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Terminology Flashcards

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What is turgor?

A

Rigidity of cells

usually due to absorption of fluids

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What is atrophy?

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decrease in size or weight of cell and organ

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What is hypoplasia?

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Under developed organ

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What is aplasia?

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Defective development of organ/tissue, or defective function

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What is agenesis?

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No organ tissue at all

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What is hypertrophy?

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Increase in size/volume o f cells or organ

No new cells, but existing cells become bigger

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What is hyperplasia?

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Increase in cell number

proliferation and differentiation of cells

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What is metaplasia?

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One adult cell type being replaced by another adult cell type

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What is dysplasia?

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Abnormality in development and growth and differentiation

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What is cellular atypia?

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Structural abnormality in a cell (pathological term)

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What is karyolysis?

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Lysis of the nucleus in necrosis

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What is blood stasis?

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Stoppage or slow down in flow of blood
(Can occur during acute inflammation when proteins are leaving the blood vessels and there is a high concentration of RBC making blood viscous causing flow to slow/stop)

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What is transudate?

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Extravascular fluid with low protein content

–>basically high hydrostatic pressure causes interstitial fluid accumulation

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What does purulent mean?

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Containing/discharging pus

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What is a keloid?

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Excessive deposition of extracellular matrix at wound site

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What is thrombosis?

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Inappropriate clotting

17
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What is embolism?

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Migration of clot (obstructing blood vessels)

18
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What is an infarction?

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Ischemic cell death

19
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What is hyperaemia?

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An increase in blood volume in the tissue
–> An ACTIVE process from arteriolar dilation and increased blood inflow (i.e. at site of inflammation or exercising skeletal muscle)
COLOUR: More red than normal, b/c high oxygenation

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What is congestion?

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An increase in blood volume in tissue
–> A PASSIVE process, from impaired outflow of venous blood from a tissue
ex. cardiac failure, locally as consequence of isolated venous obstruction
COLOUR: Cyanotic, blue-red b/c deoxygenated hemoglobin

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What is neoplasia?

A

Abnormal growth of tissue

–> Mass results in tumor

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