PATHOLOGY EXAM 1 Flashcards
MICROFILAMENTS ARE THE THINNEST T/F
TRUE
MICROTUBULES ARE STRUCTURAL IN THE MATRIX AND ARE STATIC T/F
FALSE- MICROTUBULES CONSTANTLY STRETCH AND ELONGATE
NAME THE TWO MICROTUBULES- IN WHICH DIRECTION DO THEY TRAVEL
KINESINS- MOVE NEG TO POS - TO+
DYENINS- MOVE POS TO NEG + TO -
NAME THE FIVE PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- DEGENERATION AND NECROSIS
- INFLAMMATION AND REPAIR
- CIRCULATORY DISORDERS
- DISORDERS OF GROWTH
- DEPOSITS AND PIGMENTATIONS
DEFINE DISEASE
ANY DEVIATION FROM NORMAL STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION
DEFINE PATHOGENESIS
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS LEADING TO FULL EXPRESSION OF DISEASE
DEFINE ETIOLOGY
CAUSAL AGENT
MORPHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS MDX
PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS, LOCATION, DISTRIBUTION, DURATION, SEVERITY
CHRONIC, PURULENT, GENERALIZED DERMATITIS
ETIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS EDX
PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS, LOCATION, CAUSE
CHRONIC, PURULENT, GENERALIZED BACTERIAL DERMATITIS
RED CAPPED TUBE IS FOR
CULTURE
PURPLE CAPPED TUBE IS FOR
FLUID ANALYSIS AND CYTOLOGY
FOR TOXICOLOGY COLLECT WHAT THREE SAMPLES
URINE
STOMACH CONTENTS
FAT
WHICH BSL IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A ROUTINE NECROPSY ON A DOMESTIC ANIMAL?
BSL2
WHICH BODY CAVITY DO YOU OPEN FIRST DURING A POSTMORTEM ?
ABDOMEN
COLLECT ____ SAMPLES FIRST, THEN ______ SAMPLES
MICROBIOLOGICAL, HISTOLOGICAL
DEFINE AUTOLYSIS
SELF DIGESTION/ DEGRADATION OF CELLS+ TISSUES BY HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES NORMALLY PRESENT IN TISSUES
PUTREFACTION
PROCESS BY WHICH POSTMORTEM BACTERIA BREAK DOWN TISSUES (COLOR, TEXTURE CHANGE, GAS, ODOR)
RATE OF DECOMPOSITION DEPENDS ON
CAUSE OF DEATH
ENVT AND BODY TEMP
MICROBIAL FLORA
TISSUES WHERE ENZYMES DEGRADE FASTER
GI, PANCREAS, GALL BLADDER, ENDOCRINE GLANDS, KIDNEY, LIVER
THE PRESENCE OF ______ IS MOST LIKELY TO TO BE MICROSCOPICALLY OBSCURED BY DECOMPOSITION.
CELL INJURY (NECROSIS)
RIGOR MORTIS
OCCURS 1-2 HOURS AFTER DEATH
PERSISTS 1-2 DAYS
CONTRACTION OF MM AFTER DEATH DUE TO DEPLETION OF ATP
POST MORTEM BLOOD CLOTS
SHINY, ELASTIC
PERFECT CAST OF LUMEN
ELASTIC
UNATTACHED
ANTE MORTEM CLOTS
ATTACHED TO VESSEL WALLS
DRY AND DULL
LAMINATED
FRIABLE
HEMOGLOBIN IMBIBITION
RED STAINING OF INTIMA OF HEART AND VESSELS DUE TO HB RELEASE FROM RBCS
ALGOR MORTIS
COOLING OF BODY POSTMORTEM
DEPENDS ON BODY TEMP OF THE ANIMAL AT TIME OF DEATH
BRAIN TEMP DECREASES AFTER 18HOURS
BILE IMBIBITION
BILE PENETRATES WALL AND STAINS NEARBY TISSUES - GALL BLADDER, LIVER, INTESTINES, DIAPHRAGM
LIVER MORTIS
VARIATION IN COLOR OF TISSUES DUE TO MOVEMENT OF BLOOD AFTER DEATH
AKA HYPOSTATIC CONGESTION
BLOAT
HERBIVORES AND RUMINANTS BLOAT FASTER
ASSOCIATED CHANGES- RECTAL/VAGINAL PROLAPSE, FROTH IN THE TRACHEA, RUPTURED VISCERA
HOW TO TELL BLOAT FROM RUMINAL TYMPANY
RUMINAL TYMPANY HAS A CHARACTERISTIC BLOAT LINE IN THE ESOPHAGUS
PSEUDOMELANOSIS
GREEN TO BLACK DISCOLORATION OF TISSUE POSTMORTEM
DUE TO DECOMP OF BLOOD BY BACTERIA FORMING H2S
COMMON SEEN- KIDNEY, LIVER, SPLEEN