Principals Of Disease Flashcards
Plieomorphism
Different sized cells
Paraneoplasia
Systemic manifestation of neoplasia not related to local or metastatic growth effects
Anaplasia
Lack of cell differentiation
Cell injury
Any change that reduces the ability to maintain normal or adapted homeostasis
Hypoxia
Lack of oxygen
Free radicals
Substances with unpaired electrons
Ischemia
Inadequate blood supply to an organ or tissue
Oncosis
Swelling of cells
Pyknosis
Condensation of chromatin in the cell nucleus
Karyolysis
Dissolution of a cell nucleus
Apoptosis
Programmed cell death
Necrosis
Lethal cell injury
Coagulative necrosis
Pale, often haemorrhagic, firm dead tissue. Cells are still visible histologically as shadows of their former selves. Usually acute injury
Liquefactive necrosis
Liquified tissue after rapid autolysis
Caseous necrosis
Cheese like tissue. Associated with chronic bacterial infection
Exothetic
Growing outward
Endothetic
Growing inward
Sarcoma
Malignant neoplasm derived from mesenchyme (spindle cell)
Carcinoma
Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin (clumpy cells)
Adenoma
Neoplasm of glandular tissue
DIC
Disseminate intravascular coagulation
Haematogenous
Spread through blood vessels
Transceolomic spread
Spread of mets in body cavity
Anisokaryosis
Different sizes of nucleus
Scirrhous response
Excessive connective tissue (scarring)
Aplasia
Failure of development
Congenital
An abnormality of structure of function present at birth, but not necessarily detected at birth
Tumour
An abnormal mass
Neoplasm
New abnormal uncontrolled growth
Cancer
Any malignant cellular tumour
Hypertrophy
Increased cell size
Atrophy
Decrease in cell size and number
Hyperplasia
Increase in cell number. Can be physiological or pathological
Metaplasia
Replacement of one cell type with another.
Eg epithelium: conversion to stratified squamous
Mesenchyme: fibrous tissue to bone
Dyplasia
Proliferation of disorganised epithelial cells. Often a consequence of prolonged hyperplastic change and are verging on uncontrolled. This is therefore a pre-neoplastic change
Aplasia
Complete failure of an organ to develop
Hypoplasia
Organ developed but did not reach normal size
Benign
Not malignant. Tend to be solitary, slow growing, well circumscribed, rounded mass.
Malignant
Tending to become progressively worse, leading to death. Tend to have in distinct borders, ulcerated, necrotising, and fast growth. Cells are anaplastic, plieomorphic and have high numbers of mitotic bodies.
Metastasis (pl; metastases)
The transfer of disease from one site in the body to another unconnected part. Can transfer through lymphatics, vessels or in body cavities.
Stroma
Proliferation of supporting tissue in a tumour
Proto-oncogenes
Produce proteins that control normal cell division
Tumour suppressor genes
Products of these genes suppress cell division (opposite of proto-oncogenes)
Oncogene
Mutated cell that promotes uncontrolled cell division