GPHT LEC - Inflammation Additional

Question 1

a local defect, or excavation, of the surface of an organ or tissue that is produced by the sloughing (shedding) of inflamed necrotic tissue

Answer 1

Ulcer

Question 2

Ulceration only occurs (2)

Answer 2

when there is tissue necrosis and resultant inflammation exist on or near a surface.

Question 3

ulcers are common in:

Answer 3

mouth, stomach, intestines, genitourinary tract, the skin

Question 4

In what type of ulcer does both acute and chronic inflammation occur?

Answer 4

peptic ulcers

Question 5

Special types of inflammation

combination of necrosis and bacterial infection

Answer 5

gangrenous or necrotising

Question 6

Accumulation of fluid in bodily cavities is called

Answer 6

effusion

Question 7

Pus accumulates in preformed cavities:

Answer 7

empyema

Question 8

The surface epithelium becomes necrotic  plasma exudates from the submucosal vessels onto the necrotic surface, its fibrinogen content coagulates, and encloses the necrotic epithelium  pseudomembrane

what type of inflammation according to location

Answer 8

pseudomembrane