General concepts in pathology Flashcards
1
Q
What is pathology
A
study of disease
2
Q
What is disease
A
abnormality of cell/tissue structure and/or function
- loss of homeostasis
- combination of the causative agent and the body’s response to it
3
Q
how may pathology be divided?
A
- general: disease causes and processes in general
- systemic: general processes occuring in each system
4
Q
What does pathology encompass?
A
- causes (aetiology)
- mechanisms (pathogenesis)
- nature of disease
- complications (sequelae)
5
Q
What are the main broad tissue types?
A
- epthialial
- connective tissue
- haemato-lymphoid
- neuro-glial
- melanocytic
- germ cell
6
Q
How may epithelial tissue be sub-characterized?
A
- squamous
- glandular
- solid organs
7
Q
How may connective tissue be sub-characterized?
A
- fibrous
- blood vessel
- fat
- muscle
- bone
- cartilage
8
Q
Atrophy
A
decrease in number or size
9
Q
Hyperplasia
A
increase in number
10
Q
hypertrophy
A
increase in size
11
Q
metaplasia
A
abnormal change
12
Q
dysplasia
A
different from original
13
Q
VITAMIN CDEF
A
- vascular
- infective/inflammatory
- traumatic
- autoimmune
- metabolic
- iatrogenic/idiopathic
- neoplastic
- congenital
- degenerative/developmental
- environmental
- functional
