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3 ways that cells respond to injury

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(1) Reversible cell injury: mild or short lived change (ride it out)
(2) Cellular adaption: persistent sub-lethal (adapt)
(3) Necrosis/Apoptosis: severe or prolonged (cell death)

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What are 2 of the characteristics of Reversible Cell Injury

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(1) Hydropic swelling
(2) Intracellular accumulations

*Cell returns to normal following removal of stress

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Characteristics of Hydropic Swelling

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  • Large pale cytoplasm
  • Dilated ER
  • Swollen mitochondria
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Causes of Hydropic Swelling

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  • Malfunction of Na+/K+ pump
  • Lack of ATP
  • Water accumulation
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Define Intracellular Accumulations

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Accumulations of materials that cells cannot immediately use or dispose of

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In what part of the cell does Intracellular Accumulation occur?

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Accumulates in cytoplasm (lysosomes) or nucleus

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3 categories of Substances in Intracellular Accumulations

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(1) Normal body substances in abnormally large amounts
(2) Abnormal endogenous products
(3) Exogenous products

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Define Accumulation of Normal Components

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Substance produced at a rate exceeding metabolism or removal

Example: Fatty liver due to intracellular accumulation of triglycerides

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Causes of Accumulation of Normal Components

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  • Starvation
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Disruption of hepatic metabolism of lipids (eg. alcoholism)
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Causes of Genetic Disorders of Metabolism

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  • Normal enzyme replaced with abnormal enzyme
  • Substance formed can’t be used or eliminated
  • Enzyme may be missing (intermediate accumulates)
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Endogenous Pigment Accumlation

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  • Icterus (Jaundice): accumulation of bilirubin

- Lipofuscin: indigestible residues during normal turnover of cellular structures

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Substances of Exogenous Pigment Accumulation

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  • Carbon
  • Lead
  • Tattoos
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Characteristics of Cellular Adaptation

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  • Adapt to changes in internal environment
  • Change in Size, Number, and Type of Cell
  • Singly & Combination
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Cellular Adaption can lead to…

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  • Atrophy
  • Hypertrophy
  • Hyperplasia
  • Metaplasia
  • Dyplasia
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Define Atrophy

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Decrease in cell size

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Causes of Atrophy

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  • Disuse
  • Denervation
  • Loss of endocrine stimulation
  • Inadequate nutrition
  • Ischemia
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Define Hypertrophy

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Increase in cell size and functional mass

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Causes of Hypertrophy

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Due to normal physiology (eg. exercise) or abnormal pathology

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Pathologic causes of Hypertrophy

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  • Adaptive: thickening (changes) to maintain function

- Compensatory: after removal of portion (kidney donor; remaining kidney will increase in size)

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Define Hyperplasia

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Increase in the number of cells

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What are they only cells that are capable of Hyperplasia

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Only cells capable of mitosis

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2 types of stimuli that can cause Hyperplasia

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(1) Physiological stimuli: hormonal or compensatory

(2) Non-physiologic stimuli: excess hormonal or growth factor stimulation

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Define Metaplasia

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Conversion of one cell type to another

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Metaplasia is normally due to…

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Normally due to chronic irritation and inflammation

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True or False: In Metaplasia, conversion of the cell can occur outside the primary group
False: Conversion of a cell is never outside the primary group
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Define Dyplasia
Deranged (disorderly) cell growth
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Characteristics (symptoms) of minor Dysplasia
Minor chronic irritation and inflammation
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Where/What cells is Dysplasia most frequently seen?
Frequent in metaplastic squamous epithelium or the respiratory tract and cervix
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What is an implication of Dysplasia
Implicated as a precursor to Cancer (not always)
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Causes of Necrosis
Ischemia or Toxic inury
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Characteristics of Necrosis
Cell rupture (spilling of contents), which leads to Inflammation - Unregulated enzymatic digestion of cell components, loss of membrane integrity
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4 Types of Necrosis
(1) Coagulative necrosis (2) Liquefactive necrosis (3) Fat necrosis (4) Caseous necrosis
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What is the most common of Necrosis
Coagulative necrosis
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Coagulative necrosis leads to...
- Loss of plasma membrane integrity - Influx of calcium, mitochondrial dysfunction - Degradation of plasma membrane and nucleus (creates dry and hard tissue)
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Define Liquefactive necrosis
Quick dissolution of dead cells - Liquefied area of lysosomal enzymes and dissolved tissue
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Where does Liquefactive necrosis mainly occur?
Occurs in areas with very little connective tissue (eg. Brain)
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Define Fat necrosis
Death of adipose tissue - Releases fat into the body
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Define Caseous necrosis
Lung tissue damaged by tuberculosis
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What does Caseous necrosis looks like?
Looks like curdled milk (cottage cheese)
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3 Types of Gangrene
(1) Dry Gangrene (2) Moist Gangrene (3) Gas Gangrene
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Characteristics of Dry Gangrene
- Affected area becomes dry and shrinks - Color change to dark brown/black - Slow spread - Line of demarcation
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Characteristics of Moist Gangrene
- Area is cold, swollen, and pulseless - Skin is moist, black and under tension - Blebs (large flaccid vesicle) on surface - liquefaction - Foul odor - No line of demarcation
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Gas Gangrene is caused by what bacteria?
Clostridium bacterium
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How does Clostridium bacterium cause Gas Gangrene?
- Bacterial toxins dissolve membranes; as a result hydrogen sulfide gas is produced
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Where can Clostridium bacterium be found
Normally found in soil
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Define Apoptosis
Cell suicide; a response to injury that triggers intracellular signaling cascades
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True or False: In Apoptosis cellular rupture occurs?
False: No cellular rupture occurs. Instead cell shrinks and is then carried away by phagocytosis.
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True or False: Apoptosis is not always pathologic
True: Apoptosis if not always pathogenic. Apoptosis is part of normal development
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Apoptosis is activated by...
Activated by Endogenous enzymes
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Characteristics of Apoptosis
- Cell shrinkage: causing condensation of organelles - DNA disruption: cleavage between nucleosomes - Nucleus and fragment into membrane covered apoptotic bodies - Changes to membrane signal phagocytes
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Causes of cell injury and death
(1) Lack of oxygen and nutrients (2) Infection and immune responses (3) Chemicals (4) Physical and mechanical factors
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Define Hypoxia
- Lack of Oxygen | - Inability to produce ATP by oxidative phosphorylation
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Define Ischemia
Interruption of blood flow to an area (lack of nutrients, oxygen, immune cells)
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True or False: Ischemia is the most common cause of Hypoxia
True
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Causes of Hypoxia
- Ischemia - Inadequate oxygen in air - Respiratory disease - Anemia - Edema - Inability of cells to use oxygen
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Hypoxia causes...
- Causes oxidative metablosim to cease - Causes cell to begin anaerobic metabolism - Causes Na/K and Ca pump to stop - Causes cellular power failure - Causes cellular pH to fall; resulting in an alteration in chromatin structure and cytoskeleton
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Nutritional Injury
- Caused by excess or deficienty in nutrients (minerals, vitamins, fatty acids, amino acids) - Body required 60+ organic and inorganic substances - Total deficit (starvation) or a single item
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Infectious and Immunologic injury is due to...
Due to biologic agents - Diverse injury mechanisms
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Why are biologic agents "worse"? (Infectious & Immunologic injury)
Biologic agents are worse because they are able to replicate and continue producting injurois effects
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Examples of Chemical Injury
- Air, Water pollutants, Gases, Insecticides, Trace metals | - Drugs: alcohol, recreational adn therapeutic drigs
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Causes of Physical and Mechanical Injury
- Mechanical force - Temperature extremes - Electrical injuries - Radiation injury
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Define Mechanical Force
body impact with another object
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Temperature extremes
- Elevated: coaglulation of blood and tissue proteins - Depressed: increases blood viscosity and induced vasoconstriction - Freezing: ice crystals and vasoconstriction
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Electrical injuries
- Disruption of neural and cardiac impulses | - Hyperthermic tissue destruction
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Radiation injury
Gamma to Radio waves
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Ionizing radiation
Hits target molecules or creates free radicals - Above UV
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Non-Ionizing radiation
Vibration and rotation of atoms and molecules; heat production - Below UV
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UV radiation
Creates ROS (reactive oxygen species) to damage skin and T-T dimers
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Electrical injuries
- Disruption of neural and cardiac impulses | - Hyperthermic tissue destruction
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Radiation injury
Gamma to Radio waves
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Ionizing radiation
Hits target molecules or creates free radicals | - Above UV
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Non-Ionizing radiation
Vibration and rotation of atoms and molecules; heat production - Below UV
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UV radiation
creates ROS (reactive oxygen species) to damage skin and T-T dimers

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