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Chapter 5 - Inflammation Flashcards

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A tissue reaction to irritation, infection, or injury marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain and sometimes loss of function

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Inflammation

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The inflammation of connective tissues

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Phlegmon

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What are the functions of inflammation?

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Protective defense mechanism
Isolates and destroys invaders
Cleans up debris

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Signs and Symptoms of Inflammation?

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Swelling 
Heat 
Redness 
Pain 
Altered Functions
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Causes of Inflammation?

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Physical Irritants
Chemical Irritants
Infectious Irritants
Immunological Irritants

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How does each type of accumulation start?

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As Acute inflammation

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Vasodilation definition?

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Increased diameter of blood vessel capillaries

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Exudate

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Thick liquid around infection site due to blood fluid and white blood cells leaking from blood vessel to tissue

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Thick opaque yellowish white fluid formed by suppuration, composed of exudate containing leukocytes, tissue debris, and microorganism s

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Pus

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Localized, circumscribed accumulation of pus?

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Abscess

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Open sore or lesion of skin or mucous membrane accompanied by sloughing off of inflamed necrotic

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Ulcer

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Blister-like elevation of skin containing serous fluid

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Vesicle

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Diapedesis

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Sqeezing through the capillary walls

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What does Hyperemia do?

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Brings more WBC to the area

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Abscess or pyongenic infection of sweat gland or hair follicle?

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Furuncle

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Several communicating boils of skin and subcutaneous tissues with production and discharge of pus and dead tissue

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Carbuncle

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What is a Pustule?

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A small elevation of skin containing pus

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What is Exudate?

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The fluid that oozes through the tissues into a cavity or to the surface

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The Exudate mixtures are what?

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Protein, leukocytes and tissue debris

20
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Clear serum- like fluid

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Serous

21
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Inflammatory exudate that is primarily inflammatory cells?

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Purulent

22
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What is the definition of Hemmorrhagic?

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Increased number of red blood cells often infected, very serious condition

23
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What disease is Fibrinous (Rich in fiber) ??

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Bacterial Pneumonia

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The termination of inflammatory response with the affected part returning to its normal healthy state?

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Resolution

25
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The replacement of damaged cells with identical ones; Restoration of normal functions

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Regeneration

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What is Repair?

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Physical of mechanical restoration of damaged or diseased tissue by growth of healthy new cells, NOT necessarily the same size

27
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Scar definition and the other name for it??

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Repaired tissue that Doesn’t restore function; Also called cicatrix

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What is the full inflammatory process?

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WBC releases of Histamine 
Vasodilation 
Hyperemia 
Formation of Exudate 
Edema
29
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What does “Dia” mean?

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Prefix meaning through

30
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Diabetes

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A term used to designate two diseases, Diabetes Insipidus and Diabetes Mellitus

31
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What do Diabetes Insipidus and Mellitus have in common?

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They are both Polyuria

32
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Dilatation

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The condition of the heart being enlarged occurring normally, artificially or because of a disease

33
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What is a Diplococcus ?

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A genus of bacteria that are gram positive organisms

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Diverticulitus

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The presense of a number of diverticula of the intestines

35
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Drug -Fast

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Resistant, as in bacteria, to the action of a drug or drugs

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Dys meaning?

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Means difficult

37
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Dysplasia

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Abnormal development of tissue

38
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Dystrophy

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Faulty nutrition

39
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Ectasis means what?

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Suffix meaning Dilate

40
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Ectomy

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Means removal of

41
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Ectopic meaning??

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Displaced; not in the normal place

42
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What is an Ectopic Pregnancy?

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The implantation of the fertilized ovum in a site other than the uterine cavity

43
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An obstruction of a blood vessel by free floating object in the bloodstream

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Embolism

44
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Emesis meaning?

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Means Vomit

45
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Emia means what?

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Blood

46
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What is pus in the pleural cavity??

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Empyema

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