Healing Flashcards
Define healing
Body tissue replacement
Describe this tissue (2 points)
Destroyed
Lost
What is the destroyed lost tissue replaced by?
Living tissue
What are the 2 processes of healing?
Regeneration
Repair
Which tissues replace the destroyed lost tissue in Regeneration?
Similar
What are these tissues similar in?
Type
Which tissue replaces the destroyed lost tissue in Repair?
Granulation
What happens to this Granulation tissue?
Matures
What tissue does this Granuloma tissue mature into?
Scar
What is this process known as?
Scarring
What is healing done by in regeneration?
Fibrosis
When is healing by Fibrosis becomes inevitable?
When cells lack proliferative capacity
Which cells do not have the capacity to proliferate?
Surrounding cells
Describe these cells
Specialized
What are the 2 factors that determine which healing process of the destroyed lost tissue is used?
Cell type
Destruction/Intactness
Which organ’s cell type determines the healing process of the destroyed lost tissue used?
Damaged
The destruction/intactness of which organ’s structure determines the healing process of the destroyed lost tissue used?
Stromal frame work
According to what are cells classified?
Proliferative capacity
What are the 3 types of cells?
Liable
Stable
Permanent
Describe the chances of Regeneration of Liable cells
Excellent
What are Liable cells characterized by?
Continuous turn over
Describe the division of Liable cells
Programmed
Where are the liable cells found in? (3 points)
GIT
Urinary tract
Skin
What are the liable cells which are found in these 3 sites?
Surface epithelium
What are other 2 examples of Liable cells?
Lymphoid system
Haemopoietic system
Which cell that divide is an example of liable cells?
Stem
Describe the chances of Regeneration of Stable cells
Good
Describe the level of replication of Stable cells compared to Liable cells
Lower
Describe the division of Stable cells
Rapid
What do these Stable cells respond to in order to divide rapidly?
Injury
Describe the number of stem cells which are an example of Stable cells
Few
What is an example of a stable cell which can proliferate?
Mesenchymal cell
What are the 4 examples of Mesenchymal cell?
Smooth muscle cells
Endothelial cells
Fibroblasts
Osteoblasts
What are examples of organs in which their stable cells can regenerate? (3 points)
Liver
Endocrine glands
Renal tubular epithelium
Describe Permanent cells
Non-dividing
What cannot happen to Permanent cells if they are lost?
Replacement
What do Permanent cells lack so that they cannot be replaced if lost?
Proliferative capacity
What are examples of Permanent cells?
3 points
Adult neurons
Striated muscle cells
Lens cells
What is Angiogenesis known as?
Neovascularization
Define Angiogenesis
New blood vessels formation
Where are these new blood vessels formed in?
Adult
What are the new blood vessels formed from? (2 points)
Pre-existing ones
Endothelial precursor cells
What is the type of these blood vessels?
Capillaries
When does Angiogenesis occur in?
6 points
Wound healing Infarction healing Chronic inflammation Serofibrinous inflammation Thrombus Abscess
Describe the capillary surface
Granular
What is the color of the capillary surface?
Red
What happens to the capillary when touched?
Bleeds easily
How does the capillary feels like when touched?
Moist
What will also be newly formed alongside the capillaries?
Fibroblasts
What are the functions of Fibroblasts?
4 points
Migration
Proliferation
Deposition of extracellular matrix
Tissue remolding
What are the 2 fates of Angiogenesis?
Fibrosis
Scar
What are used to control Angiogenesis? (4 points)
Growth factors
Receptors
ECM proteins
Inhibitors
What are the ECM proteins considered as for Angiogenesis?
Regulators
What is skin wound healing an example of?
Regeneration and Repair Combination
What are the 2 types of skin wound healing?
First Intention
Second Intention
What is the First Intention known as?
Primary Union
Describe the wound in First Intention type?
3 points
Clean
Uninfected
Surgically incised
What are the edges/margins of the wound approximated by?
Surgical sutures
What are lost in the wound of the First Intention type? (2 points)
Cells
Tissues
Describe this loss in the First Intention type
Not much
What are the sequence of events of skin wound healing of the First type?
(4 points)
Initial Hemorrhage
Acute Inflammatory response
Epithelial changes
Organization
Describe the healing in the First Intention type
Rapid
What does this healing result in?
Scar
Describe this Scar (2 points)
Neat
Linear
What is the healing in the form of?
Granulation Tissue
Describe this Granulation tissue
Scanty
Describe the wound where this scanty granulation tissue is formed at
Incised
What is the wound filled with in initial hemorrhage?
Blood
What happens to the blood?
Clots