Inflammation I Flashcards
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What are the main causes of acute inflammation?
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Infection
Trauma
Foreign bodies
Immune reaction
Necrosis of any kind
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The main cell of acute inflammation is?
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The Neutrophil (polymorph)
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What are the 4 main responses to injury?
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Vascular changes
Cellular changes
Chemical mediators
Morphologic patterns
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What are the vascular changes in acute infammation?
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Changes in flow and vessel caliber
Vasodilation
First invloves arterioles then capillary beds
Mediated by histamine and Nitric oxide
Results in increased heat (calor) and increased redness/eyrthema (rubor)
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What, released from inflammatory cells, increase Selectin expression?
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Histmamine
Thrombin
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After inflammation, the endothelium becomes?
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More attractive
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