PATHOLOGY EXAM 1 Flashcards

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MICROFILAMENTS ARE THE THINNEST T/F

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TRUE

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MICROTUBULES ARE STRUCTURAL IN THE MATRIX AND ARE STATIC T/F

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FALSE- MICROTUBULES CONSTANTLY STRETCH AND ELONGATE

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3
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NAME THE TWO MICROTUBULES- IN WHICH DIRECTION DO THEY TRAVEL

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KINESINS- MOVE NEG TO POS - TO+

DYENINS- MOVE POS TO NEG + TO -

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NAME THE FIVE PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES

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  1. DEGENERATION AND NECROSIS
  2. INFLAMMATION AND REPAIR
  3. CIRCULATORY DISORDERS
  4. DISORDERS OF GROWTH
  5. DEPOSITS AND PIGMENTATIONS
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DEFINE DISEASE

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ANY DEVIATION FROM NORMAL STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION

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DEFINE PATHOGENESIS

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SEQUENCE OF EVENTS LEADING TO FULL EXPRESSION OF DISEASE

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DEFINE ETIOLOGY

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CAUSAL AGENT

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MORPHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS MDX

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PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS, LOCATION, DISTRIBUTION, DURATION, SEVERITY

CHRONIC, PURULENT, GENERALIZED DERMATITIS

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ETIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS EDX

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PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS, LOCATION, CAUSE

CHRONIC, PURULENT, GENERALIZED BACTERIAL DERMATITIS

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10
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RED CAPPED TUBE IS FOR

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CULTURE

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PURPLE CAPPED TUBE IS FOR

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FLUID ANALYSIS AND CYTOLOGY

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12
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FOR TOXICOLOGY COLLECT WHAT THREE SAMPLES

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URINE
STOMACH CONTENTS
FAT

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13
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WHICH BSL IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A ROUTINE NECROPSY ON A DOMESTIC ANIMAL?

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BSL2

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14
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WHICH BODY CAVITY DO YOU OPEN FIRST DURING A POSTMORTEM ?

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ABDOMEN

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15
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COLLECT ____ SAMPLES FIRST, THEN ______ SAMPLES

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MICROBIOLOGICAL, HISTOLOGICAL

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16
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DEFINE AUTOLYSIS

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SELF DIGESTION/ DEGRADATION OF CELLS+ TISSUES BY HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES NORMALLY PRESENT IN TISSUES

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17
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PUTREFACTION

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PROCESS BY WHICH POSTMORTEM BACTERIA BREAK DOWN TISSUES (COLOR, TEXTURE CHANGE, GAS, ODOR)

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18
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RATE OF DECOMPOSITION DEPENDS ON

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CAUSE OF DEATH
ENVT AND BODY TEMP
MICROBIAL FLORA

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19
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TISSUES WHERE ENZYMES DEGRADE FASTER

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GI, PANCREAS, GALL BLADDER, ENDOCRINE GLANDS, KIDNEY, LIVER

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20
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THE PRESENCE OF ______ IS MOST LIKELY TO TO BE MICROSCOPICALLY OBSCURED BY DECOMPOSITION.

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CELL INJURY (NECROSIS)

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RIGOR MORTIS

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OCCURS 1-2 HOURS AFTER DEATH
PERSISTS 1-2 DAYS
CONTRACTION OF MM AFTER DEATH DUE TO DEPLETION OF ATP

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22
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POST MORTEM BLOOD CLOTS

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SHINY, ELASTIC
PERFECT CAST OF LUMEN
ELASTIC
UNATTACHED

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23
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ANTE MORTEM CLOTS

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ATTACHED TO VESSEL WALLS
DRY AND DULL
LAMINATED
FRIABLE

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24
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HEMOGLOBIN IMBIBITION

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RED STAINING OF INTIMA OF HEART AND VESSELS DUE TO HB RELEASE FROM RBCS

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ALGOR MORTIS

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COOLING OF BODY POSTMORTEM
DEPENDS ON BODY TEMP OF THE ANIMAL AT TIME OF DEATH
BRAIN TEMP DECREASES AFTER 18HOURS

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BILE IMBIBITION

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BILE PENETRATES WALL AND STAINS NEARBY TISSUES - GALL BLADDER, LIVER, INTESTINES, DIAPHRAGM

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LIVER MORTIS

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VARIATION IN COLOR OF TISSUES DUE TO MOVEMENT OF BLOOD AFTER DEATH

AKA HYPOSTATIC CONGESTION

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28
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BLOAT

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HERBIVORES AND RUMINANTS BLOAT FASTER

ASSOCIATED CHANGES- RECTAL/VAGINAL PROLAPSE, FROTH IN THE TRACHEA, RUPTURED VISCERA

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29
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HOW TO TELL BLOAT FROM RUMINAL TYMPANY

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RUMINAL TYMPANY HAS A CHARACTERISTIC BLOAT LINE IN THE ESOPHAGUS

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30
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PSEUDOMELANOSIS

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GREEN TO BLACK DISCOLORATION OF TISSUE POSTMORTEM
DUE TO DECOMP OF BLOOD BY BACTERIA FORMING H2S

COMMON SEEN- KIDNEY, LIVER, SPLEEN

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CELL ADAPTION IS AN IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE T/F

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FALSE IT IS REVERSIBLE

32
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WHAT ARE THE 5 TYPES OF CELL ADAPTATION?

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  1. ATROPHY
  2. HYPERPLASIA
  3. HYPOTROPHY
  4. METAPLASIA
  5. DYSPLASIA
33
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HYPERPLASIA

A

=MORE CELLS!

MORE LIKELY TO AFFECT LABILE CELLS- EPIDERMIS, INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM, BONE MARROW

34
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HORMONAL HYPERPLASIA

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MAMMARY GLAND DURING PREGNANCY

35
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COMPENSATORY HYPERPLASIA

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HEPATECTOMY

36
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PATHOLOGICAL HYPERPLASIA

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EXCESSIVE HORMONES OR GROWTH FACTOR , REPEATED IRRITATION, VIRAL INFECTION

37
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HYPERTROPHY

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=BIGGER CELLS!
INCREASE IN SIZE AND FUNCTION
MORE ORGANELLES AND STRUCTURAL PROTEINS
MORE COMMON IN STABLE CELLS- BONE, CARTILAGE,MM, HEART, NEURONS

38
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PHYSIOLOGICAL HYPERTROPHY

A

WEIGHTLIFTER

39
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ATROPHY

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=SMALLER CELLS AFTER NORMAL GROWTH IS REACHED
DECREASE IN NUMBER OF CELLS, METABOLIC ACTIVITY, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
CAUSE: DECREASED WORKLOAD, DENERVATION, DECREASED O2 BLOOD SUPPLY, INADEQUATE NUTRITION, LOSS OF ENDOCRINE, AGING

40
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HYPOPLASIA

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INCOMPLETE OR UNDER DEVELOPMENT

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APLASIA

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LACK OF DEVELOPMENT

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HYPOTROPHY

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PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VITALITY

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METAPLASIA

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=CHANGE IN TYPE OF CELL
RESPONSE TO CHRONIC IRRITATION.
MAY RESULT IN DECREASED FUNCTION, INCREASED PROPENSITY FOR NEOPLASIA
*EPITHELIAL CELLS
IRRITATION IN LUNGS, VIT A DEFICIENCY, ESTROGEN TOXICITY, MAMMARY TUMORS, REFLUX IN ESOPHAGUS

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DYSPLASIA

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=UNORGANIZED CELLS 
CHANGE IN SHAPE, SIZE, ORGANIZATION 
ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT 
*EPITHELIUM 
ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASTIC/ MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION
45
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REVERSIBLE CELL INJURY

A

CHANGES FUNCTION OF THE CELL

  1. CELLULAR SWELLING- DEPLETION OF ATP
  2. LIPIDOSIS
46
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IRREVERSIBLE CELL CHANGES **IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE **

A
  1. BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS
  2. ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES
  3. LIGHT MICROSCOPY CHANGES
  4. GROSS MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES

NECROSIS- ALWAYS PATHOLOGICAL
APOPTOSIS- NORMAL FUNCTION

47
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HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO HYPOXIA AND CELL SWELLING

A
CARDIOMYCTES 
PROXIMAL RENAL TUBULE EPITHELIUM 
HEPATOCYTES 
ENDOTHELIUM 
CNS
48
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ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES

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  1. PLASMA MEMBRANE ALTERATIONS
  2. MITOCHONDRIAL CHANGES
  3. DILATION OF ER
  4. NUCLEAR ALTERATIONS
49
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CAUSE OF ACUTE CELL SWELLING

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LOSS OF IONIC FLUID HOMEOSTASIS DUE TO CHANGE IN OXYGEN SUPPLY

50
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LOSS OF IONIC FLUID HOMEOSTASIS CAUSED BY

A
  1. FAILURE OF ENERGY PRODUCTION
  2. CELL MEMBRANE DAMAGE
  3. INJURY TO ENZYMES REGULATING ION CHANNELS OF MEMBRANE
51
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CHANGE IS OXYGEN SUPPLY DUE TO

A
  1. PHYSCIAL/MECHANICAL INJURY
  2. HYPOXIA
  3. BACTERIA/VIRUSES
  4. TOXIC AGENTS
  5. FREE RADICALS
  6. IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY
52
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GROSS APPEARANCE OF ACUTE CELL SWELLING

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SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN ORGAN WITH ROUNDED EDGES

PALLOR

53
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HISTIOLOGIC APPEARANCE OF ACUTE CELL SWELLING

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CELLS ARE ENLARGED WITH PALE CYTOPLASM

54
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HYDROTROPIC AND FATTY CHANGE = CELL SWELLING DUE TO _____

A

UPTAKE OF H2O OR LIPIDS THEN DISINTEGRATION INTO ORGANELLES

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HYPERTROPHIC CHANGE

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CELL ENLARGEMENT DUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ORGANELLES

56
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ACUTE CELL SWELLING PROGNOSIS DEPENDS ON___

A

TYPE OF CELL

NUMBER OF CELLS EFFECTED

57
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LIPIDOSIS

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ACCUMULATION OF TRIGLYCERIDES AND OTHER LIPID METABOLITES WITHIN PARENCHYMAL CELLS

FORMATION OF INTRACYTOPLASMIC VACUOLES

HEART MM, SKELETAL MM, KIDNEY
LIVER- CLINICAL MANIFESTATION= CHANGE IN FUNCTION; ELEVATED LIVER ENZYMES+ICTERUS

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ETIOLOGY OF LIPIDOSIS

A
  1. HYPOXIA
  2. TOXICITY
  3. METABOLIC DISORDERS (ABNORMALITY IN SYNTHESIS/UTILIZATION/MOBILIZATION OF FAT
59
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CAUSES OF HEPATIC LIPIDOSIS
PHYSIOLOGICAL
NUTRITIONAL
ENDOCRINE

A

PHYSIOLOGICAL- HEAVY EARLY LACTATION-KETOSIS IN RUMINANT, PREGNANCY TOXEMIA
NUTRITIONAL- OBESITY, STARVATION, PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION
ENDOCRINE DISEASES- DIABETES MELLITUS, FELINE FATTY LIVER SYNDROME, FAT COW SYNDROME, NIEMANN PICK DISEASE

60
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GROSS APPEARANCE OF HEPATITIS LIPIDOSIS

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LIVER- DIFFUSE YELLOW, EDGES ARE ROUNDED, BULGE UPON SECTIONING, TISSUE IS SOFT, FRIABLE, CUTS EASILY, GREASY, MAY FLOAT IN FIXATIVE OR WATER

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HISTOLOGICAL APPEARANCE OF HEPATIC LIPIDOSIS

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WELL DILINEATED, LIPID FILLED VACUOLES IN CYTOPLASM

62
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IRREVERSIBLE CELL INJURY

TWO THINGS :)

A
  1. APOPTOSIS= PHYSIOLOGICAL NO INFLAMMATION

2. NECROSIS= PATHOLOGICAL INFLAMMATION

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IRREVERSIBLE INJURY HISTOLOGICALLY

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SEVERE SWELLING OF MITOS, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO PLASMA MEMBRANES, SWELLING OF LYSOSOMES

64
Q

DEFINE NECROSIS

TWO MAIN PROCESSES

A

CELL DEATH AFTER IRREVERSIBLE INJURY (HYPOXIA, ISCHEMIA, DIRECT CELL MEMBRANE DAMAGE)

  1. DENATURATION OF PROTEINS
  2. ENZYMATIC DIGESTION OF CELLS
65
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ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES DURING NECROSIS

A
  1. KARYOLYSIS- NUCLEAR FADING
  2. PYKNOSIS- NUCLEAR SHRINKAGE
  3. KARYORRHEXIS- NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION
66
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COAGULATIVE NECROSIS

A

ARCHITECTURE OF DEAD TISSUE PRESERVED

COMMON CAUSE= ISCHEMIA

67
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GANGRENOUS NECROSIS

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USUALLY SEEN IN DISTAL EXTREMITIES
LIKELY DUE TO ISCHEMIA

DRY GANGRENE- NO BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION
WET GANGRENE- TISSUE LOOKS WET, LIQUEFACTIVE= BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION

68
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CASEOUS NECROSIS

A

CHEESELIKE
NECROTIC DEBRIS = DEAD WBCS
CHRONIC
ETIOLOGY- MYCOBACTERIUM OR FUNGAL INFECTION
DYSTROPHIC CALCIFICATION- COMMONLY OCCURS IN CENTER OF LESION.
LOSS OF ARCHITECTURE

69
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LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS

A

CANNOT RECOGNIZE CELL ARCHITECTURE
TISSUES OF HIGH LIPID CONTENT IE BRAIN!
BACTERIAL OR FUNGAL INFECTION

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ABSCESSES

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LOCALIZED COLLECTION OF PUS SURROUNDED BY FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE

  1. SEPTIC- FROM INF ACCUMULATION
  2. STERILE- NON LIVING IRRITANTS
71
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FAT NECROSIS

THREE TYPES

A
  1. ENZYMATIC NECROSIS - PANCREATIC ENZYMES ESCAPED THE PANCREAS —> LEADS TO SAPONIFICATION
  2. TRAUMATIC NECROSIS- DYSTOCIA, STILLBIRTH, RECUMBANCY
  3. NECROSIS OF ABDOMINAL FAT
72
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FIBRINOID NECROSIS

A

ONLY SEEN HISTOLOGICALLY
IN THE BLOOD VESSELS
ACCUMULATION OF IMMUNE COMPLEXES

73
Q

APOPTOSIS

A

PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH
NO INFLAMMATION
INTRINSIC PATHWAY= CYTOCHROME C
EXTRINSIC PATHWAY= CASPASE 8

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MECHANISMS OF CELL INJURY (THERE ARE 6)

A
  1. DECREASE IN ATP
  2. MITOCHONDRIAL DAMAGE
  3. INFLUX OF CA
  4. INCREASE IN REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES
  5. MEMBRANE DAMAGE
  6. DAMAGE TO PROTEINS AND DNA
75
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WHAT CAUSES HYPOXIA ?

A
INADEQUATE OXYGENATION OF BLOOD 
REDUCED OXYGEN TRANSPORT 
REDUCED BLOOD SUPPLY 
BLOCKAGE OF CELL RESP ENZYMES 
VIRUSES, BACT, PROTOZOA, FUNGI
76
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INTRINSIC PATHWAY OF APOPTOSIS ACTIVATION

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CYTOCHROME C

77
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EXTRINSIC PATHWAY OF APOPTOSIS

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CASPASE 8