Pathology Flashcards
NECROSIS
Where do the following types of necrosis occur in the body?
Liquifactive
Fat
Gangrenous
Caesiating
Coagulative
Liquifactive - brain
Fat - pancreas
Gangrenous - limb and GI
Caesiating - TB
Coagulative - kidney, heart, adrenals, hypoxic
What type of epithelium lines the following structures:
Uterus
Fallopian tubes
Ovaries
Endocervix
Vagina
Ureter
Bladder
Uterus and Fallopian tubes and endocervix - columnar
Ovaries - cuboidal
Vagina - squamous
Ureter - transitional
Bladder - transitional
What is hypertrophy, hyperplasia, dysplasia, metaplasia
Hypertrophy - increase in cell size
Hyperplasia - increase in cell number
Dysplasia - change from healthy cell to bad cell
Metaplasia - change from one cell type to the next. REVERSIBLE
Atrophy - decrease in cell size
What are the 4 features of dysplasia
Abnormal cell size - anisocytosis
Abnormal cell shape - piokilocytosis
Pigmentation - hyperchromatism
Evidence of division - miotic figures