Key terms Flashcards
1
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Word ending in ‘asias
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- cell and tissue growth
- normal process
2
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Hyperplasia
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- number of cells increase
- size isn’t important
3
Q
Subleties
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- occurs in response to a stimulus
- will regress if stimulus withdrawn
4
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Hypertrophy
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- increase in cell size
- not cell number
5
Q
Atrophy
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- loss of size and/or number
- occurs with withdrawal of a stimulus
- hormonal or mechanical
6
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Metaplasia
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- reversible change from one mature cell type to another
- in response to some sort of injury
7
Q
Name a condition which is a good example of metaplasia
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- Barrett’s oesophagus
8
Q
Neoplasia
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- new growth without a stimulus
- may be benign, pre-malignant or malignant
9
Q
Dysplasia
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- disordered growth
10
Q
Carcinoma in situ
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- non- metastatic
11
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Malignancy
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- autonomous growth that has invaded beyond its normal location and had metastatic potential
12
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Stellate
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- likely to be malignant
- shaped like a star
