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Inflammation Flashcards

1
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______ are generated by intrinsic oxidases in ER of cells and in PMNs, also by radiation

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Free radicals

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______ chemically damage proteins, DNA, RNA, and trigger lipid peroxidation in cell membranes

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Free radicals

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2O2- + 2H+ -> H2O2 + O2- (catalyzed by ______)

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superoxide dismutase

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2ŸOH + 2GSH -> 2H2O + GSSG (catalyzed by _______)

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glutathione peroxidase

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Acute or chronic inflammation? Dilation and increased flow, increased permeability resulting in transudate or exudate

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Acute

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Acute or chronic inflammation? Duration of days

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Acute

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Acute or chronic inflammation? Onset over the course of days

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Chronic

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Acute or chronic inflammation? Sentinel/local cells in the tissue

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Chronic

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Acute phase cell(s)

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Neutrophils

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Cell adaptation: decrease in size and functional capacity of the cell

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atrophy

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Cell adaptation: increase in number of cells in a tissue

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hyperplasia

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Cell adaptation: increase in size of cell to enable increase in cell function

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hypertrophy

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13
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Cell adaptation: replacement of one type of tissue with another in response to injury

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metaplasia

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14
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Cell death by _____ tends to affect scattered, individual cells

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apoptosis

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15
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Chemical species with an unpaired electron

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Free radicals

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16
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Chronic phase cell(s)

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Macrophages, lymphocytes, (eosinophils)

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17
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Eicosanoids are ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand;WBCs, platelets, and endothelial cells

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18
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eNOS are ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand; endothelial cells

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19
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Fe2+ + H2O2 -> Fe3+ + ŸOH + OH-

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Fenton Reaction

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20
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Five cardinal signs of injury

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redness, swelling, pain, heat, loss of function

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21
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Fragmentation of nuclei is also known as ______.

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karyorrhexis

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22
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H2O2 -> O2 + 2H2O (catalyzed by ______)

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Catalase

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23
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H2O2 + O2- -> ŸOH + OH- + O2

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Haber-Weiss Reaction

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24
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Hagemen Factor activates _____ (3)

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Thrombin/Coagulation pathway, plasmin, and Kallikrein pathway

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Histamine is _________ (pre-formed/synthesized on demand)

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pre-formed

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26
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Histamine is found in ________.

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Platelets, mast cells, basophils

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27
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In ______, chromosomal DNA reflects nonspecific degradative smear of DNA fragments

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necrosis

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28
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In hypoxia, _________ is proteolytically converted to xanthine _______, which produces oxygen radicals

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xanthine dehydrogenase; oxidase

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29
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Inflammatory reaction characterized by accumulation of modified macrophages (epithelioid cells), giant cells, lymphocytes, and occasional plasma cells

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Granulomatous infection

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30
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iNOS are ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand; endothelial cells, macrophages, and smooth muscle

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31
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nNOS are ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand; neural parenchyma

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32
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Nucleus shrinks and chromatin becomes deeply basophilic and clumpy

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pyknosis

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33
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Outcomes of Acute Inflammation

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Complete resolution, scarring, abscess, progression to chronic inflammation

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34
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PAF is _________ (pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in _______.

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on demand; platelets, neutrophils, basophils, macrophages, mast cells, and endothelial cells

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35
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Pyknotic clumps are broken down and disappear in the process of _____.

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karyolysis

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36
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Reversible or irreversible? Activation of lysosomal enzymes

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Irreversible

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37
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Reversible or irreversible? Decrease in ATP

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Reversible

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38
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Reversible or irreversible? Decrease in Na pump activity

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Reversible

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39
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Reversible or irreversible? Decrease in protein synthesis

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Reversible

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40
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Reversible or irreversible? Decrease in tissue pH

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Reversible

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41
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Reversible or irreversible? DNA and protein degradation

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Irreversible

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42
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Reversible or irreversible? Increase in glycolysis

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Reversible

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43
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Reversible or irreversible? Increase in intracellular calcium concentration

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Irreversible

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44
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ROS are ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand; leukocytes and macrophages

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45
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Serotonin is _________ (pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in _______.

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pre-formed; platelets

46
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TNF is ________(pre-formed/synthesized on demand) and found in ________

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on demand; macrophages, lymphocytes, and mast cells

47
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Transudate or Exudate? Caused by increase in hydrostatic pressure or reduction in oncotic pressure

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Transudate

48
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Transudate or Exudate? Caused by inflammation

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Exudate

49
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Transudate or Exudate? High Fluid/Serum glucose concentration

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Exudate

50
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Transudate or Exudate? High Fluid/Serum LDH concentration

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Exudate

51
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Transudate or Exudate? High specific gravity

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Exudate

52
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Transudate or Exudate? Low Fluid/Serum protein ratio

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Transudate

53
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Transudate or Exudate? Low protein concentration

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Transudate

54
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Transudate or Exudate? WBCs present

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Exudate

55
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Type of necrosis classically seen in adipose tissue typically following acute pancreatits or trauma

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Fat necrosis

56
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Type of necrosis classically seen in the heart following a myocardial infarction

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coagulative

57
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Type of necrosis seen only in tuberculosis, characterized by white, chalky lymph nodes

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Caseous

58
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Type of necrosis that is common in brain and spleen, and with acute infection

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liquefactive

59
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Type of necrosis: dead cell dissolves away as lysosomal hydrolases digest cellular components

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Liquefactive

60
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Type of necrosis: dead cell remains a ghost-like remnant of former self

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coagulative

61
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Type of necrosis: fats are hydrolyzed into free fatty acids which precipitate with calcium to produce chalky gray material

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Fat necrosis

62
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What appearance of inflammation? Dominated by neutrophils in an non-confined space

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Fibrinopurulent Exudate

63
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What appearance of inflammation? Epithelioid cells and giant cells usually within parenchyma

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Granuloma

64
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What appearance of inflammation? Newly formed cavity resulting from inflammatory cells within parenchyma/confined space

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Abscess

65
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What appearance of inflammation? Occurs in skin, characterized by neutrophils then mononuclear cells

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Cellulitis

66
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What appearance of inflammation? Occurs within an anatomical space or cavity; characterized by neutrophils predominating early followed by macrophages and lymphocytes

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Empyema

67
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What are the four classes of chemokines?

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C-X-C; C-C; C; CX3C

68
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What are the three types of cytokines?

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interleukins, interferons, and chemokines

69
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What condition is characterized by hot, dry skin with cessation of sweating (usuall), lactic acidosis leading to rhabdomyolysis, necrosis of renal tubules (ATN), widespread intravascular coagulation (DIC), and multi-organ failure?

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Exertional Heat Stroke

70
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What condition is characterized by the following actions: cytoplasm swells, mitochondria and ER dilate, and there is blebbing of the plasma membrane/loss of membrane integrity?

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necrosis

71
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What condition is characterized by the following descriptors: cytoplasm is shrunken, membrane blebbing, nuclear DNA appears compacted and dense?

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apoptosis

72
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What condition is characterized by young, elderly, obese in hot humid weather, hot dry sking with respiratory alkalosis, hypotension, and coma?

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Classic Heat Stroke

73
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Which chemical mediator is activated via the Kallikrein pathway?

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Bradykinin

74
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Which chemical mediator is associated with activation of inflammatory cells (macrophages, T cells), interference with viral replication, and tumor defense?

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Interferons

75
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Which chemical mediator is associated with attracting lymphocytes?

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C Chemokines

76
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Which chemical mediator is associated with attracting macrophages, basophils, eosinophils, and lymphocytes?

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C-C Chemokines

77
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Which chemical mediator is associated with endothelial activation and fibroblast stimulation locally?

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TNF

78
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Which chemical mediator is associated with fever, anorexia, sleepiness, and liver effects systemically?

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TNF

79
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Which chemical mediator is associated with increasing vascular permeability and activating C3 to C3a?

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Plasmin (Fibrinolytic system)

80
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Which chemical mediator is associated with microbe damage, host tissue collateral damage, inactivation of antiproteases?

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ROS

81
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Which chemical mediator is associated with neurotransmitter release and blood flow regulation?

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nNOS

82
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Which chemical mediator is associated with neutrophil chemotaxis and activation?

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C-X-C Chemokines

83
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Which chemical mediator is associated with Pain signaling, vascular tone modulation, and vascular permeability modulation?

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Substance P

84
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Which chemical mediator is associated with smooth muscle contraction, increased vascular permeability, and mucous secretion followed by chemotaxis of WBCs?

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Histamine/Serotonin

85
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Which chemical mediator is associated with stopping bleeding vasoconstriction, chemotaxis/leukocyte activation, platelet acitvation, and bronchospasm?

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PAF

86
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Which chemical mediator is associated with vasodilation and reduced leukocyte/platelet adhesion?

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eNOS

87
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Which chemical mediator is associated with vasodilation, chemotaxis, and toxicity to microbes and neoplastic tissue?

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iNOS

88
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Which chemical mediator is associatied with vasodilation, increasing vascular permeability, bronchial contraction, and pain?

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Bradykinin

89
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Which chemical mediator is asssociated with attracting macrophages and T lymphocytes?

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CX3C Chemokines

90
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Which chemical mediator is derived from a membrane phospholipid modified by LPCAT?

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Platelet Activating Factor (PAF)

91
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Which chemical mediator is derived from arichidonic acid?

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Eicosanoids

92
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Which chemical mediator is inactivated by superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, cerluplasmin, and transferrin?

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ROS

93
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Which chemical mediator is preformed and associated with digestion of microbes/foreign material and chemotaxis?

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Stored Mediator Content

94
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Which chemical mediator is primarily synthesized on demand from macrophages and has similar function to TNF?

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Interleukins

95
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Which chemical mediator is released by nerve twigs

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Substance P

96
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Which chemical mediator is released in response to damage to endothelial cells and cytokines in response to tissue damage?

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ROS

97
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Which chemical mediator is released in response to in response to Antigen-IgE interaction, Tissue Injury, C5a-C3a interaction (anaphylatoxins), IL-1, IL-8?

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Histamine

98
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Which chemical mediator is released when there is platelet aggregation in response to collagen, thrombin, PAF, TXA2, etc.?

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Serotonin

99
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Which chemical mediator is secreted in response to bacterial endotoxin, immune complex, tissue injury, and other stimuli/mediators?

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TNF

100
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Which chemical mediator(s) is/are most responsible for systemic responses?

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TNF and IL-1

101
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Which eicosanoid chemical mediator is associated with increasing vascular permeability and chemotaxis?

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Leukotrienes

102
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Which eicosanoid chemical mediator is associated with vasoconstriction and promotion of platelet aggregation

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Thromboxanes

103
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Which eicosanoid chemical mediator is associated with vasodilation, inhibition of platelet aggregation, and uterine contraction?

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Prostaglandins

104
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Which liver-derived chemical mediator promotes formation of prostaglandins, cytokines, platelet activating factor, and nitric oxide?

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Thrombin (Coagulation system)

105
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Which NOS chemical mediator(s) is/are synthesized constitutively?

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nNOS, eNOS

106
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Which NOS chemical mediator(s) is/are synthesized in response to IL-1, TNF, interferon, and bacterial endotoxin?

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iNOS

107
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Which type of inflammation is characterized by “pus”?

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Fibrinopurulent

108
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Which type of inflammation is characterized by the following histologic features: abundant eosinophils?

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Eosinophilic

109
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Which type of inflammation is characterized by the following histologic features: mixed chronic inflammatory cells, necrotic centrally, or a foreign body present?

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Granulomatous

110
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Which type of inflammation is characterized by the following histologic features: PMNs, fibrin/blood products, and hemorrhage?

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Fibrinopurulent

111
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Which type of inflammation is characterized by walling off material or attempted digestion of non-digestible material?

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Granulomatous

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