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Pathology Flashcards

1
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Pathogenesis is defined as…

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The sequence of events from a healthy state to clinical disease

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Some sequelae of coronary artery thromobosis are?

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Myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, ischaemia, angina, heart failure

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3
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Physical characteristics of inflammation include…

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Redness, heat, swelling, pain, loss of function

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4
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Redness and heat assoc with inflammation is due to…

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Vasodilation within the damaged area, causing increased blood flow and as a result skin temperature

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5
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Necrosis is defined as…

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(premature) Cell death

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6
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Apoptosis is defined as…

It is useful because…

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Programmed cell death

Get rid of damaged, dead cells and debris

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7
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Resolution is complete restoration of inflamed tissue. Factors favouring this include…

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Minimal cell death/damage
Occurrence in an organ/tissue with good regenerative capacity
Short duration/rapid destruction of causal agent

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8
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Suppuration is…

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The formation of pus, made up of living cells, dying cells, dead neutrophils, debris and bacteria

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9
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Organisation of tissues after inflammation is their replacement by _____ tissue

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Granulation

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10
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Describe how granulation tissue is formed?

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Capillaries grow into the inflammatory exudate with macrophages and fibroblasts
Angiogenesis, fibroblast proliferation and collagen synthesis (forms scars) occurs
Processes regulated by GFs (TNF, EGF)

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11
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Permanent cells are more susceptible to mutations. True/False?

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False

Dividing cells are more susceptible - e.g. skin, gut, bone, hair cells

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12
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p53 is important in DNA repair. What does it do?

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Recognises a base pair sequence alteration and triggers cell death when the DNA is damaged

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13
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Free radicals are dangerous to membrane integrity. What do they do?

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Lipid peroxidation - bind to lipids and reduce their solubility
Broccoli and cabbage have high anti-oxidants that scavenge and destroy free radicals

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14
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An example of an area where colliquative necrosis would occur?

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Brain

Liquid myelin sheath of nerve fibres remains after brain substance dies

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15
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An example of caseous necrosis?

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Tuberculosis

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16
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An example of an area where fibrinoid necrosis would occur?

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Blood vessels (most common in liver)
Walls replaced by fibrin
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17
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Principle causes of acute inflammation include…

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Bacterial and viral infections
Hypersensitivity
Trauma
Chemicals and irritants

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18
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The 3 phases of acute inflammation are:

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Vascular - vasodilation and increased permeability
Exudative - fluid and cells escape from venules
Cellular - neurophils etc accumulate

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What happens in transendothelial migration?

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Neutrophils insert part of their cytoplasm into endothelium when they come into contact with ICAM-1

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20
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What is the effect of histamine?

What is it released by?

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Vasodilation, increases vascular permeability, bronchoconstriction
Mast cells, eosinophils, basophils

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21
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Chronic inflammation is associated with the presence of…

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Lymphocytes, macrophages, plasma cells

Formation of granulation tissue -> fibrosis

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22
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Characteristic appearances of chronic inflammation include…

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Ulcer formation
Abscess cavities/suppurative inflammation
Granulomatous inflammation
Fibrosis

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23
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A granuloma is defined as…

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An aggregate of epitheloid histiocytes (macrophages etc)

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24
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Labile cells are cells that only multiply upon receiving a stimulus. True/False?

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False

Multiply continually - stable cells only multiply after stimulus

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25
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First intention healing is when there is an ulcerated surface. True/False?

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False

Surgical scar is left - minimal granulation tissue and fibrosis

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26
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Metabolic disorders are of two types - ?

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Inherited or acquired

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27
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Inherited metabolic disorders are usually autosomal dominant. True/False?

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False

Autosomal recessive!

28
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is insulin dependent. True/False?

29
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Type 1 Diabetes has no autoimmune assoc. True/False?

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False

Type 2 has no autoimmune assoc.

30
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Hyperplasia is defined as…

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Enlargement due to increase in cell number

31
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Hypertrophy is defined as…

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Enlargement due to increase in cell size (no increase in cell number)

32
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Atrophy is defined as…

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Reduction in size due to decrease in cell size and number

33
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Hypoplasia is defined as…

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Reduced size of an organ that never fully developed to normal size
(failure of organ development)

34
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Which out of hyperplasia, hypoplasia, hypertrophy and atrophy are potentially reversible?

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Hyperplasia, hypertrophy and atrophy

35
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Metaplasia is defined as…

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Altered differentiation, where a mature cell type transforms into another cell type

36
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In Barrett’s oesophagus, ____ epithelium is replaced by ____ epithelium

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Squamous, glandular

37
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Stable cells divide upon stimulation. Examples include…

A

Hepatocytes

Fibroblasts

38
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Permanent cells are not able to divide further. Examples include…

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Neurones
Skeletal muscle
Cardiac muscle

39
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Senescence is defined as…

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Deterioration of function of cells

40
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Some characteristics of benign neoplasms

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Resemble normal
No invasion
Well differentiated
Normal mitotic figures
DO NOT METASTASISE
41
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Some characteristics of maligant neoplasms

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Invasive
Varied differentiation
Abnormal mitotic figures
Necrosis is common

42
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Carcinomas are derived from mesenchymal cells/tissues. True/False?

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False

Derived from epithelial tissue

43
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Sarcomas are derived from which type of tissue?

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Mesenchymal tissue

44
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Squamous papillomas and adenomas are examples of which neoplasms?

45
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Neoplastic cells are monoclonal. What does this mean?

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All cells in the lesion are derived from a single common ancestor

46
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What is dysplasia?

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A pre-malignant process that involves altered differentiation

47
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What is angiogenesis?

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Formation of new blood vessels

48
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What happens when angiogenesis becomes pathological?

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Control of formation is lost - vessels formed are abnormal

49
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What are the modulators of angiogenesis? What is the inhibitor?

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Hypoxia, VEGF, TNFa

Thrombospondin-1 is the inhibitor

50
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Sarcomas metastasise by which route?

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Haematogenous

51
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How can radiation cause cancer?

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Causes oxidative stress, producing free radicals which damage DNA and other cells

52
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Name some examples of classical oncogenes (stimulate cell division)

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PDGF
ras
src

53
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Name some examples of tumour suppressor genes

A

p53

BRCA-1

54
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A daughter with mother with breast cancer at aged 70 is an example of a medium risk patient. True/False?

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False

Low risk

55
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An individual with a BRCA1 mutation is an example of a high risk patient. True/False?

56
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Well differentiated tumours tend to have a better prognosis. True/False?

57
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Duke’s Stage A means…

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Cancer is confined to wall

58
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Duke’s Stage B means…

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Cancer penetrates wall

59
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Duke’s Stage C means…

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Lymph node metastasis

60
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Duke’s Stage D means…

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Metastatic disease

61
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T1 staging means…

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Invasion of submucosa

62
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T2 staging means…

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Invasion of muscularis propria

63
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T3 staging means…

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Invasion of tissues

64
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T4 staging means…

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Invasion of nearby organs

65
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N0 staging means…

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No lymph node metastasis

66
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N1 staging means…

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1-3 lymph nodes affected

67
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N2 staging means…

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4+ lymph nodes affected

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