LEC3 - CELLULAR ADAPTATION Flashcards

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are reversible changes in the number,
size, phenotype, metabolic activity or functions of cells in response to changes in their environment.

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Adaptations

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Adaptations are reversible changes in the _______ of
cells in response to changes in their environment.

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number,
size,
phenotype,
metabolic activity or functions

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2 types of adaptations

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◆ Physiologic adaptations
◆ Pathologic adaptations

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An adaptation to stress can progress
to functionally significant __
if the stress is not relieved

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cell injury

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Represent responses of cells to normal stimulation by hormones or endogenous chemical mediators.

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Physiologic Adaptations

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a physiologic adaptation that induced enlargement of the breast and uterus during pregnancy, this is mainly because of ___

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Hormone

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Responses to stress that allow cells to modulate their structure and function.

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 Pathologic Adaptations

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is an increase in the size of cells
resulting in increase in the size of the organ

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Hypertrophy

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form of adaptation wherein there’s increased cell and organ size

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Hypertrophy

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Hypertrophy

induced by growth factors produced in response to ___ or ___

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mechanical stress or other stimuli

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what are the causes of increase of the size of the cell or known as hypertrophy

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PHYSIOLOGIC CELLULAR HYPERTROPHY
PATHOLOGIC CELLULAR HYPERTROPHY

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the type of hypertrophy which is one of the example is

the Increased workload in the striated muscle cells in both skeletal and heart

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Physiologic Cellular Hypertrophy

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the type of hypertrophy which is one of the example is

Cardiac enlargement that occurs with hypertension or aortic valve disease

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Pathologic Cellular Hypertrophy

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a lot of number of genes that will stimulate the number of growth factors

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transduction pathway

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the causes of the increase in number of cells in Physiologic Cellular Hypertrophy

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induced by growth factors that stimulates cell protein

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Hypertrophy can be physiologic or pathologic and is
caused either by ____or ____

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increased functional demand or by growth factor or hormonal stimulation

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what is the common pathologic cellular hypertrophy __

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cardiac enlargement

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what are the mechanical stressors causing cardiac enlargement

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hypertension

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The type of reversible injury is

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ischemia

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the type of irreversible injury is ___.

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ischemic coagulative necrosis

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the normal ventricular wall’s thickness is ___ cm

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1-1.5

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to confirm myocardial hypertrophy, we will use an enzyme substrate that colors viable myocardium.

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Triphenyltetrazolium chloride

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Triphenyltetrazolium chloride will color the myocardium as colored ____ signifying viable cells

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magenta

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using Triphenyltetrazolium chloride enzyme substrate, how will you know if the cells are already dead

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Failure to stain is due to enzyme loss after cell
death.

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➔ Increased cell numbers in response to hormones and other growth factors
HYPERPLASIA
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2 causes of HYPERPLASIA
hormones growth factors
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occurs in tissues whose cells are able to divide or contain abundant tissue STEM CELLS
HYPERPLASIA
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TWO TYPES OF PHYSIOLOGIC HYPERPLA
HORMONAL HYPERPLASIA COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA
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exemplified by the proliferation of the glandular epithelium of the female breast at puberty and during pregnancy
HORMONAL HYPERPLASIA
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residual tissue grows after removal or loss of part of an organ.
COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA
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COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA is usually happens in what organ
liver
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weight of liver
1200-1500 grams. 2% of the body mass
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a type of hyperplasia that has Excessive hormonal or growth factor stimulation
PATHOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA
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example of PATHOLOGIC HYPERPLASIA
● Endometrial hyperplasia - causes bleeding ● Benign prostatic hyperplasia - thickening ● Papillomaviruses - growth factor causing warth
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Shrinkage in the size of the cell by the loss of cell substance
ATROPHY
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ATROPHY Decreased cell and organ size as a result of ___ and ___
decreased nutrient supply or disuse
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Associated with decreased synthesis and increased proteolytic breakdown of cellular organelles.
ATROPHY
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CAUSES OF ATROPHY
➔ Decreased Workload ➔ Loss of Innervation, ➔ Diminished Blood Supply, ➔ Inadequate Nutrition, ➔ Loss of Endocrine Stimulation, ➔ Aging (Senile Atrophy)
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MECHANISMS OF ATROPHY
combination of decreased protein synthesis and increased protein degradation in cells.
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in the increase degradation of the cell during the atrophy. The degradation of cellular proteins occurs mainly by the _____
ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
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a fragmentation of the protein in the cytosol
ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
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why do decreasing of protein syntheis and increase of protein degradation happens in atrophy?
◦ Protein synthesis decreases because of reduced metabolic activity. ◦ The degradation of cellular proteins occurs mainly by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. ◦ increased autophagy
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is a reversible change in which one adult cell type (epithelial or mesenchymal) is replaced by another adult cell type.
METAPLASIA
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response to chronic irritation that makes cells better able to withstand the stress
METAPLASIA
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usually induced by altered differentiation pathway of tissue stem cells
METAPLASIA
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METAPLASIA may result to
reduce functions increase propensity for malignant transformation
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2 types of METAPLASIA
EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA and MESENCHYMAL METAPLASIA
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occurs in epithelium exposed to mechanical trauma or chronic irritation of prolonged inflammation
EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA
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EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA causes
mechanical trauma chronic irritation of prolonged inflammation prolonged vitamin A deficiency
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EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA prolonged vitamin A deficiency most commonly leading to replacement of columnar cells by ___
stratified squamous epithelium
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the epithelial metaplasia that occurs upon the lack of vitamin A causing the replacement of columnar cells by stratified squamous epithelium are usually seen in what part of the body
respiratory passages, linings of gland ducts mucosal lining of endocervix
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what are being replaced in mesenchymal metaplasia?
fibroblast
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occurring in connective tissues whereby fibroblasts are transformed into more highly differentiated forms
MESENCHYMAL METAPLASI
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MESENCHYMAL METAPLASIA ➔ occurring in connective tissues whereby fibroblasts are transformed into more highly differentiated forms such as __
osteoblasts, fat cells tissue macrophages
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according to the table hypertrophy is an increased in cell and organ size which often a response to _____
increase workload, induced by growth factors in response to mechanical stress or other stimuli
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according to the table, hyperplasia results in response to
growth factors and hormones
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The intracellular accumulations may be located in
-Cytoplasm -Within organelles (typically lysosomes) -In the nucleus, -May be synthesized by the affected cells or may be produced elsewhere.
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MECHANISM / PATHWAYS OF ABNORMAL INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATIONS
Inadequate removal of a normal substance secondary to defects in mechanisms of packaging and transport Accumulation of an abnormal endogenous substance Failure to degrade a metabolite Deposition and accumulation of an abnormal exogenous substance
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as a result of genetic or acquired defects in its folding,
Accumulation of an abnormal endogenous substance
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causes of Accumulation of an abnormal endogenous substance
defects in folding, packaging, transport, or secretion
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the defect in protein folding, packaging, transport, or secretion results to what type of mutation
α1-antitrypsin
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Failure to degrade a metabolite is due to ___
due to inherited enzyme deficiencies
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Failure to degrade a metabolite The resulting disorders are called ___
storage diseases
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Accumulation of carbon or silica particles
Deposition and accumulation of an abnormal exogenous substance
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Deposition and accumulation of an abnormal exogenous substance what might be the cause
ingestion of indigestible food due to carbon or silica particles
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ABNORMAL INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION
➔ Fatty Change (Steatosis) ➔ Accumulation of proteins ➔ Pigments
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refers to any abnormal accumulation of triglycerides within parenchymal cells
Fatty change
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FATTY CHANGE (STEATOSIS) may also occur in ___ aside from liver
heart, skeletal muscle, kidney, and other organs.
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Causes of Steatosis
toxins, protein malnutrition, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or anoxia
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Common causes of fatty change in the liver (fatty liver)
Alcohol abuse and diabetes
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alter mitochondrial and SER function
HEPATOTOXINS (ALCOHOL)
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inhibit fatty acid oxidation
HEPATOTOXINS (ALCOHOL)
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decrease the synthesis of apoproteins
CCl4 AND PROTEIN MALNUTRITION
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ANOXIA
inhibits fatty acid oxidation
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increases fatty acid mobilization
STARVATION
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what are the factors or conditions that can affect fatty change
HEPATOTOXINS (ALCOHOL) CCl4 AND PROTEIN MALNUTRITION ANOXIA STARVATION ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN THE HEPATOCYTE CHOLESTEROL AND CHOLESTERYL ESTER
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ACCUMULATION OF FAT IN THE HEPATOCYTES causes
➔ Increased uptake of triglycerides ➔ Decreased use of fat by cells. ➔ Overproduction of fat in cells. ➔ Decreased secretion of fat from the cells
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INTRACELLULAR PROTEIN
Mallory Body, or “Alcoholic Hyalin Neurofibrillary tangle (NFTs) Eosinophilic Russel bodies
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Is an eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cells that is highly characteristic of alcoholic liver disease
Mallory Body, or “Alcoholic Hyalin,"
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what is the effect of mallory body
Damaged intermediate filaments within the hepatocytes
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Are aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau protein (proteins that stabilize microtubules) that are most commonly known as a primary marker of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurofibrillary tangle (NFTs)
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Neurofibrillary tangle (NFTs) are found in what patients
Found in the brain in Alzheimer disease aggregated protein inclusion.
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Immunoglobulins that may occurs in the RER of some plasma cells found in the peripheral areas of tumor
Eosinophilic Russel bodies
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Glycogen accumulates in ___
renal tubular epithelium, cardiac myocytes, β cells of the islets of Langerhans
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Excessive intracellular deposits of glycogen are associated with abnormalities in the metabolism of either ___ or ___
glucose or glycogen
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Glycogen also accumulates within cells in a group of closely related genetic disorders collectively referred to as _______, or glycogenoses
glycogen storage diseases
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2 types of PIGMENTS
Endogenous pigments Exogenous pigments
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a pigment that are produced within the tissue to serve a physiological function, or may be byproducts of normal metabolism.
Endogenous pigments
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a pigment that are consist of foreign materials, usually minerals introduced to the body thru air, food, medication and injections
Exogenous pigments
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3 category of endogenous pigments
hematogenous or blood-derived pigments nonhematogenous endogenous minerals
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hematogenous or blood-derived pigment examples
hemosiderin, hemoglobin, bile pigment
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nonhematogenous examples
such as melanin, lipofuscin and chromaffin
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endogenous minerals\ exampls
(such as iron, calcium and copper
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a exogenous pigment that is appearing as jet black pigments in lung sections and bronchial glands of chronic smokers
Carbon
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Aggregates of the pigment blacken the draining lymph nodes and pulmonary parenchyma (_____)
anthracosis
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EXOGENOUS PIGMENT Heavy accumulations may induce emphysema or a fibroblastic reaction that can result in a serious lung disease called
coal workers' pneumoconiosis
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an endogenous, brown-black pigment that is synthesized by melanocytes located in the epidermis and acts as a screen against harmful ultraviolet radiation.
MELANIN
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are the only source of melanin
melanocytes
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basal keratinocytes in the skin can accumulate the pigment (e.g., in -_____)
freckles
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is a hemoglobin-derived granular pigment that is golden yellow to brown and accumulates in tissues when there is a local or systemic excess
HEMOSIDERIN
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a lack of melanin is called as
vitiligo
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s a hemoglobin-derived granular pigment that is golden yellow to brown and accumulates in tissues when there is a local or systemic excess of iron.
HEMOSIDERIN
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hemosiderin is Identified by its staining reaction (blue color) with the _____
Prussian blue dye
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2 types of hemosiderin
HEMOSIDEROSIS HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOS
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a type of hemosiderin wherein there's an accumulation of iron primarily within tissue macrophages & is NOT associated with tissue damage
HEMOSIDEROSIS
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hemosiderin extensive accumulation within parenchymal cells, which leads to tissue damage, scarring & organ dysfunction
HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS
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HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS extensive accumulation within parenchymal cells, which leads to ________
tissue damage, scarring & organ dysfunction
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WEAR AND TEAR PIGMENT
LIPOFUSCIN
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is an insoluble brownish-yellow granular intracellular material that accumulates in a variety of tissues (particularly the heart, liver, and brain) as a function of age or atrophy
LIPOFUSCIN OR “WEAR AND TEAR PIGMENT”
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LIPOFUSCIN OR “WEAR AND TEAR PIGMENT” is an insoluble brownish-yellow granular intracellular material that accumulates in a variety of tissues (particularly the ___, ___ , ______) as a function of age or atrophy
heart, liver, and brain
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➔ It is not injurious to the cell but is a marker of past free radical injury.
LIPOFUSCIN OR “WEAR AND TEAR PIGMENT”
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lipofuscin The brown pigment , when present in large amounts, imparts an appearance to the tissue that is called ____.
brown atrophy
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Lipofuscin is a function of
age or atrophy
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Lipofuscin, where it came from?
from the free radical that catalyzed peroxidation of polyunsaturated lipids
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CALCIFICATION Abnormal deposition of calcium salts, together with smaller amounts of ___,___, and other minerals
iron, magnesium
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types of CALCIFICATION
1. Metastatic Calcification 2. Dystrophic Calcification
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a calcification where the deposition occurs in dead or dying tissues
DYSTROPHIC
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it occurs in the absence of calcium metabolic derangements in calcium metabolism (with normal serum levels of calcium).
DYSTROPHIC
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deposition of calcium salts in normal tissues ➔ always reflects some derangement in calcium metabolism (hypercalcemia)
METASTATIC
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Dystrophic calcification is encountered in areas of _____ of any type
necrosis
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DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION It is virtually inevitable in the atheromas of advanced ___
atherosclerosis
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2 type of mechanism of THE PATHOGENESIS OF DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION
➔ Initiation (or nucleation) ➔ Propagation
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The ultimate end product of calcification is the formation of
crystalline calcium phosphate
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Initiation of calcification in extracellular sites occurs in
membrane bound
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Initiation of intracellular calcification occurs in the ____of dead or dying cells that have lost their ability to regulate intracellular calcium
mitochondria
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FOUR MAJOR CAUSES OF HYPERCALCEMIA
INCREASED SECRETION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE DESTRUCTION OF BONE VITAMIN D RELATED DISORDER RENAL FAILURE
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Due to either primary parathyroid tumors or production of parathyroid hormone-related protein by other malignant tumors
INCREASED SECRETION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE
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example of DESTRUCTION OF BONE disease
Paget disease
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Tumors in the destruction of bone are seen in what conditions
Increased bone catabolism associated with multiple myeloma, leukemia, or diffuse skeletal metastases
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VITAMIN D RELATED DISORDERS
➔ Vitamin D intoxication ➔ Sarcoidosis (in which macrophages activate a vitamin D precursor)
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the most common reason of hypercalcemia
Phosphate retention leads to secondary hyperparathyroidism
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among the type of metastatic calcification, which one is irreversible
dystrophic
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causes of dystrohpc
aging or damaged heart valves (atrophy )
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cause of metastatic
hypercalcemia
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Regardless of the site, calcium salts are seen on gross examination as ___, often felt as gritty deposits.
fine white granules or clumps
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dystrophic calcification is common in areas of
caseous necrosis in tuberculosis
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in dystrophic, sometimes a tuberculous lymph node is essentially converted to +____
radiopaque stone
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on histologic examination, the dystrophic calcification appears as
intracellular and or extracellular basophilic deposits
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metastatic calcification principally affects which organs
interstitial tissues of the vasculature, kidneys, lungs, and gastric mucosa
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the massive deosite of calcium salts in metastatic calcification in the kidney is called as
nephrocalcinosis
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what depositions of of materials in cells which are being the result of excessive intake or defective transport or catabolism
depositions of lipids depositions of cholesterol depositions of proteins depositions of glycogen depositions of pigments
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depositions of protein is caused by
reabsorbed proteins in the kidney presence of immunoglobulin in plasma cells
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cause of depositions of glycogen
due to the break down of glycogen caused by lysosomal enzymes (glycogen storage disease)
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