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Epithelial Defects and Disease Flashcards

1
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What are Pathologists?

A

Physicians that study disease processes of diagnosis

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2
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What surgical method is used to test disease histology?

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Biopsy

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3
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What happens in squamous cell carcinoma?

A

Squamous cells invade into the dermis

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4
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What is necrosis?

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Tissue degeneration

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5
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What are most common cancers in women?

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Breast
Lung
Colorectal

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6
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What are the most common cancers in male?

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Prostate
Lung
Colorectal

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What is Dysplasia?

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Increase number of cell mitoses in epithelial tissue

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Whar can Dysplasia lead to?

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Neoplasms

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What is Metaplasia?

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Tissue adapts to enviromental stimula by cell diffrentiation

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10
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Where does Metaplasia most commonly occur?

A

Epithelial Tissue

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What is Neoplasia?

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Cells permenantly transforming and proliferating to form neoplasms

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12
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What is a Neoplastic Lump?

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Tumour

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What are 2 Main types of Neoplasms?

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Benign

Malignant

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What are Malignant Neoplasms?

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Cells grow abnormally and invade in surround tissue causing damage and destruction

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What is the term used to describe cells detaching to form a secondary tumour?

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Metastis

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16
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What is the term for when Tumours grow their own blood vessels?

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Angiogenesis

17
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What are the 3 differentiations of Malignant tumours?

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Well different
Poorly different
Anaplastic

18
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What is well differentiated malignant neoplasm?

A

Closely resemble tissue of origin

19
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What is Poorly differentiated malignant neoplasm?

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Passing resemble of tissue of origin

20
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What is Anaplastic malignant neoplasm?

A

No resemblance to tissue of origin

21
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What are Benign neoplasms on surface of epithelium called?

A

Adenomas

22
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What are Malignant tumours on epithelium called?

A

Carcinomas

23
Q

What can Dysplasia cause to Smokers?

A

Cough - dry and chemical effects of smoke paralyse cilia

24
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What can Metaplasia do to smokers?

A

Eliminates moisturising and cleaning properties

25
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What can Anaplasia cause to smokers?

A

Lung cancer

26
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What is Atherosclerosis?

A

Thickening and inelasticity of artery walls

27
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What is Dermatopathology?

A

Wide range of disease patterns on the skin

28
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What is Non-specific dermatitis? how is it caused?

A

Eczema and vesicles form in epidermis erupt with yellow fluid, due to fluid accumulation between epidermal cells

29
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What is Chronic dermatitis?

A

Repeated trauma on skin causing thick opaque scale of surface keratin

30
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What skin layers does Chronic dermatitis effect?

A

Stratum spinosum and granulosum

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