistent injury through changes to structure and function
• potentially reversible if stress is relieved

Question 4

cell death

Answer 4

severe, prolonged an irreversible injury

Question 5

what are the 2 kinds of cell death?

Answer 5

necrosis and apoptosis

Question 6

necrosis

Answer 6

• sum of cellular changes after local cell death due to irreversible injury
• inflammation occurs