PATHOLOGY Flashcards
What is pathology?
1) The medical discipline that studies the manifestations of disease
2) Structural and functional manifestations of a disease
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What is the acronym used to determine Etiology of a disease?
Vindicate Inflammatory Neoplastic Drug/toxin Infectious Congentical/genetic Autoimmune Truamatic/physical Endocrine/metabolic/nutritional
List the subcellular changes in reversibly injured cells:
1) Plasma membrane bleb
2) cellular swelling due to influx of water
3) aggregated cytoskeletal elements
4) Dissagregated ribosomes
5) Dilated ER
Define hypertrophy
Increased cell size
CMV, myocyte in hypertension (must get bigger to generate more force)
Define hyperplasia
non-neoplastic increased in number of cells
Define metaplasia
conversion of one differentiated cell type to another
CAN lead to malignant neoplasia
Define hyperplasia
non-neoplastic increased in number of cells
ex. transformation of breast during late pregnancy- to generate more milk for new born
Define metaplasia:
conversion of one differentiated cell type to another, bu does not mean cancer
CAN lead to malignant neoplasia
Define neoplasia:
autonomous growth of cells that have escaped normal regulation
localized (benign)
metastasized (cancer)
ex: uterus
normal: myometrium
=>benign tumor: leiomyoma
=> malignant: leimyosarcome
What is hydropic degeneration?
When liver is damaged by toxins, cells will swell due to inability to maintain electrolytic balance
Define atrophy
Reduced size of cells or organs
List the 7 causes of atrophy to tissues:
1) reduced functional demand (skeletal muscle atrophy causes by denervation)
2) inadequate oxygen supply
(kidney atrophy cause by…)
3) insufficient nutrients
4) interrupted trophic signals
5) persistent cell injury
6) chronic disease
What physical charcteristics distinguish malignant neoplasms?
less well differentiated cells, increased mytotic rate, pleomorphic, hyperchromatic (stains very dark blue)
What are the the two major types of cell death?
Define them.
Apoptosis: caused by activation of internal molecular pathways (eg. renewal of epithelial layers)
Necrosis: caused by pathogenic lethal injury that originate outside of cell
Is apoptosis physiologic or pathologic?
Both!
physiologic- epithelial sloughing
Pathologic: hepatitis induced hepatocyte loss
What is indicative of cell death?
nuclear changes-
1) pycnosis: nucleus becomes smaller, stains deeply basophilic because of CHROMATIN CLUMPING
2) Karyorrhexis: nucleus breaks up into smaller fragments
3) Karyolysis: Nucleus may be forced out of cell or loss of chromatin due to disappearance of nucleus
In_________, nuclei disappear and cytoplasm becomes more homogenous (and more acidophilic). This results in ghost cells with no nucleus.
Coagulative necrosis