Chapter 1 Cell injury, death, and adaptations Flashcards
Define pathology
The study of suffering (disease)
The origin of disease (why)
Etiology
Steps in developing disease (how)
Pathogenesis
Various changes accompany disease
Morphologic
What are two examples of cellular stress?
Physiologic stress
Pathological stimuli
Why do cells and tissues adapt to stressors?
To attempt to preserve viability and function
List 4 main cellular adaptations
Hypertrophy
Hyperplasia
Atrophy
Metaplasia
When are cellular adaptations exceeded?
Reversible cell injury
Irreversible cell injury
Increased SIZE of cell and organ typically from mechanical stress and growth factors
Hypertrophy
In hypertrophy do cells divide?
Cells are incapable of division
What is a physiologic example of hypertrophy?
Weight lifters
What is a pathologic example of hypertrophy?
Ventricular hypertrophy from HTN
Increased NUMBER of cells
Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia is a response to what?
Growth factors
In hyperplasia do cells divide?
Cells must be able to replicate
What is a physiological example of hyperplasia?
Female breast, liver
What is a pathologic example of hyperplasia?
Papilloma virus - warts
Give an example when hyperplasia would accompany hypertrophy?
Pregnant uterus
Decreased SIZE of cells or organs
Atrophy
Describe proteins and atrophy
Decreased protein synthesis
Increased protein breakdown
Are cells dead in atrophy?
No, decreased function
List five causes of atrophy
Disuse Reduced blood supply Loss of innervation Loss of endocrine supply Aging (senile atrophy)
Thenar atrophy
Loss of innervation (atrophy)
REVERSIBLE change where one cell type is replaced by another
Metaplasia
Metaplasia is commonly a response to what?
Prolonged stressors
Give an example of metaplasia
Smoking and epithelial metaplasia
What are two common results of metaplasia?
Reduce the function of the cell
Increase chance of malignancy
List some causes of cellular injury
Trauma, genetic defects, hypoxia, poisons/toxins, nutritional imbalances, and aging
Describe reversible injury
Mild, LACK membrane damage and cell will return to normal once stressor is removed
What is the common appearance of a cell in reversible injury?
Cellular swelling and accumulation of fat in cytoplasm
Describe irreversible injury
Inability to correct mito dysfunction and membrane function
In cell death this is always pathological (inflammatory response)
Necrosis
This does not elicit an inflammatory response
Apoptosis
Nuclear dissolution without loss of membrane integrity
Apoptosis