Terms Flashcards
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Diapedesis
passage of neutrophils through intact vessel walls
Myelopoesis
Production of bone marrow and bone marrow derrived cells
Somatic recombination
Random, independent
Junctional diversity
extra changes during recombination
somatic hypermutation
sponataneous mutations in variable recion of the Breceptor after connecting to a pathgen (affinity maturation)
Karyolisis
chromatin dissolution
Granuloma
circle of macrophages, lymphocytes and giant cells
CRP
acute inflammation
ESR
crhonic inflammation
Steatosis
abnormal retention of lipids within a cell or organ
Coagulation
blood clotting
Coagulative necrosis
accidental cell death by ischemia or infarction
Transudate
extravascular fluid with low protein content
Lipoteichoic acid
only in gram positives
Hemosiderosis
accumulation of hemosiderose (waste product of red blood cell fagocytosis)