Inflammation Flashcards
1
Q
inflammation
A
the body’s response to injury
2
Q
acute inflammation
A
- aims to remove injurious agent
- occurs before specific body defences are activated
3
Q
chronic inflammation
A
progressive/ongoing acute inflammation
4
Q
innate immunity
A
inflammation needed to eliminate pathogens and cell debris
5
Q
purpose of inflammation
A
- destroys, dilutes or neutralises agent
- stimulates immune response
- cleans up dead tissue and debris
- enables healing
- can also injure normal tissue
6
Q
stimuli that cause inflammation
A
- infections
- physical agents
- chemical agents
- tissue necrosis
- foreign bodies
- immune reactions
