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Chapter 2 -Inflammation & Repair Flashcards

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Idiopathic tooth resorption

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Resorption involving the crown of an impacted tooth or the roots of the teeth and the cause can’t be identified

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Internal tooth resorption

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Starts from the root canal and destroys the surrounding tooth structure

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Condensing osteitis

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Focal sckerosing osteomyelitis; a change in bone near apices of the teeth that may be a reaction to low grade infection.

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Alveolar osteitis

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Known as dry socket; postoperative complication after extraction due to loss of blood clot before healing takes place.

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Keloid

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Excessive scarring that mainly occurs in the skin in some cases with healing.

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Leukocytosis

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An increase in the number of white blood cells circulating the blood. 

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Leukopenia

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A decrease in the number of white blood cells circulating the blood.

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Local

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A disease process that is confined to a limited location in the body that is not general or systemic. 

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Lymphadenopathy

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The abnormal enlargement of a lymph node or nodes. 

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Macrophage

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The second type of white blood cell to arrive at a site of injury that was originally a monocyte; it participates in phagocytosis during inflammation and continues to be active in the immune response.

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Atrophy

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Abnormal decrease in the number of cells in an organ or tissue

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Biochemical mediators

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Chemicals in the body that activate responses

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Central

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In the context of oral lesions central indicates that the lesion is within bone

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Chemotaxis

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The movement of white blood cells as directed by biochemical mediators to an area of injury

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Chronic

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An Injury or course of inflammation that is a long duration

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C-reactive protein

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A nonspecific protein produced in the liver that becomes elevated during episodes of acute inflammation or infection

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Exudate

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A body fluid with a high protein content that leaves the microcirculation during inflammatory response that consists of serum that contains white blood cells, fibrin, and other protein molecules

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Fever

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An elevation of body temperature to greater than teh usual level of 37 degrees celsius (98.6 degrees fahrenheit)

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Fibroblasts

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The cells that form fibers as well as intercellular substance

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Fibroplasia

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The formation of fibrous tissue as usually occurs in healing

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Fistula

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An abnormal passage that leads from an abcess to the body surface

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Granulation tissue

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The initial connective tissue formed in healing

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Repair

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The restoraiton or damaged or diseased tissue by celluarl change and growth

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Serous exudate

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An exudate that has watery consitency. The consitency resembels that of serum

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Systemic

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Pertainiung to or affectin gth body as whole, as well as a deasesd process pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole

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Transudate

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The extravascular fluid component of blood taht passess thorught the endothelila. Cell walls of the microcirculation.

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White blood cells

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The cells within the blodd and surrouding tissue, also called leukocytes, taht are involved in the inflamatory and immune resosne

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Traumatic injury

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A disese process that results form injury taht causes tissue damage.

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Margination

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A process during inflammation in which white blood cells tend to move to the periphery of the blood vessel at the site of injury.

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Microcirculation

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The small blood vessels including arterioles, capillaries, and venules of the vascular system.

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Myofibroblasts

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Fibroblasts that have some of the characteristics of smooth muscle cells, such as the ability to contract.

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Necrosis

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The pathologic death of one or more cells, or a part of tissue, or an organ that results from irreversible damage to cells.

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Neutrophil

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The first white blood cell to arrive at a site if injury; the primary cell involved in acute inflammation; also called a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.

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Opacification

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The process of becoming opaque.

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Abscess

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A collection of purulent exudate that has
accumulated in a contained space formed by the surrounding
tissue.

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Actinic

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Relating to or exhibiting chemical changes
produced by radiant energy, especially the visible and
ultraviolet parts of the spectrum; relating to exposure to the
ultraviolet rays of sunlight.

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Acute

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An injury or course of inflammation that is of short

duration.

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Angiogenesis

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The formation and differentiation

of blood vessels.

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Granuloma

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a tumorlike mass of inflammatory tissue consisting of a central collection of macrophages often including multinucleated giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes

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Hyperemia

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an excess of blood within blood vessels in a part of the body

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Hyperplasia

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Enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the number of cells; the result of increased cell division

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hypertrophy

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Enlargement of a tissue or organ resulting from an increase in the size of its individual cells but not in the number of cells

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Inflammation

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A non-specific response to injury that involves the micro circulation and its blood cells

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Injury

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an alteration in the environment or trauma that causes tissue damage

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Opsonization

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The enhancement of phagocytosis by a process in which a pathogen is marked, with opsonins, for destruction by phsgocytes.

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Osteoblast

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The cell that forms bone

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Pavementing

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The adherence of white blood cells to blood vessel walls during inflammation.

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Peripheral

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In the context of oral lesions, peripheral indicates that the lesion is within the gingival tissue or alveolar mucosa

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Phagocytosis

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The ingestion and digestion of particulate material by cells.

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Purulent Exudate

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An exudate containing or forming pus

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Transudate

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Extravascular fluid component of blood thatpasses through the endothelial cell walls of the microcirculation.

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White blood cells

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Known as leukocytes; are cells within the blood and surrounding tissue involved in inflammtory and immune responses

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Traumatic injury

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Disease process that results from injury that causes tissue damage

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Waldeyers ring

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Ring of lymphatic tissue formed by two palatine tonsils the pharyngeal tonsil the lingual tonsil and intervening lymphoid tissue.

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Cytolysis

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Destruction of cell

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Demastication

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Tooth wear is increased by chewing abrasive substances

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Edema

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Excess level of exudate that causes tissue swelling

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Emigration

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Passage of WBC’s through cell walls of small blood vessels and into injured area

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Epithelialization

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Process of new surface layer of epithelium

60
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Erythema

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Redness of skin or mucosa

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