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Chapter 4 - Altered Cellular and Tissue Biology Flashcards

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When does cellular injury occur?

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if a cell is unable to maintain homeostasis

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What is the result of reversible cellular injury?

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cells recover

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What is the result of irreversible cellular injury?

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cells die

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Physiological Cellular Response

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adaptive

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Pathogenic Cellular Response

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disease causing

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What is cellular atrophy?

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decrease in cellular size

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What is cellular hypertrophy?

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increase in cellular size

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What is cellular hyperplasia?

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increase in cellular number

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What is cellular metaplasia?

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replacement of one type of cell with another

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What is cellular dysplasia?

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deranged cellular growth

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When does cellular metaplasia occur?

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with chronic injury or irritation

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What does “meta” mean?

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after, behind

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When does cellular dysplasia occur?

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persistent severe injury or irritation

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What does “dys” mean?

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bad

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What is the most common cause of cellular injury?

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hypoxic injury

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Ischemia

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reduced or restricted blood flow leading to inadequate blood supply

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What is the most common cause of hypoxia?

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ischemia

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What organelle is the main cellular consumer of oxygen?

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mitochondria

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What is the result of reduced oxygen to the mitochondria?

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reduced ATP production resulting in reduced cellular energy and accumulation of H+

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What can an accumulation of H+ in the mitochondria result in?

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breakdown in the membrane leading to an increase intracellular H+ and loss of membrane potential

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What does lost membrane potential lead to?

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necrosis

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Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

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additional injury caused by restoration of blood flow and oxygen

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What are the mechanisms if ischemia-reperfusion injury?

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oxidative stress, increased intracellular calcium, inflammation

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Cellular response to hypoxic injury?

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decrease in ATP leading to sodium-potassium pump and sodium-calcium exchange failure

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What is the physical effect of hypoxic injury on cells?
swelling or shrinking
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What are free radicals?
atoms missing an electron
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What do free radicals do to healthy atoms?
attack them to obtain a replacement electron
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Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)
oxygen containing subset of free radicals created as a result of oxygen metabolism
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Free Radicals are by-products of what?
normal metabolism
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Oxidative stress results from...
not producing enough antioxidants to break down free radicals
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Oxidative stress plays a major role in ______ and _________ ailments.
chronic and degenerative
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What 3 things do free radicals cause?
1. lipid peroxidation 2. protein alteration 3. DNA alteration
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Lipid Peroxidation
damage to the lipid membrane
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Protein Alteration
denaturation, breakdown, unfolding of proteins
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DNA alteration
mutations in genes
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What are xenobiotics?
substances foreign to the body (ie. lead, carbon monoxide, ethanol, mercury)
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What chemical agent is most common in industry overexposure?
lead
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Where is lead found?
houses with old paint that is chipped off and inhaled
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How does lead affect humans?
lead poisoning, especially in fetus with immature BBB
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Carbon monoxide is an _______, __________, __________ gas
odourless, colourless, nonirritating
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How does carbon monoxide cause hypoxic injury?
oxygen deprivation by attaching to hemoglobin which has a higher affinity for CO
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What is not able to store ethanol?
liver, unable to store the alcohol and becomes overwhelmed so it must make enzymes to break it down
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Where is alcohol absorbed?
stomach
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Nutritional deficiencies?
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Alcohol consumption effects show a __-shaped curve
J-shaped
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Light to moderate drinkers have a ______ mortality than non-drinkers
lower
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Heavy drinkers have a ______ mortality
higher
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What is the result of alcohol in light to moderate drinkers?
decreased LDL levels, decreased BP, decrease in atherosclerosis
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Who does mercury threaten?
global and environmental health
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What is the leading cause of child poisonings?
medications
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What is a major limitation to medication therapy?
chemical injury
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How do chemicals and medications cause direct damage to cells?
combine directly with critical molecular substances
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On-Target Toxicity
direct damage to cells caused by chemotherapeutic and drugs of abuse
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What do medications activate?
toxic metabolites and free radicals
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What is a hypersensitivity reaction?
reaction to medication that ranges from a mild skin rash to immune-mediated organ failure
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Asphyxiation
failure of cells to receive or use oxygen
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Suffocation
aka systemic hypoxia resulting from no air exchange
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Strangulation
results from compression or closure of airways and causes cerebral hypoxia
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Drowning
when fluid fills the lungs and prevents oxygen exchange
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Drowning lets fluid pass through the capillaries and results in...
fluid and electrolyte changes in blood
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Chemical Asphyxiation
oxygen utilization and delivery is prevented
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How is carbon monoxide poisoning treated?
hyperbaric chamber
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What does cyanide do?
blocks oxygen at the ETC and leads to cardiac arrest
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Contusion
crushing injury to muscle, bruising
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Laceration
irregular cut with irregular edges
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Incision
sharp straight wound
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Fracture
broken or shattered bones
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Incised Wounds
wound is longer than it is deep
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Stab Wound
wound is deeper than it is long
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Puncture Wound
sharp point but not edges
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What is an infectious injury?
invasion of a pathogen that causes disease
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What does the disease-producing ability of a pathogen depend on?
how the pathogen invades, destroys, produces toxins, initiates a hyper immune reaction
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Apoptosis
cell death that occurs as a normal, controlled part of an organisms growth
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Apoptosis is an ______ process
orderly
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What happens during apoptosis?
the cell breaks up into sections that are taken away by the immune system
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Autophagy
consumption of a cells own contents to be used as fuel in order to oppose starvation and disease
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Necrosis
uncontrolled swelling and bursting of a cell membrane
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Why does necrosis happen?
disease, injury, failure of blood supply
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Necrosis occurs at the _____ level
cellular
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What are examples of organs where coagulative necrosis occurs?
kidney, heart
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What is the cause of coagulative necrosis?
ischemia or infarction
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Infarction
obstruction of blood supply causing cell death
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Ischemic cells can be revived if oxygen is restored within ___ minutes
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What causes coagulation?
protein denaturation
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Where does caseous necrosis occur?
lungs
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What is the appearance of tissue affected by caseous necrosis?
clumped cheese
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What causes caseous necrosis?
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
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What is the danger of TB?
dead cells become enveloped by other cells which increases their mass and decreases lung space
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Where does liquefactive necrosis occur?
brain
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What is the cause of liquefactive necrosis?
ischemic injury to neurons and glial cells
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What does liquefactive necrosis do?
turns tissue into liquid and causes infarction (blocking blood supply = cell death)
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Which bacteria may be responsible for liquefactive necrosis?
Streptococci or E. coli
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Where does fatty necrosis occur?
breasts and abdominal organs
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Fatty necrosis involved the action of what enzyme?
lipases
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Is fatty necrosis harmful?
usually no, body absorbs
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Gangrenous necrosis usually results from...
hypoxic injury (usually to major lower leg arteries)
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Areas of gangrenous necrosis are mediums for _____ _____
anaerobic bacterial growth
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Which bacteria causes gas gangrene?
Clostridium (anaerobic)
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When is gas gangrene fatal?
when it enters the blood and diminishes RBC oxygen carrying capacity (clostridium produces other gases)
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Oncosis
cell death due to swelling
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Oncosis: When ATP production decreases due to hypoxia, sodium and water move OUT of the cell and then...
potassium moves INTO the cell causing the osmotic pressure to increase and water moves into the cell
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What organelle is affected by oncosis?
Endoplasmic reticulum cisternae which distend, rupture, and form vacuoles
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Vacuolation
formation of vacuoles
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Cellular aging involves a_____, decreased function, and cell loss
atrophy
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What is the result of tissue and systemic aging?
stiffness and rigidity
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Sarcopenia
progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength

HLSC 222 - Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan (17 decks)

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