Dental Decks Flashcards
Organ undergoes regeneration:
Liver, bone, cartilage, intestinal mucosa; low-specialization
Composed of monocytes + macrophages
Reticuloendothelial system (AKA mononuclear phagocytic system) – in reticular connective tissue (spleen)
Microglia
Macrophages of CNS
Kupffer cells
Line blood vessels of liver
Alveolar macrophage
Dust cells; lining of lungs
Histiocytes
Macrophages in connective tissue
Gaucher’s disease
deficiency in glucocerebrosidase
Niemann-Pick disease
deficiency in sphingomyelinase
Tay-Sachs
deficiency in hexosaminidase A
Lipid Storages Diseases
Gauchers
Niemann-Pick
Tay-Sachs
Teratology
Study of developmental anomalies
Chemical, physical, biologic agents that cause developmental anomalies
Variable susceptibility, specific in each developmental stage and mechanism
Dose dependent
Produce death, growth retardation, malformation, or functional impairment
First trimester
Physical agents, teratogenic
Radiation
Hypoxia
Excessive carbon dioxide
Mechanical trauma
Maternal infection, teratogenic
TORCH: Toxoplasmosis Other agents Rubella Cytomegalovirus Herpes simplex
Hormones, teratogenic
Sex
Corticosteroids
Vitamin deficiencies, teratogenic
Riboflavin
Niacin
Folic acid
Vitamin E
Chemotherpay drugs, teratogenic
Treating malignancies
Antibiotics, teratogenic
Mitomycin
Dactinomycin
Puromycin