chapter 3 Flashcards
What is mitotic delay?
delay in the entry of cells into mitosis
What is vivo?
living organism
what is vitro?
artificial environment (glassware)
what is mitotic overshoot?
Mitotic overshoot occurs after irradiation. The population of cells in mitosis is disturbed and the cells that were in mitosis at the time complete their division, but those about to enter division are delayed in G2. The mitotic indexes decreases for a period of time as some cells are stopped from proceeding through mitosis at their appointed time. If the dose is low enough, cells can recover from the delay and proceed through mitosis. The increase in the number of cells undergoing mitosis causes a mitotic overshoot.
what cell cycle is the most sensitive?
mitosis
what does tissue/organ response depends on 2 factors
- various cell populations in that
tissue or organ. - The turnover kinetics of each population in the tissue
how long is mitosis?
about an hour
what does bergonie and tribondeau study?
the role of cell division in radiation response
what is the law of radiosensitivity and the meaning
the radiosensitivity of cells is directly proportional to their reproductive activity and inversely proportional to their degree of differentiation.
the more they reproduce, the more sensitive. mitosis is the most sensitive.
observations based on the physician report are:
- x -rays appeared to destroy cells of tumor w/o permanently harming adjacent healthy tissue
- some tissues were damaged by doses of radiation that did not appear to harm other tisses
bergonie and tribondeau performed experiments on rodent testicles in which the tests contains
immature spermatogonia and spermatocytes and also mature cells(spermatozoa);these populations differ both in function and mitotic activity.
hypothesis
ionizing radiation is more effective against cells that are actively dividing, are undifferentiated and have a long dividing future.
bergonie and tribondeau defined cell sensitivity
terms of specific cellular characteristics, mitotic activity and differentiation, rather than on radiation
what is a differentiation cell?
a mature cell. it is specialized and more resistant to radiation effect.
what is a undifferentiated cell?
a cell that has a few specialized characteristics.
it is a immature cell (like a baby)
specialized functionally and/or morphol-
ogically (structurally)
various stages of differentiation example
testis