Inflammation 03.11.23

Question 1

What are the 5 features of acute inflammation?

Answer 1

Redness
Heat
Swelling
Pain
Loss of function

Question 2

Which cells are the hallmark of inflammation?

Answer 2

Neutrophils

Question 3

What is a large group of neutrophils called?

Answer 3

Abscess

Question 4

Define granuloma

Answer 4

Aggregate of epithelioid histiocytes

Question 5

Define lymphoma

Answer 5

Cancer of the lymphatic system

Question 6

What disease can chronic inflammation cause? How?

Answer 6

Cancer, because chronic inflammation can cause metaplasia (when one type cell is replaced by a different type of cell), dysplasia (an increase in abnormal cell growth), carcinoma in situ (a group of abnormal cells which have not spread from the original site of formation) and then invasive carcinoma (abnormal group of cells which have spread from their site of origins)

Question 7

Is osteoarthritis a primarily inflammatory disease?

Answer 7

No, it is primarily a degenerative one

Question 8

Is rheumatoid arthritis a mainly inflammatory disease?

Answer 8

Yes!!! This is DIFFERENT from osteoarthritis